web theory The future of trollbots Cory Doctorow

videos Until Dawn, a game that already plays like a movie, gets a movie Grant St. Clair

politics Supreme Court upholds Tik Tok ban Rob Beschizza

science fiction Dyson Trees could make a home for humans—and other things Rob Beschizza

guns Blind person with gun accidentally shoots friend instead of the roommate he meant to hit Allan Rose Hill

weird incidents LA couple terrified after "watermelon-size" ice chunk crashes through roof — JetBlue plays innocent, but FAA disagrees Carla Sinclair

Survival fear from prehistoric times drives today's moral outrage Ellsworth Toohey

Funny Woman climbs into Christmas tree netting machine and gets wrapped up Popkin

Musk abandons DOGE's $2 trillion pledge to cut costs Jason Weisberger

protest Group of Blue Men protest corporate labor actions Thom Dunn

travel Man banned from Thailand for accidental single-day visa overstay Ellsworth Toohey

public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

pittsburgh The death stairs of Pittsburgh Rob Beschizza

Psychonauts, please take a pass on peyote Allan Rose Hill

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

CDC Dr. Deborah Birx: "Our agencies are making the same mistakes they made with COVID" Jennifer Sandlin

mistakes Missiles now biggest killer of airplane passengers Rob Beschizza

dreams Dream hackers explore the frontiers of consciousness Allan Rose Hill

adorable animals Behold the biscuit-making skills of Wilbur the binturong Jennifer Sandlin

pranks Police and animal control officers discover that dangerous snake loose inside home was something else Allan Rose Hill