snacks How they make mochi Devin Nealy

dessert Beware the dangers of mochi Annie Rauwerda

Science Here's a great new thing to worry about: "Mirror life" could destroy life on Earth Ruben Bolling

japanese cuisine This video shows you how to travel in Japan on the cheap Mark Frauenfelder

budget travel Japan's smallest hotel room: A cramped stay for two Mark Frauenfelder

brazil Meet the capybaras of Curitiba, Brazil's famous "capybara park" Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Haru the bull – raised among dogs, and now he acts like one too Grant St. Clair

Disney $2,200 Kingdom Hearts chair doesn't even look like a Kingdom Hearts chair Grant St. Clair

Would you like to play a game? GPT-4 hires subcontractors to get around Captcha Jason Weisberger

studies You'll never guess who funded a study that says eating 2 cups of grapes a day can make you live longer Mark Frauenfelder

whales Watch breaching humpback whale land on tourist boat that was likely annoying it David Pescovitz

Japan Two people in Japan choked to death eating New Year's rice cakes, four others hospitalized Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Clinton divorce drama and Hitler's kinky sex life in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Food Michelle Obama plays a supermarket owner in Netflix' new kids' show, Waffles + Mochi Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures Otter can't sleep without hugging a kitten Xeni Jardin

Japanese konbini These dessert fans scour Japan to showcase the best convenience store treats Maddie Lee

Japan Warabi Mochi: a gooey Japanese summer dessert, now in chocolate mint Thersa Matsuura

drugs Smoke some shoes? The DEA's list of slang terms for cannabis David Pescovitz

Science Santa Fe: Come see Neal Stephenson, NASA's Pete Worden, Los Alamos's Nina Lanza, JPL's Sasha Samochina (and me!) at the Interplanetary Festival! Cory Doctorow

dogs St. Bernard sets Guinness World Record for longest dog tongue David Pescovitz