police Can polygraph tests weed out bad cops? Thom Dunn

leaks Antipolygraph.org publishes secret guidelines for the federal "Test for Espionage and Sabotage," a psuedoscientific feature of government life Cory Doctorow

Science What would it be like if we all wore accurate lie detectors around all the time? Rose Eveleth

Large Language Models Grammarly caught using AI to simulate dead writers… again Séamus Bellamy

bad idea FBI director's secret "VIP snorkel" at Pearl Harbor raises fascinating judgment questions Jason Weisberger

paranoia Report says Kash Patel is spiraling over leaks and grilling staff with lie detectors Jason Weisberger

History An 1875 coffin for Little Joe, the canary who saved a mine crew Popkin

Science Lab gloves shed particles that fool microplastic detectors, inflating counts by 20x Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A $5 AI book draft that fools writing detectors Ellsworth Toohey

books Slop Hurl: horror novel Shy Girl withdrawn after it turns out AI wrote it Rob Beschizza

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mistakes Authors leaving AI prompts and responses in their novels Rob Beschizza

Weird This eerie underwater recording could be the Loch Ness Monster's heartbeat Allan Rose Hill

crime Woman finds hidden camera disguised as rock pointed at her home Rob Beschizza

trains Train cab video leading up to Norfolk Southern derailment is missing Rob Beschizza

Georgia's Qongresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene panics about her brainwashed voters getting brainwashed (video) Carla Sinclair

tabloids Prince Charles and Joe Biden unfit to lead in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

aliens Demi Lovato sings a song to help traumatized alien ghosts Thom Dunn

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museums Auction: Lipstick gun, poison-tipped umbrella, hotel room "bug," and other KGB spy gear David Pescovitz