race Taking a deeper look at Winslow Homer's iconic "The Gulf Stream" Gareth Branwyn

barack obama Visiting the Obamas while they're in town Kevin Reome

History Prehistoric rock art in Colombia's Serranía de la Lindosa reveals ancient human "Kiss" Popkin

Science More heat means more energy. More energy means bigger storms Jason Weisberger

Science What is this weird huge mound in Siberia? Ellsworth Toohey

art Frank Frazetta's iconic Conan painting heads to auction Mark Frauenfelder

georgia Visit Howard Finster's Paradise Garden and more on this funky art sites road trip! Jennifer Sandlin

Instagram fool damages 6,000-year-old cave art for likes, faces wrath of Spanish authorities Ellsworth Toohey

archaeology Marge Simpson is depicted on this 3,500-year-old Egyptian coffin Allan Rose Hill

art Impressive propaganda in an immersive Turkish panorama painting Natalie Dressed

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

art Magnificent 19th century portraits of people with huge tumors David Pescovitz

Santa Fe View the Japanese monster show in Santa Fe Bob Knetzger

art Why are there UFOs in many Renaissance paintings? David Pescovitz

art Take a virtual tour of the Pech Merle prehistoric cave paintings Ruben Bolling

asu Lucha Libre's history and art Bob Knetzger

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema

artists Artist Joe Coleman has one of the coolest houses I've ever seen Popkin

art The Lord of the Rings re-imagined as ancient China Thom Dunn