cats The best songs about depression written from the perspective of a cat Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Long COVID patient cries with gratitude for being able to smell coffee again (video) Mark Frauenfelder

books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

mistakes Excavator extricated Andrea James

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

natural disasters Pennsylvania woman swallowed by sinkhole still missing after 2 day search Carla Sinclair

trump Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI Director, has a long history of conspiracy grifting Jennifer Sandlin

politics Xungeons & Xragons: Elon wants to buy Hasbro and do to the game what he did to Twitter Rob Beschizza

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

neuroscience A pig's brain was revived an hour after it died Allan Rose Hill

music Go Fund Me for indie rocker Matthew Sweet raises $300k in two days Jennifer Sandlin

turkey Turkey dental tourism disaster: Woman left toothless after surgery Ellsworth Toohey

Science NOAA warns of "severe" geomagnetic storm Gail Sherman

florida Hurricane Milton grows to category 4 as it heads for Florida Rob Beschizza

politics Trump lies, sows division, and wastes recovery resources as Americans suffer Jason Weisberger

Science Magnificent cinematic footage of Chinese rocket exploding into fireball just 1.6-feet away from a perfect landing Allan Rose Hill

delightful creatures Man finds cat "on the brink of death" at Starbucks and nurses her back to health (video) Carla Sinclair

endangered animals Lynx poses majestically for a trail camera Gail Sherman