COVID-19 Island community uses quirky, oversized art to drive COVID awareness Rusty Blazenhoff

oregon There are huge polka dots all over Portland's Pioneer Square Rusty Blazenhoff

video Marvel's Fantastic Four looks surprisingly interesting in first full trailer Grant St. Clair

Games Upcoming MMO places you in a real-time war with global stakes Grant St. Clair

Science New research: Shingles vaccine reduces risk of developing dementia by 20% Jennifer Sandlin

Technology reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits Mark Frauenfelder

music "Failed second album" is a myth. Blame music critics. Rob Beschizza

crimes Rash of butter burglaries plaguing Guelph groceries Allan Rose Hill

art These impressive stop motion music videos are made for fall Jennifer Sandlin

politics Actual climate scientists debunk Marjorie Taylor Greene's weather-related conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

Science Academic fraud endemic in published research, from photoshopped blots to AI slop Rob Beschizza

SETI Strange starlight patterns could be evidence of alien technology, according to two new scientific studies David Pescovitz

china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder

Mexico City Artist explains Olmec head crushing a Tesla: "to troll Elon Musk and his new car plant in Mexico" Jennifer Sandlin

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russia Ukraine sinks another Russian warship, the Caesar Kunikov Rob Beschizza

NASA Meet Maggie, a solar-powered aircraft to search Mars for water Rob Beschizza

art Artist creates adorable creatures with simple line drawings on photos of clouds Jennifer Sandlin

Science Boba beware! Researchers in Beijing warn of an "emerging hazardous addiction problem of milk tea among youths" Jennifer Sandlin