topiary Extremely satisfying hedge-trimming Clive Thompson

Kids Watch this cool machine trim hedges into perfect spheres Andrea James

History On one night in 1888, tens of thousands of English sheep fled their fields at once Ellsworth Toohey

politics Seven Stories Press compiles "Hands Off Iran" reading list Jennifer Sandlin

Business Private credit default rate hits 9.2%, worst on record Ellsworth Toohey

out-of-control drivers Weird: 3 cars plow through homes this week — 2 in Texas, 1 in Pennsylvania (video) Carla Sinclair

Musical instruments The original Beatles recording console is on sale for $3 million Thom Dunn

advertising Vinepairs' five worst booze ads of all time Ruben Bolling

Comics Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco revisit "Palestine"and "Footnotes from Gaza" books in light of the ongoing conflict Natalie Dressed

politics Watch as Rep. Lauren Boebert struggles to understand the lawmaking process Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Bimbo Duchess and a giant UFO in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

delightful bugs Meet the cockchafer Jennifer Sandlin

unruly trucks An out-of-control garbage truck damages cars, hedges, and even a house foundation Carla Sinclair

tabloids Joe Biden's "dementia" and Ghislaine Maxwell's "shocking photos' in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

accidents A chef is sentenced after his pie killed one person and sickened 31 others Carla Sinclair

computer science Scientists successfully created a biological computer out of E. coli Thom Dunn

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

muppets "The Great Gatsby", new to the public domain, gets Muppet adaptation Thom Dunn

Truth, injustice, and the American chocolate bar, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

ethics Towards a "nerdocratic oath" Cory Doctorow