Food There may be a sixth basic taste: starchiness David Pescovitz

Idahohoho Small potatoes: Oregon county backs away from Greater Idaho fantasy Jason Weisberger

books The Secret Life of Circuits book explains electronics for everyone Ellsworth Toohey

Food Tiny pea pods that look like dollhouse produce Popkin

TikTok trends I finally tried making those TikTok trendy tofu waffles, and now I'm hooked! Jennifer Sandlin

resist Slow the march of fascism with ideas from this declassified CIA document Séamus Bellamy

Science Can you really "one weird trick" your way to healthier bread consumption? Ruben Bolling

horror Nightmare 1980s ad for Knorr soup Rob Beschizza

butterflies Injured butterfly gets wing transplant Gail Sherman

History In 1911, one man launched an ambitious project to photograph humanity before modernization changed it forever Ellsworth Toohey

Food Caffeinated ramen in a squeeze tube for one-handed slurping while videogaming Allan Rose Hill

hotdogs of the sea These videos demonstrate how fake crab sticks, "hotdogs of the sea," are made Jennifer Sandlin

online trends South Korea warns trendy TikTokers: Please stop eating toothpicks! (video) Carla Sinclair

new orleans Will Katrina victims ever get settlement money from Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation? Natalie Dressed

mike pence Caught in the act — Pence pretends to pump gas, forgets to insert credit card Mark Frauenfelder

fast food Enjoy this video of hotdogs being made from sludge Mark Frauenfelder

ninjas Enjoy a huge ninja sword popsicle and, um, throwing star toast at this entertainment cafe David Pescovitz

Funny Water pie is a pie which includes water as the main ingredient Popkin

pizza There are at least 25 different ways to make Totino's Pizza Rolls Thom Dunn

architecture Architecture as a form of activism and resistance A.E. Gómez