ancient artifacts What is the function of these mysterious ancient Roman dodecahedrons? Mark Frauenfelder

movies Inside a San Francisco basement where the weirdest VHS tapes are archived and honored David Pescovitz

cuisine Article tries to describe The Cheesecake Factory Rob Beschizza

tucker carlson Rolling Stone obtains leaked texts allegedly showing Andrew Tate's trafficking tactics Mark Frauenfelder

Revenge of problematic 80s movies This Zuck vs Musk stuff can only get dumber Jason Weisberger

art Is that an ancient pizza depicted in this 2,000-year-old painting? David Pescovitz

History Idiot carves his and his girlfriend's initials into the Roman Colosseum (video) David Pescovitz

music Listen to this blistering version of Secret Agent Man, played by Luna Lee on the gayageum Jennifer Sandlin

photography The history of Priscilla, 1969, the iconic image from Dinosaur, Jr.'s Green Mind Jennifer Sandlin

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

books "Marvel Comics in the 1970s" is a new book about a wild and trippy creative era Ruben Bolling

Food Is New Haven the best pizza city? Ruben Bolling

Science Do some animals have pretty privilege? Elías Villoro

gen x Gen X thought of the day: "We invented the playlist." Elías Villoro

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

fake news A romance author allegedly faked her own suicide to boost book sales Thom Dunn

london Young woman transforms from 'nice girl' to punk to test tolerance in 1983 BBC clip Rusty Blazenhoff

violence Where are the lines between incel misogyny and violence? Elías Villoro

los angeles The 93 KHJ YouTube channel is a groovy trip back to Los Angeles in the 1960s Mark Frauenfelder