class war The teachers' strikes are spreading Cory Doctorow

movies Howl you know if Werwulf is worth seeing if you don't watch this trailer? Rob Beschizza

Science NASA's robot rescue of the Swift space telescope launches June 30 Gail Sherman

History February 30 happened once, in 1712 Sweden — and May 35 still happens every year in China Ellsworth Toohey

Science Australia's social media ban not working, study finds Rob Beschizza

mistakes Hitler baby photo in school yearbook Rob Beschizza

Ethan Hawke The Weight looks like a heavy-duty thriller Séamus Bellamy

crime Man shat in public swimming pool 18 times Rob Beschizza

Weird In 1971 two campers recorded what a Navy linguist calls a nonhuman language in the Sierra Nevadas Ellsworth Toohey

History A Japanese doomsday cult bought a million-acre Australian sheep ranch to test sarin gas Ellsworth Toohey

awards Canberra's town crier recognized as world's loudest person with 122.4dB yell Rob Beschizza

History For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn Ellsworth Toohey

DHS ICE pepper-sprays Father's Day protest after woman is run over Jason Weisberger

animal ASMR This giant anteater uses his dancing tongue to keep cool in the summer's sweltering heat Jennifer Sandlin

Science In 1986, a Cameroonian lake released a CO2 cloud that killed 1,746 people overnight Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

music Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood" Ruben Bolling

History A 14-year-old Japanese sailor drifted across the Pacific for 14 months and could never go home Ellsworth Toohey

animals Puss caterpillar is one of North America's most venomous insects Popkin

film Kim Jong-il had a South Korean actress kidnapped to make him movies Ellsworth Toohey