activism Girl Scout sells homemade cookies to avoid controversial ingredient Rusty Blazenhoff

adorable animals The poor otter civet looks like it stuck its face into a wasp nest Jennifer Sandlin

music The New Pornographers to keep name after drummer's child pornography arrest Rob Beschizza

gaming This cable will make your next trip so much better Séamus Bellamy

florida Mystery tar balls wash ashore in Florida Rob Beschizza

ice Mysterious six-foot ice spear falls from sky and pierces metal roof of Florida home Allan Rose Hill

youtube Definitely legitimate scientist promises to enhance your molecules with a "zappy" bulb, only needs $4,750 Ellsworth Toohey

Science COVID almost certainly originated in a wet market, groundbreaking genetic study Allan Rose Hill

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

News Paris mayor drops f-bombs on reactionaries Jason Weisberger

News Pearl-clutching Pro-Trumpers file a complaint about a thing that didn't happen Jason Weisberger

politics Anne Hidalgo swims in the Seine, Macron absent Jason Weisberger

butter Butter made from carbon dioxide instead of animal fat Allan Rose Hill

COVID-19 Paris 2024: watching the games, but mostly the toilets Jennifer Sandlin

baby animals San Diego Zoo welcomes adorably prehensile-snouted tapir tot! Jennifer Sandlin

spiders Does Sephora body butter attract spiders? Rob Beschizza

tabloids Queen Camilla's divorce ultimatum and the Clintons betray Joe Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

movies The Mission: Impossible films, ranked Greg Nussen

los angeles LA driver's karmic crusade: one brake light rescue at a time Lee Keeler