fraud Cops bust cricket games with fake crowd noises and fixed outcomes—and very real gamblers Rob Beschizza

sports Explaining Cricket Evan Gore

humans helping horses Four horses rescued from an icy pond Jennifer Sandlin

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documentaries Documentary about the skateboarding scene in Pakistan Elías Villoro

Spoken Word with Electronics How to Make Sound Waves from Moonlight Ethan Persoff

mistakes 60s Bond star George Lazenby fired from Bond music tour after telling story of "sexual conquest" that sounds a lot like rape Rob Beschizza

shopping The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium is a one-stop shop for oddities and weird art Popkin

Science Spiders seem to dream, scientists discover David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures Awkward: A bunch of shy dogs got together at the park in amusing video Carla Sinclair

stop-motion animations Before "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Rankin-Bass produced "The New Adventures of Pinnochio" Mark Frauenfelder

robotics Researchers create a robot so small it can crawl along the edge of a penny Gareth Branwyn

britain Britain running out of clockmakers Rob Beschizza

copyright Rise of the copyleft predator Rob Beschizza

dinosaurs An 8-year-old transformed this empty lot into a complete town for elves and dinosaurs Thom Dunn

music Check out Michael Hearst's song: "Ode to Odd Instruments" Mark Frauenfelder

toys Commercial for Rocks & Bugs & Things — a line of really awesome toys from the '80s Popkin

doggo Dog runs onto the field and steals the ball during a championship cricket match Jason Weisberger

tabloids Neo-Nazis and Prince Harry's divorce in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan