travel Check out the difference between a 20-cent shoeshine and a $2 dollar shoeshine in Pakistan Mark Frauenfelder

books Gollancz has published its first anthology of South Asian Science Fiction Cory Doctorow

art Resin Lenin presides over Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility Rob Beschizza

Watch Asian swamp eels emerge from the mud for feeding time Popkin

Science Australia's social media ban not working, study finds Rob Beschizza

law 22 Buddhist monks arrested in drug bust at Sri Lanka's main airport Rob Beschizza

politics Seven Stories Press compiles "Hands Off Iran" reading list Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Super Micro co-founder charged with smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China Ellsworth Toohey

donald trump A 21-year-old Trump fan shot dead at Mar-a-Lago and unsearched Epstein storage units Ellsworth Toohey

politics His 'n' hers coup 'n' corruption jail terms for South Korean ex-pres and wife Rob Beschizza

politics Malaysia and Indonesia block Grok over deepfake sexual abuse material Rob Beschizza

animals North Korea's zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus Ellsworth Toohey

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

politics Jakarta now world's largest city Rob Beschizza

adorable animals The poor otter civet looks like it stuck its face into a wasp nest Jennifer Sandlin

kexp Pakistani maestro showcases 49-note microtonal singing Jennifer Sandlin

travel In Bangkok, you can visit the beautiful Chao Mae Tuptim Shrine aka the "Penis Shrine" Popkin

international relations U.S. passport drops out of top 10 for first time in 20 years Ellsworth Toohey

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

Science Drones are dumping thousands of mosquitos on Hawaii Gail Sherman