anatomy Super-slow motion and close-up video of how tattoo needles push ink into your skin David Pescovitz

drugs Why Portugal's decriminalization of all drugs has saved so many lives Séamus Bellamy

Technology A company accidentally spent $500 million on Claude in one month Ellsworth Toohey

movies Willem Dafoe plays a billionaire Onassis figure in The Birthday Party Grant St. Clair

Science A single raindrop compresses a 30-meter pine forest into a perfect image Popkin

politics Ron Johnson refuses to pay veterans the money they earned with their blood and service Séamus Bellamy

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

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

TPUSA Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk faces grooming allegations Jason Weisberger

politics The EU's infamous "curved banana law" is both real and completely misunderstood Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Retro-style cassette players with modern-style price tags Rob Beschizza

knitting Meet the artist who knitted every tiny sweater in Coraline Popkin

politics "Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" is a perfect musical critique of RFK, Jr. Jennifer Sandlin

surgery Tiny robot hands perform delicate stitches on single corn kernel (video) Popkin

Science Dental floss gets a upgrade: needle-free vaccines Gail Sherman

music Historic cat opera performance proves humans can out-meow actual cats (video) Jennifer Sandlin

medicine Medication delivered by chewing gum Séamus Bellamy

Food How to make pine needle soda, a fizzy, nutritious drink Popkin

delightful creatures Cat climbs tree to take advantage of wild bird — and vice versa, in unlikely "win-win" friendship (video) Carla Sinclair

town halls gone awry Even deep red MAGA voters are sick of Elon Musk: "Booo!!!" (video) Carla Sinclair