dogs Video captures dogs smiling after being told they're "good boys" and "good girls" Jennifer Sandlin
books "Bridge" is a dimension-hopping thriller about grief, motherhood, and parasitic worms Thom Dunn
Postmodern Jukebox Watch this Roy Orbison-esque version of the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" Jennifer Sandlin
Barbie Barbie's commitment to diversity and inclusion has come a long way since 1959 Jennifer Sandlin
Barbie movie Evangelicals rail against Barbie, demand Americans not take children to see film Jennifer Sandlin
politics Ron DeSantis says baseball players are good, but basketball players are "freaks of nature" Mark Frauenfelder
books "Who Would Believe a Prisoner?" chronicles America's first separate prison for women ElĂas Villoro
tabloids The Madness of King Charles and Obama's nepo baby in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
music First-ever reggaeton track in Library of Congress audio history library: Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" Rusty Blazenhoff
History "I hope you will never see this letter" Yuri Gagarin's note to his wife and daughters in 1961 Mark Frauenfelder
viral videos Remembering the McCain Girls, whose viral hit during the 2008 presidential campaign heralded a new era in internet politics Jennifer Sandlin