cats Study reveals that cat brains are smaller than they used to be Mark Frauenfelder

dogs A fun quickie on how wolves evolved into Chihuahuas (and other doggos) Carla Sinclair

History Archaeological evidence that thousands of years ago, humans domesticated foxes Ruben Bolling

animals This bizarre pigeon looks like something from a Pixar film directed by Salvador Dalí (video) David Pescovitz

biology New study reveals that domesticated horses may have originally come from Russia Thom Dunn

fun facts Mind-blowing facts about gourds Annie Rauwerda

Kids These domesticated foxes came from a famous Russian experiment Andrea James

Science Thanks for the wine, beer, bread, and yeast infections, China Andrea James

happy mutants A free sf anthology about space travel, inequality, equity and public policy: Kim Stanley Robinson, Madeline Ashby, Eileen Gun, Ramez Naam, Steven Barnes, Karl Schroeder and more! Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures A panda who was "really, really, ridiculously good at sex" brought the species back from the brink of extinction, but things are still weird Cory Doctorow

History Brief guide to what fruit and vegetables look like prior to domestication Rob Beschizza

happy mutants GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human Ben Marks

Genetically-engineered yeast is the future of flavor Gastropod