music Watch Eddie Vedder and Jeanne Tripplehorn perform The Rolling Stones' "Shattered," with a twist Jennifer Sandlin

racism UC Santa Barbara law professor caught on video in racist tirade against construction worker Mark Frauenfelder

california Rich people must allow access to a public beach Jason Weisberger

music The brilliance of Miles Davis's "live score" for the 1958 film Elevator To The Gallows Elías Villoro

decolonialism Frantz Fanon's Christmas Eve story Elías Villoro

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chemistry A freaky bright purple haze mysteriously appeared over this town David Pescovitz

Science Paleontologists in China find the first dinosaur belly button Devin Nealy

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Jen Psaki Jen Psaki and Peter Doocy break character, exchange sweet goodbyes Carla Sinclair

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politics Bus companies draw anger after installing Rosa Parks-themed commemorative seats Rob Beschizza

beam weapons U.S. Senator: "directed energy attacks" responsible for so-called Havana Syndrome Rob Beschizza

records Jeanne Calment, world's oldest human being, might not have been 122 after all Rob Beschizza

pranksters Here's one great way to prank a phone scammer! Carla Sinclair

Science Humans could live to be 150 according to new scientific research David Pescovitz

music The Beatles' 'Blackbird' sung in the indigenous Mi'kmaq tongue Thom Dunn

weapons Scientific report: mystery microwave beam weapon used on diplomats in Cuba and elsewhere David Pescovitz

suffrage Look at this 1917 booklet that lists every reason women should not vote Mark Frauenfelder