video games The long, perilous road to the first performance of Hamlet… in Grand Theft Auto Online Grant St. Clair

music New Radiohead adaptation of "Hamlet" Thom Dunn

writing Full-length novel written using the 483 words spoken by Ophelia in "Hamlet" Thom Dunn

Funny Set it and forget it: these digital monkeys will eventually write Hamlet, possibly after heat death of universe Popkin

local culture Remote desert town's bizarre welcome sign leaves mathematicians scratching their heads Ellsworth Toohey

Monkey unable to type all of Hamlet before the universe ends but could type "bananas" before it dies Allan Rose Hill

death Al Pacino confirms there's no afterlife Thom Dunn

Science The longest tunnel in the world is about to shut down Gail Sherman

Comic Books Romeo and Juliet battle to the bloody death in new Kill Shakespeare comic Thom Dunn

Science How long would it take for a human brain to form in a void, complete with a memory of having existed? Mark Frauenfelder

spirit week Arizona school teacher suspended for wearing a devil costume to school Carla Sinclair

weather Incredibly bizarre video of forest floor lifting off the ground like a rug David Pescovitz

censorship Florida teachers toss Shakespeare books from classes, citing fascist Ron DeSantis law Carla Sinclair

police Video: Father's unlicensed ear piercing on son triggers bizarre police showdown in Arkansas Mark Frauenfelder

canada Cheetos statue unveiled in Canada, an homage to Cheetle, the orange dust's official name Rusty Blazenhoff

The 1960s Watch Chappaqua, a 1966 cult film that features a pantheon of 60s luminaries Popkin

road trips Tour the British landscape with a road trip from Shitterton to Twatt Thom Dunn

spoken word Discovering William Shatner's first spoken word album in a bakery Thom Dunn

car wrecks Sequence of rear-end collisions causes tanker to gush a brown liquid onto pavement Kevin Reome

politics Swastika, N.Y., to keep name after vote Rob Beschizza