asteroids Half-giraffe-sized asteroid hits Earth, according to the Daily Mail Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures This baby giraffe discovers its shadow for the first time and it's precious Carla Sinclair

giraffes Short-legged "Corgi" giraffes discovered Clive Thompson

animal friends The way we study giraffes is exhilarating and stressful Thom Dunn

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

africa Rare white giraffes spotted in Kenya Rusty Blazenhoff

giraffes Giraffes make Gene Simmons jealous Heather Johanssen

animal Giraffe licks camera Heather Johanssen

offworld Play it now: You Are A Hoverboard Leigh Alexander

murders Trophy hunter shot dead and left on side of road Carla Sinclair

Delightful Creatures We have underestimated the giraffes Rob Beschizza

Science Grad student proves one of Darwin's theories almost 140 years after his death David Pescovitz

the Enternet Do trees really talk to each other? Clive Thompson

google Google makes machine learning image classifier available to the public Cory Doctorow

fake news Inside Kim Jong-Un's bunker, the plot to kidnap Prince George, and other fabrications in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

Tom The Dancing Bug Trump to America: "Giraffes Are Jerks!" Ruben Bolling

cartoons An Instagram feed of fun illustrated facts Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scientists discover that giraffes "hum" at night David Pescovitz

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery