LGBTQ rights Same-sex civil unions supported by Pope Francis Kevin Reome

air travel Surreal flights: Plane headed for Rome flies for 2 hours but never leaves London, citing fuel problem Carla Sinclair

archeology Sequencing the genome of a Pompeii resident and solving a 2,000 year old mystery Gareth Branwyn

music Watch rare footage of The Clash live in Italy (1980) David Pescovitz

crime Italian mafia fugitive caught in Spain after he appeared on Google Street View David Pescovitz

animals Having pets instead of kids "takes away our humanity," says Pope Francis David Pescovitz

archaeology Archaeologists unearth 2000-year-old marble head of Augustus Caesar Jess Sabine

Comics EXCLUSIVE: introducing "The Dusk," a new superhero for dads who realize Batman is not the best role model Thom Dunn

climate change Meet the millennial who's mapping the Catholic Church's land holdings to fight climate change Thom Dunn

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

bionics People with quadriplegia use brain-computer interfaces to compete in a cyborg olympics David Pescovitz

france Win a chance to hang with Mona Lisa Kevin Reome

covid Medieval 'wine windows' are having another moment in Italy Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Watch this wondrous "house of cards" illusion about COVID-19 and our tenuous realities David Pescovitz

art Portal Icosahedron sculpture like looking into another universe Rob Beschizza

robots How to build empathy with robots David Pescovitz

happy mutants World Science Fiction Storybundle: $15 for 10 DRM-free books from around the world, benefiting English PEN Cory Doctorow

whackings New York mob boss whacked for first time since 80s Rob Beschizza

Mr. Resistor, an electrifying stop motion animation David Pescovitz

archaeology The "secret chamber" in King Tut's tomb does not exist David Pescovitz