Business Wealthy investors are buying Long Beach's old low-rent buildings and evicting everyone, making them homeless Cory Doctorow

Science A 1977 trawler hauled up a carcass that Japan took for a sea monster Ellsworth Toohey

Science Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus Jennifer Sandlin

Internet Library of Leng archives decades of articles about Magic: The Gathering Rob Beschizza

the duh in Florida Florida cops drop ticket for woman accused of holding phone in hand she does not have Jason Weisberger

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

Science The 1960 blob that gave all mystery blobs their name Ellsworth Toohey

News California has four to six weeks of gasoline left Ellsworth Toohey

hunting wabbits Cops, not bunnies: Newport Beach chooses enforcement over art park Jason Weisberger

Science More heat means more energy. More energy means bigger storms Jason Weisberger

coachella "Justin Bieber's guy" rents Coachella buggies, drives them straight to Mexico Jason Weisberger

Science Your odds of finding a 100-year-old message in a bottle: 1 in 8 million Ellsworth Toohey

art Dinosaur light paintings that look like they came from another dimension Popkin

Science Counting sheep to fall asleep traces back to at least the 12th century Ellsworth Toohey

music He made videos of himself singing Beach Boys songs – and they were so good the Beach Boys brought him into the band Ruben Bolling

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

housing crisis How to kill affordable housing: review it forever Jason Weisberger

Vintage snowman roadside signs across America, photographed by Rolando Pujol Popkin

donald trump A 21-year-old Trump fan shot dead at Mar-a-Lago and unsearched Epstein storage units Ellsworth Toohey

venice The architecture and history of LA's skateable beachfront Jason Weisberger