History Faber Birren painted his bedroom red to see if it would drive him mad, then designed the colors of the nuclear age Ellsworth Toohey

Science "My one great mistake": Einstein's atomic bomb letter comes to auction, expected to fetch $150,000 Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets KitchenAid puts a new feature in an old mixer: a stepless speed dial Rob Beschizza

Science The bacteria-in-a-bottle thought experiment that explains why we're bad at seeing disaster coming Ellsworth Toohey

Space Watch comet/alien spacecraft 3I/ATLAS make its closest approach to Earth Gail Sherman

Science When will RFK jr swim in this radioactive creek? Jason Weisberger

mothers day Can you believe the gorgeous floral arrangements on this NYC stoop are actually made from LEGO? Jennifer Sandlin

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

Forever Chemicals Teflon: Miracle invention or slow-acting poison? Why not both! Mark Frauenfelder

Science An interactive ecological time machine takes you to New York City in 1609 Ruben Bolling

Games Multiplayer Spider-Man game leaked, then immediately cancelled Grant St. Clair

art The mysterious case of missing art curator Barton Kestle Jennifer Sandlin

hollywood How a New York artist gave birth to James Bond's 007 logo Mark Cerulli

manhattan 2014's "Manhattan" offered a longer retelling of Oppenheimer's story Bob Knetzger

representation Moviegoers question the lack of Japanese perspectives in Oppenheimer Thom Dunn

bbc Watch the BBC's "Oppenheimer" miniseries starring a young Sam Waterston Thom Dunn

Science Cornell researchers study "trash barrel robots" in New York City Jennifer Sandlin

politics "Olga Dies Dreaming" and "War Against All Puerto Ricans" are the same book Elías Villoro

racism Dhoruba Bin Wahad was jailed for 19 years in the FBI's illegal COINTELPRO project Elías Villoro

improv everywhere Improv Everywhere spreads joy through spontaneous comedy Jennifer Sandlin