love For Valentine's Day, save $188 and get your loved one this instead Jennifer Sandlin

conspiracy theories Marjorie Taylor Greene says "They" control the weather and caused Hurricane Helene Allan Rose Hill

Delightful Creatures Trapdoor Ravine Spider's butt easily mistaken for Oreo cookie Popkin

Science Black cloud of dragonflies terrorizes beachgoers (video) Allan Rose Hill

health CDC issues travel advisory as leprosy spreads in Florida Rob Beschizza

books New edition of "Waffle House Vistas" highlights new photographs and essays about the iconic Southern restaurant Jennifer Sandlin

desert Sky to dim as enormous Saharan dust cloud heads to U.S. Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Public university president bans drag show and promises to ignore "the law of the land" Rob Beschizza

ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving? Elías Villoro

snakes Man very excited to find a Northern Pine Snake Jennifer Sandlin

water is for fighting A close look at declining water reserves in the west Jason Weisberger

tattoos These sharpened bird bones are the oldest tattooing tools ever discovered David Pescovitz

crime Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards from Philippines in electronics Xeni Jardin

education Bernie Sanders got the GAO to study the life chances of millennials, and the report concludes that debt is "crushing their dreams" Cory Doctorow

tattoos From Bears Ears in Utah, a 2,000-year-old tattooing tool is rediscovered Xeni Jardin

Space Incredible meteor over Michigan David Pescovitz

picks Hurricane Matthew: 339 dead in Haiti, storm threatens Florida and 'Space Coast' sites Xeni Jardin

books Best older kid's literature from 1966 Joshua Glenn

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes