Iceman No one is surprised the US Navy did not let Tom Cruise fly an F/A-18 regardless of Bruckheimer's assurances of competency Jason Weisberger

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

Delightful Creatures Bear spotted in tree, LAPD reacts Jason Weisberger

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

News How a few grapes landed a Miami man in jail in 1988 Popkin

health "Cold-plunge fallacy" — why some self-improvement routines create more stress than they relieve Ellsworth Toohey

short Nails come to life in this expressive stop motion short Popkin

advice Why deathbed regrets don't make good life guidance Ellsworth Toohey

music Ed Sheeran busks on sidewalk in India — until angry cop shuts him down (video) Carla Sinclair

History Vintage travel guide accidentally becomes masterpiece of tourist horror fiction Ellsworth Toohey

Science Small asteroid creates spectacular light show over Russia just hours after discovery Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Ad for "Ice Bath with Friends" doesn't look friendly at all Allan Rose Hill

politics "You'll thank me for his life," Trump demands praise from military parent Jason Weisberger

Tokyo Beware of "bumping uncles" who deliberately ram into people at crowded stations in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

politics State Department official who participated in Capitol riot jailed for nearly 6 years Rob Beschizza

mistakes North Korea to "expel" U.S. soldier who fled there from South Rob Beschizza

maga Prankster infiltrates MAGA march, claims Black Lives Matter wants to ban Oreo cookies Mark Frauenfelder

werner herzog The curious history of the dancing chicken in Werner Herzog's 1977 film Stroszek Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment Before Barbie was Barbie, she was Lilli, a German comic strip sexpot Ruben Bolling

Seminole County police Cocky Florida cop going 80mph is pulled over but refuses to show ID, speeds away (video) Carla Sinclair