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

Food The toast sandwich is a piece of toast between two slices of untoasted bread Ellsworth Toohey

Science The man who discovered microwaves measured a flower's heartbeat in 1926 Ellsworth Toohey

movies A24 and Michaela Coel remaking Jean-Claude Van Damme's "Bloodsport" Rob Beschizza

Science These fish know when you are staring at their kids and they don't like it Gail Sherman

News Young girls "were viewed as disposable people." Epstein files reveal not just crimes, but how elite society actually works Ellsworth Toohey

law Sabzi: Cornwall deli trademarked the Hindi word for "vegetables" then threatened cookbook author Rob Beschizza

Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them? Rob Beschizza

rats Scientists determine that Chicago's "Splatatouille" actually a squirrel Gail Sherman

Science Who mortally wounded this man with a quartz projectile 12,000 years ago? Nobody knows. Rob Beschizza

Science Sex determination unexpectedly complicated in birds Rob Beschizza

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