music Puddles Pity Party sings "Nothing Compares 2 U" Jennifer Sandlin

rip Sinead O'Connor has died at age 56: RIP Carla Sinclair

prince Choir! Choir! Choir!'s beautiful rendition of "Nothing Compares 2 U" Jennifer Sandlin

music Nick Cave, Glen Hansard, Lisa O'Neill, and more perform moving tributes to Shane MacGowan at his funeral service Jennifer Sandlin

music Listen to Sinead O'Connor's haunting and magnificent isolated vocals for "Nothing Compares 2 U" David Pescovitz

Science Some optimism about the claim of a room-temperature superconductor Ruben Bolling

music Foo Fighters and Alanis Morisette play killer of cover Sinéad O'Connor's "Mandinka" (video) David Pescovitz

music Watching Patrick Dexter play cello outside is a balm for my troubled soul Jennifer Sandlin

documentaries Trailer for Sinéad O'Connor documentary "Nothing Compares" Gareth Branwyn

celebrity Pop stars talk about what it's like not to be famous anymore Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures This very clever cow shows us how to unlatch a gate with a tongue Carla Sinclair

climate change New study shows that 30-50 feral hogs can make climate change even worse Thom Dunn

baked beans Beware of "beaning," a trend where teens pour baked beans on doorsteps Annie Rauwerda

tabloids UFOs, dogfights and what's wrong with Joe Biden, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Delightful Creatures Ireland president speaks seriously while his playful puppy has other ideas Carla Sinclair

pharma A new drug claims to treat dwarfism. Not everyone thinks it needs treatment. Thom Dunn

music On the way, collection of Prince's jams made famous by others David Pescovitz

music Sinead O'Connor converted to Islam and her name is now Shuhada' David Pescovitz

music Listen to Prince's original 'Nothing Compares 2 U' for the first time (and see him rehearsing in 1984) Rusty Blazenhoff

Fig And Ford Film noir gets a hilarious send-up in the short film "The Case Of The Gilded Lily" Caroline Siede