mushrooms Californians really need to stop eating deadly mushrooms Gail Sherman

Science Man suffers psychosis after eating sodium bromide at ChatGPT's suggestion Rob Beschizza

crimes Man mad at noisy neighbors caught on camera allegedly squirting hazardous chemicals under their door (video) David Pescovitz

books Learn how not to cook with this 1820 book about culinary poisons Thom Dunn

poison Somebody attempted to murder a Chinese producer from Netflix's "The Three-Body Problem" with poison Thom Dunn

poisoning Chemistry student poisoned roommate with thallium purchased online Mark Frauenfelder

Food The south's latest culinary trend: inadequate, rotting prison food, supplemented by cattle feed Cory Doctorow

russia Russian agents allegedly tried to hack lab associated with Skirpal poisoning investigation Séamus Bellamy

assassinations Kim Jong-un's brother killed with poison spray at airport Mark Frauenfelder

putin Russian doctors "puzzled" over symptoms of Putin critic in a life-threatening coma Mark Frauenfelder

crime Why did 31 people suddenly die in a Pakistan village? A horrible mystery solved Xeni Jardin

History In 1888, a French adventurer convinced Vietnamese tribes to crown him king Ellsworth Toohey

1980s In 1980, 300 children collapsed at a marching band competition and no one knows why Ellsworth Toohey

Science RFK, Jr. says "depriving" children of whole milk constitutes "a form of child abuse" Jennifer Sandlin

podcasts A murderer's daughter listened to a podcast about her dad and got physically sick Mark Frauenfelder

books Life sentence for woman who poisoned husband then published kids' book about grief Rob Beschizza

Science Two condors quietly attempt a comeback humans nearly erased Jason Weisberger

books Woman who wrote book on grief after husband's death convicted of his murder Rob Beschizza

youtube This daily perpetual stew vlog feels like what the Internet was made for Grant St. Clair