music Get in the mood with this commercial from the 90s "Pure Moods" music collection Thom Dunn

crime Smugglers were caught with 5,000 Kenyan queen ants worth $220 each Ellsworth Toohey

Technology OpenAI's own advisers call ChatGPT erotica a "sexy suicide coach" Ellsworth Toohey

Not even artificial Artificial intelligence is just underpaid human labor Jason Weisberger

animals Meet the Picasso bug: the jewel-colored insect that looks like art Popkin

Nature Driving Through a Locust Swarm Looks Like a Living Sandstorm Popkin

flight Idaho high schoolers build two airplanes, then go fly them Jason Weisberger

adorable animals Take a closer look at that Sengi snout! And listen to its relaxing Sengi ASMR! Jennifer Sandlin

politics The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley's slide into authoritarianism Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets If you ever wanted a fancy Aeropress, the borosilicate Premium edition is it Rob Beschizza

Science New research reveals how ketamine repairs brain's reward system to fight depression Ellsworth Toohey

no snorting matter Nothing to sniff at: "Large amounts" of cocaine hit Texas beaches after smuggling goes awry Carla Sinclair

music Popular music stats: chords, two-hit wonders, and more Rob Beschizza

smuggling Two teens busted for smuggling 5,000 ants Allan Rose Hill

drugs FDA approves J&J's patented psychedelic esketamine for depression without requiring you take other antidepressants with it Allan Rose Hill

drugs Tripping on ketamine lifts depression in fish Allan Rose Hill

Space Huge metallic ring fell from sky and crashed into Kenyan village Allan Rose Hill

experimental music How to make extra-long, strange, and trippy tape loops inside a standard cassette Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

Science Retro-futuristic blimp provides connectivity from the stratosphere Gail Sherman

animals Purrents complaining that new feline tax could be a cat-astrophe Allan Rose Hill