actress protest French actress strips nude on stage at film awards show in protest Kevin Reome

art Art thief checks out rare manuscripts and steals them Jason Weisberger

music Remastered "Dune: Spice Opera," soundtrack to 1992 computer game Rob Beschizza

france France now has baguette-scented baguette postage stamps Rusty Blazenhoff

olympics French waiters have their own Olympics! Natalie Dressed

art How Stéphane Breitwieser stole over a billion dollars worth of art, and the sad desperate destruction that ensued Andrew Yi

france Checking on progress at Guédelon Castle, a Medieval-style castle being built from scratch in France Gareth Branwyn

music Entrancing interactive Gregorian Chant generator David Pescovitz

Science Massive study finds strong correlation between "early affluence" and "faster cognitive drop" in old age Cory Doctorow

toilets Carefully curated nightmare toilets Andrea James

cats Customizable cat-purr emulator Clive Thompson

sleep The best online white noise machine Rob Beschizza

Tax dollars at work French President Francois Hollande pays $11,000 a month for haircuts Mark Frauenfelder

Attack on Charlie Hebdo: Long live comics, and long live freedom of the press Xeni Jardin

News Portraits of devastation in Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy: Charles le Brigand Xeni Jardin