protests Columbia University shuts down as protestors barricade inside building (video) Carla Sinclair

protests "Imagine the worst, most foul thing you have ever smelled" – protestors sprayed with crowd-control chemical report severe symptoms Mark Frauenfelder

health New York hospitals illegally billed rape survivors for their rape kits, then sent debt-collectors after them Cory Doctorow

Two mathematicians just solved a centuries-old prime number puzzle that experts thought impossible Ellsworth Toohey

Science Nxylon: wood so dark it absorbs 99% of light Rob Beschizza

protest University of Copenhagen divests from businesses in occupied Palestine following student protest Natalie Dressed

heroes Area man eats an entire jar of cheese balls in Union Square Thom Dunn

Kuzko & Kronk Rescue rats learn to drive tiny cars built just for them Rusty Blazenhoff

censorship University of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment Natalie Dressed

3-D scanned images OpenVertebrate is a massive database of 3-D scanned images of 13,000 (and counting!) vertebrate specimens Jennifer Sandlin

anti-vaxxers Midwife fined $300K for giving fake vaccines to 1,500 children Mark Frauenfelder

canada "Moose may try to lick your car. Don't let them!" urges park service David Pescovitz

rudy giuliani Trial expert says Giuliani caused $47.5 million in reputational damage to 2 election workers Mark Frauenfelder

capitalism How private equity firms use public pension funds to screw other workers Thom Dunn

politics Jewish recipient of $2B Saudi investment has glowing things to say about their treatment of Jews Jason Weisberger

Science Orcas that grab baby porpoises and play with them to death Ruben Bolling

entomology Rare Hitler Beetle is being driven to extinction by neo-Nazi collectors Mark Frauenfelder

activism Read about the activists who helped bring down bleach-peddling, wellness-grifting Grenon family Jennifer Sandlin

Funny Does smoking a cigarette through a rotten green pepper deliver a psychedelic experience? David Pescovitz

climate change New Belgium Brewing tackles carbon emissions by ditching gas for electric heat-pump boilers Thom Dunn