Massachusetts Rare footage: North Atlantic right whale bonding with her calf off Cape Cod Bay Rusty Blazenhoff

finance Investment firm discovers shocking new strategy: Spelling its name correctly Ellsworth Toohey

politics RFK Jr's confirmation hearing is packed with disqualifying things Jason Weisberger

animals Bring home the bagels, not the bacon: animal rights activists urge us to change idioms Allan Rose Hill

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

squids Rare and magnificent deep-sea squid caught on camera (video) David Pescovitz

animal rescue Watch these rescuers save entangled seals Gail Sherman

racism Drug-using Musk relies on casual racism in Lemon interview Jason Weisberger

performance art MSCHF's latest project is "Rat Chat," where you can name their office rat for a mere three dollars Jennifer Sandlin

animals Video provides overview of "10 Animals You Definitely Forgot Existed" Jennifer Sandlin

Science Newly discovered fossils of a giant whale that may have been the largest animal to ever exist Ruben Bolling

gadgets Which is the best e-ink tablet? Rob Beschizza

Russian spy whale spotted off Sweden David Pescovitz

animals Republicans decide to blame whale strandings on wind farms Ruben Bolling

twitter "The Trouble with Twitter," a cartoon from 2009 David Pescovitz

oceans Acoustic solutions to ocean noise pollution Elías Villoro

Roadside Attractions The concrete Blue Whale in Catoosa, Oklahoma is the 9th Wonder of the World Jennifer Sandlin

Crotchless The crotchless panty's ascent from propriety into risqué Andrew Yi

killer whales Humpback whales and their killer whale nemesis Andrew Yi

politics JD Vance wins Ohio's GOP Primary Rob Beschizza