Science Meet nature's smartest blob: The mysterious world of slime molds Popkin

food safety What happens when you eat moldy food? Ellsworth Toohey

house House overflowing with mold Popkin

Science Watch a timelapse of a Kinder Happy Hippo getting devoured by mold Popkin

cuisine Mold is on the menu: Aspergillus oryzae, to be precise Carolyn Townsend

tiktok Folks on TikTok are discovering that their improperly-washed Stanley tumblers are growing mold Jennifer Sandlin

Science Dasha Plesen grows beautiful mold inside of petri dishes Popkin

timelapse Spectacular microscopic timelapse footage of common molds blooming Andrea James

art Delightful petri dishes filled with wool and felt fungi Andrea James

gadgets Retrospective of the Bic Cristal pen Rob Beschizza

gadgets Seneca keyboard for people with stoic financial advisors Rob Beschizza

Weird Fur-bearing trout: the bizarre folklore fish covered in fur (and the weird truth behind it) Popkin

tourism Two German teen girls discover America's new tourist attraction: detention centers Ellsworth Toohey

UFO—unidentified falling object—crashes through roof and vanishes without a trace (video) Allan Rose Hill

Food Behind the scenes: how pre-packaged sandwiches and fish replicas are made Popkin

rancid signs If your coconut cream smells like soap, here's why (toss it!) Carla Sinclair

Japan A fascinating look at the Nambu-tekki cast iron process Thom Dunn

fire Colorado extinguishes 100-year-old coal fire Jason Weisberger

deli slime for sale Boar's Head insects, grime, and "unidentified slime" found in more than one plant, say inspectors Carla Sinclair

music "Failed second album" is a myth. Blame music critics. Rob Beschizza