crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow

Science Watch the CDC's lackluster attempt at encouraging masking Jennifer Sandlin

art Hirotaka Hamasaki arranges leaves into favorite cartoon characters Popkin

art Nun's "luck-bringing" vulva sculpture becomes beacon for followers Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Short doc looks at Japan's 'evaporated people' and the industry that helps them run away Rusty Blazenhoff

predators Jen Psaki mocks Lindsey Graham and other "family values" leaders for embracing sexual predator Donald Trump (video) Carla Sinclair

reflections A giddy AOC reacts to the ousting of Tucker Carlson: "Good things can happen" Carla Sinclair

no comments Fox's Peter Doocy hilariously tries to corner Karine Jean-Pierre about Trump indictment but just can't (video) Carla Sinclair

gender Unofficial mascot not welcome at Japan's annual Iron Penis Festival Mark Frauenfelder

zoos Apes separated at zoo secretly made a baby through a glory hole David Pescovitz

accidents Huge boulder crashes through family's living room in Hawaii (video) Carla Sinclair

istanbul Istanbul's Rami Library was a military barracks Andrew Yi

movies Christopher Nolan' Oppenheimer "recreated the first atomic detonation" set without CGI Devin Nealy

Japan Masaki Fujihata and DJ Spooky in conversation at Japan House LA, on December 6, 2022 Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Hiroshima police are on the lookout for the person who threw a paper airplane into its atomic bomb monument Mark Frauenfelder

Peter Doocy Move over, Jen Psaki — President Biden just schooled Peter Doocy Carla Sinclair

chain reactions Watch a spectacular scene of 750,000 dominos topple over after a 2-week setup Carla Sinclair

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

capybaras I just found the capybara cute-pics-and-videos motherlode Jennifer Sandlin

magazines Reasonably Sized Homes magazine should exist Rob Beschizza