serial killers That time the "Bill & Ted" screenwriter was investigated under suspicion of being a serial killer Thom Dunn

archaeology Review: Uncovering the layers of history and politics in Andrew Lawler's "Under Jerusalem" Gareth Branwyn

Heroes of the Republican Party GOP sore loser arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at Democrats' homes Mark Frauenfelder

sharks Volcano "full of sharks" erupts Thom Dunn

music The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant is a fascinating experiment Thom Dunn

music Morrissey just published a scathing open letter to Johnny Marr: "Stop using my name as click-bait" David Pescovitz

cephalopods Cephalopod-headed statue shows up in downtown Dallas park Gareth Branwyn

artificial intelligence GPT-3 can summarize books as well as a human can Mark Frauenfelder

plants I visited that rare blooming corpse flower at the abandoned gas station in Alameda, California Rusty Blazenhoff

Oregon GOP Party lies about Capitol riot, says it's a "false flag" to "discredit President Trump" Mark Frauenfelder

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

Isaac Newton Isaac Newton's attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids Miss Cellania

corruption One of the highest-paid cops in the US accused of corruption Thom Dunn

halloween Must be the season of the witch Gareth Branwyn

pharma A new drug claims to treat dwarfism. Not everyone thinks it needs treatment. Thom Dunn

movies A detailed oral history of how Bill & Ted got made Andrea James

sci-fi Check out the new song from Daveed Diggs' experimental sci-fi hip-hop group, clipping. Thom Dunn

art Repairing a decaying basketball court with the Japanese art of kintsugi David Pescovitz

parodies In the White House the liar tweets tonight Carla Sinclair

Business DOJ charges Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou with racketeering, conspiracy to steal IP Xeni Jardin