art Love letter from 1913 folds out into a miniature pop-up art gallery Popkin

Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut's 2006 advice to high schoolers who wrote him: 'Make your soul grow' Rusty Blazenhoff

fantasy "Bowling with Corpses" in Mike Mignola's new land of dark fantasy folklore Gareth Branwyn

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politics George Santos' sentencing delayed so he can produce more podcasts Rob Beschizza

Science "Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects Gail Sherman

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

life advice Your favorite internet dad is here with home, car, and life advice Jennifer Sandlin

Science Mathematicians discover the ideal body shape for hula hooping Gail Sherman

video games We were inches away from the fabled Doom and Halo crossover Grant St. Clair

surveillance NYC tries to kill traffic cam selfie site, has never heard of Streisand effect Gail Sherman

Science Geneticist claims humans evolved from pig-chimp mating Mark Frauenfelder

In 1964, a dad's photo of his daughter captured a figure in a spacesuit — a mystery that still baffles Ellsworth Toohey

Science 2020 paper pushing bogus Covid treatment finally retracted Gail Sherman

books In 2004, an author wrote a 233-page novel without using any verbs Ellsworth Toohey

Science AI tries to decipher rules of ancient board game Gail Sherman

design Middle school responds perfectly to university that sent cease and desist over its logo Allan Rose Hill

Science AI-powered robot rats fit right in with real rats Gail Sherman

word nerds Man wins Spanish Scrabble World Championship — and he doesn't speak a lick of Spanish Carla Sinclair

data Visualize the popularity of your name over the years Gail Sherman