mistakes Sex doll rental service suspended Rob Beschizza

art Inflatable extras: How fake crowds are fooling you in blockbuster films Popkin

Putin puppets Russian TV host giddy over Trump's JD Vance pick: "Trumpier than Trump" (video) Carla Sinclair

1970s "Pickled People" were heads made out of stuffed panty hose and smushed into jars, and people in the 1970s bought them for fun Jennifer Sandlin

automata I love this Sailor's Hornpipe automaton by Gustave Vichy Popkin

happy mutants This slowed Chipmunks version of "Chariots of Fire" feels like distorted sludge Jennifer Sandlin

play Midcentury modern designers playing around Bob Knetzger

halloween New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns Jennifer Sandlin

Barbie Barbie competitor Bratz piles on Bob Knetzger

art Take a peek at this doll eye display chart from the 1950s Popkin

nostalgia The 1980s moral panic over video games Jason Weisberger

Barbie Barbie's commitment to diversity and inclusion has come a long way since 1959 Jennifer Sandlin

art Lucila Biscione cuts paper into alternate realities Popkin

art Paper dolls meet the runway in these incredible costumes by Subject Dolly Popkin

crimes Harvard morgue manager indicted for stealing and selling human remains Thom Dunn

Nature Hermit crab turns a dolls head into a walking nightmare Popkin

movie Barbie must decide between high heels and Birkenstocks in wild new 'Barbie' trailer Rusty Blazenhoff

art The Last Supper Museum in Douglas, Arizona, has hundreds of Last Suppers on display Jennifer Sandlin

humor Excessive audience participation during "I Will Always Love You" got a musical version of the Bodyguard shut down in Manchester Devin Nealy

US Government John Stewart explains how the government actually works Mark Frauenfelder