politics Venezuela says it will annex most of Guyana—and all of that newly-found oil there Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Sara Varon's New Shoes: a kids' buddy story about the jungles of Guyana and redemption Cory Doctorow

television Bill Hader to co-write and hopefully star in Jonestown TV show Rob Beschizza

Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown Allan Rose Hill

snakes Video of the world's largest snake species newly discovered in the Amazon David Pescovitz

baby animals This adorable anteater pup was recently born at the Los Angeles Zoo Jennifer Sandlin

music The Judy's: Punk/New Wave spawned from a Texas suburb "transcending nostalgia's sterilization." Elías Villoro

birds Man busted for trying to smuggle 36 birds into the US under his clothes for birdsong contests David Pescovitz

music On today's anniversary of Jonestown, here is a moving music video using footage from the Peoples Temple David Pescovitz

computer science Trying to land on some runways causes the Boeing 737's control screens to go black Cory Doctorow

Passenger attempts to smuggle 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers Mark Frauenfelder

travel The three coolest places in the world are Setouchi, Antarctica, and Pittsburgh Rob Beschizza

music Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple released a pre-Jonestown gospel album David Pescovitz

Food In "Food Warriors," NYC subway grub sleuths find A+ ethnic eats in Richmond Hill, Queens Xeni Jardin

vaccines Seattle kids are less likely to get polio vaccine than kids in Rwanda, and rates continue to drop Jason Weisberger

animals Pilots, please always remove cats from your plane wings before flight Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow