astronomy Are people who study Uranus annoyed by jokes about Uranus? Thom Dunn

Kids A 10-year-old steals car to find his mother; a high-speed police chase ensues Jason Weisberger

animals Adorable critically-endangered gorilla born at the US National Zoo David Pescovitz

animal attacks Snorkeler pries open the jaws of a crocodile "to get my head out" Carla Sinclair

florida Florida man and spouse arrested for stealing endangered Galapagos tortoises and rare comic books David Pescovitz

restaurants Texas 12-year-old charged with murder after shooting Sonic restaurant employee Rob Beschizza

law 13 year old brother uses slingshot to defend 8-year-old sister from would-be kidnapper Rob Beschizza

pranks Alex Jones threatens to sue comedian who prank-called him Rob Beschizza

Massachusetts Rare footage: North Atlantic right whale bonding with her calf off Cape Cod Bay Rusty Blazenhoff

children with guns in america Domino's pizza receipt leads police to 12-year-old boy, arrested for murder Carla Sinclair

robots 2Dumb2Destroy is a new AI ChatBot trained on the dumbest dudebros imaginable Thom Dunn

courts Study: U.S. judges give harsher sentences when their football team loses Thom Dunn

elon musk Elon Musk's inability to be funny costs shareholders billions Mark Frauenfelder

art Martin Bullock photoshops cute nightmare hybrid creatures Elías Villoro

Delightful Creatures Melibe viridis is a gelatinous hungry nudibranch Elías Villoro

Amazon behaving badly Amazon's high injury rates under scrutiny Jennifer Sandlin

music They don't make 'em like Annie Ross anymore Devin Nealy

Comics Let's remember EC Comics this Halloween Devin Nealy

Culture Bot reveals rejected vanity license plates and the real DMV notes on why they were flagged Rusty Blazenhoff