weird thieves Bizarre: Woman brings corpse to bank to co-sign, trying to fool banker into giving her $3,000 (video) Carla Sinclair

books A book bound with human skin from dead woman's corpse finally removed from Harvard library Carla Sinclair

Business CoronaCoin: A coronavirus speculative deathwatch cryptocurrency Xeni Jardin

Weird Human composting is now legal in Washington, and offered by a Seattle business Xeni Jardin

Weird Free deaths offered Xeni Jardin

mistakes Amazingly dangerous tech easily bought online Rob Beschizza

Vaccine beliefs RFK Jr.'s "just a rash" disease filled Texas hospital beds Jason Weisberger

Science Buried CDC report says vaccines work, funny how that keeps happening Jason Weisberger

creepy Ripley's Museum has a serial killer's preserved head Popkin

art history Why this husband commissioned a sculpture of his wife's rotting body Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Chernobyl humidifer and diffuser Rob Beschizza

History When grief was gem-set: the eerie Victorian brooches made of hair, teeth, and tears Popkin

History 1900 film shows viewers what it feels like to be hit by a car — and ends with a cryptic message about pleasing Mother Popkin

bizarre "Medicaid cuts strengthen Medicaid" says GOP senator in bizarre MAGA speak (video) Carla Sinclair

Remorseless Senator Ernst's bitter-sounding non-apology (video) Jason Weisberger

public health CDC report reveals contaminated RV water source of brain-eating amoeba in recent death Jennifer Sandlin

republican Senator Joni Ernst smirks, shrugs off Medicaid concerns with morbid retort (video) Jason Weisberger

drugs Psilocybin effectively reduces symptoms of depression, study finds Rob Beschizza

science fiction New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels David Pescovitz

politics Trump attacks science, research, and public health systems Jennifer Sandlin