books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow

politics Turn's out RFK's carnivore diet is unhealthy. Who would have guessed? Grant St. Clair

movies Howl you know if Werwulf is worth seeing if you don't watch this trailer? Rob Beschizza

History Star Tiger sent its last radio message at 3:17 a.m. in 1948. No wreckage was ever found. Ellsworth Toohey

movies Werwulf sure looks like another Robert Eggers joint Grant St. Clair

Science A computer the size of a star would nest Dyson spheres like Russian dolls Ellsworth Toohey

History A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife Ellsworth Toohey

politics CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway Séamus Bellamy

History An expedition spent years looking for an Arctic island that didn't exist Ellsworth Toohey

politics New blue paint under Reflecting Pool already peeling Rob Beschizza

History Robert Wadlow stood 8 feet 11 inches tall and refused to be a sideshow act Ellsworth Toohey

aliens Catholic church fires exorcist who said UFO sightings mostly the work of demons Rob Beschizza

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

horror Time-traveling dinosaur movie looks like a lot of fun Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Freedomland USA: was this 1960s theme park just a five-year land scam? Ruben Bolling

instagram French Spider-Man rests mid-cliff at 60, no harness needed Popkin

Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: The Shadow Docket comes out of the shadows! Ruben Bolling

books Those 100-foot Korowai tree houses are mostly built for film crews Ellsworth Toohey

africa WHO declares global health emergency over Congo Ebola outbreak Séamus Bellamy

mysteries 15 honey-drizzled bananas appear on a plate every month on a street corner Ellsworth Toohey