air travel Flight delay ends revelers hopes for a "double New Year" Jason Weisberger

tortoise These animals munching on snacks is the best year-end recap I've seen Jennifer Sandlin

seattle Brilliant Space Needle New Years virtual display from your couch Kevin Reome

movies Sony saves the Cinerama Dome from becoming condos or sadness Jason Weisberger

books Neal Stephenson's guide to writing books with a fountain pen Ellsworth Toohey

Armed Services U.S. Army finds out unlimited isn't Jason Weisberger

bad idea The anti-vax movement keeps setting records nobody wanted Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Speak a new language confidently sooner than you dreamed with Rosetta Stone Sapphire for $127.20 Boing Boing's Shop

Games Bethesda provides "studio update" on its franchises Grant St. Clair

tesla Tesla's latest offering is a $225 bike for toddlers Gail Sherman

DIY Four cheap ways to fatten a tool handle so it stops hurting your hand Ellsworth Toohey

music The worst opera singer who ever sold out Carnegie Hall Ellsworth Toohey

vice president JD Vance discovers parenting is easy when the Secret Service does the hard parts Jason Weisberger

History A homesick mechanic stole a C-130 to fly home to his wife Ellsworth Toohey

books The Newest Complete Carl Barks Library volume has Donald Duck lost beneath the sea Ruben Bolling

puzzles The NY Times' crossword editor kept building puzzles from his hospital bed Ellsworth Toohey

Science Scientists baked sourdough with yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy Ellsworth Toohey

Science A T. rex skeleton just sold for a record $50.1 million Ellsworth Toohey

In 1907, a sailor watched the North Atlantic mysteriously change color forever Jason Weisberger

design Surgeons use free IKEA pencils to mark bone cuts Ellsworth Toohey