astronomy A nice asteroid, 69 alligators long, passed by the Earth this week Thom Dunn

meteors Texas struck by meteor the size of a thousand-pound corgi Thom Dunn

asteroids Half-giraffe-sized asteroid hits Earth, according to the Daily Mail Thom Dunn

music Can you hear the difference between cheap and expensive pianos? Rob Beschizza

Culture Socks are cool again Rob Beschizza

Comics "We Called Them Giants" is a gorgeously haunting graphic novel Thom Dunn

horror "The Unmothers" is Lovecraft for horses and abortion rights Thom Dunn

donald trump Trump's 22-second brain freeze: Is Fox News covering up a Glitch McConnell moment? Ellsworth Toohey

cults Humiliating music video worships Donald Trump as "The Chosen One" and nope — it's not a MAGA parody (video) Carla Sinclair

google Southwest finally caves, allows Google Flights access to prices Mark Frauenfelder

michael jackson Listen to Robert Plant as a forklift, Kurt Cobain as a coffee grinder, and Michael Jackson as a dot matrix printer Jennifer Sandlin

los angeles L.A. County undersheriff admits to having police gang tattoo Natalie Dressed

white supremacy Trump spokesperson proudly wears T-shirt with loud, "blonde" neo-Nazi message Carla Sinclair

Business Twitter's ad revenue fell $1.5bn this year Rob Beschizza

plagiarism Harvard president Claudine Gay denies new plagiarism charges Mark Frauenfelder

politics British premier fires interior minister who stoked far-right violence on Remembrance Day Rob Beschizza

evolution Flatworms can either regrow their bodies or have sex, but not both Thom Dunn

gadgets Deal-tracking browser extensions and apps Rob Beschizza

politics Republicans demand Democrats clean up their mess but offer nothing in return Jason Weisberger