Science The true history of a small mistake that made scientists screw up COVID aerosols Thom Dunn

animals Leafhopper bug pees 300 times its body weight every day through "anal catapult" Thom Dunn

robots A group of scientists made a working liquid metal robot Thom Dunn

rainbow Rainbow-colored scarf cloud seen in China Andrew Yi

viruses Rare monkeypox disease popping up across Europe, one case in Boston Carla Sinclair

Engineering How aluminum cans are formed Rob Beschizza

Science Incredible high-speed images of a water jet shooting through a droplet could lead to better needle-free drug injections David Pescovitz

photography Here are liquid droplets like you've never seen them before Carla Sinclair

covid shenanigans Gentleman purposely coughs on police and gets four months in the pokey Carla Sinclair

COVID-19 Inflatable Christmas tree costume may be cause of COVID outbreak Gina Loukareas

animation Hypnotic hand-drawn animation inspired by the song "Catgot" Andrea James

Q: Do two-way nanoparticle chips exist in the COVID vaccine to robotically spy on you? A: No, you fool, they do not Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Face shields don't fully protect from "sneeze vortex rings," analysis finds Clive Thompson

physics PVC cement spins wildly when dropped in water Andrea James

Science Liquids get mixed, then unmixed due to Stokes flow Andrea James

COVID-19 The CDC updated its guidance on coronavirus — and then quietly reversed it again Thom Dunn

Delightful plants Watch this carnivorous sundew plant devour insects Mark Frauenfelder

movies Watch "2020: An Isolation Odyssey" David Pescovitz

insects This carnivorous plant wraps up bugs into a tasty morsel David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Video compares droplet sprays when wearing different masks — and no mask at all Carla Sinclair