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

video games Mortal Kombat fans decry Switch version's poor performance Grant St. Clair

Voters return the Tennessee dems who were kicked out of office for being Black Jason Weisberger

graphic novels Mary Tyler MooreHawk is a mind-bending graphic novel from Eisner Award nominee Dave Baker Gareth Branwyn

extinct animals Video unveils ancient giants: massive beavers and towering penguin predecessors compared to today's tinier versions Mark Frauenfelder

pedro pascal Pedro Pascal as economics textbooks Jennifer Sandlin

Technology "Claudia," a 19-year-old selling nudes on Reddit is actually an AI creation Mark Frauenfelder

WTF? Now JK Rowling grossly equates trans people to her "Death Eaters" Jason Weisberger

Comics Illustrator Dean Haspiel is Kickstarting a new dystopian sci-fi satire comic called COVID Cop Thom Dunn

video games Atomic Heart dethrones Forspoken as game with the most terrible dialogue Grant St. Clair

toys Adults buying things for themselves make up quarter of all toy sales Devin Nealy

humor The Lord of the Rings meets Sopranos in this brilliant impression Devin Nealy

mcdonalds These McDonaldLand brand guidelines are like the handbook for a horror RPG Thom Dunn

Space Spectacular image of a spiral galaxy from the Webb Telescope David Pescovitz

movies The Woman King is the weekend box office monarch Devin Nealy

maps Floods create new lake in Pakistan A.E. Gómez

Comics Comic legend Alex Ross takes Marvel's first family into uncharted territory in "Fantastic Four: Full Circle" Devin Nealy