Adam Savage Adam Savage critiques a "perpetual motion" machine housed at The Royal Society Gareth Branwyn

Science Adam Savage ogles the first edition of "the most important science book ever written" Gareth Branwyn

photography Royal Society's remarkable 2016 nature photo finalists Andrea James

Science Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party Popkin

Science Watch: Wild cockatoos figure out how to operate water fountains Ellsworth Toohey

Toxic frog masculinity — we can't hear female frogs because males won't shut up Gail Sherman

insects This is the oldest image of a bug's brain Allan Rose Hill

bugs Microscopic images from Arthur E. Smith's 1909 "Nature Through Microscope and Camera Popkin

Entertainment "Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game" Ellsworth Toohey

Environment The slender-billed curlew is extinct Ruben Bolling

Science Elephant's wrinkles reveal if they are right-trunked or left-trunked Gail Sherman

Science Your anxious dog might be a pessimist Gail Sherman

activism Watch animal rights activists transform King Charles' face into Wallace, from Wallace and Gromit Jennifer Sandlin

History Archaeological evidence that thousands of years ago, humans domesticated foxes Ruben Bolling

Science This 1900 film of a solar eclipse may be the oldest footage of an astronomical event ever (video) David Pescovitz

cats Mystery miscreant shaving outdoor cats David Pescovitz

Death with the Disneyland penalty First liquor store in Saudi Arabia opens. Diplomats only! Rob Beschizza

drugs Cliff-hanging criminal steals bird eggs to fund drug habit Mark Frauenfelder

Neptune and Uranus more boring colors than most people thought Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists discover that "fluorescence is very common in mammals" Jennifer Sandlin