fireworks Off-the-hook NYE fireworks display in Sydney Gareth Branwyn

religion Residents of Sydney's gayborhood are getting hate-mail signed by "Jesus" Cory Doctorow

art Projection-mapped light-show on the Sydney Opera House Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Sydney! I'm coming to see you tonight (then Adelaide and Wellington!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Melbourne! I'm coming to see you this week (Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington: you're next!) Cory Doctorow

video Cool sculpture made of repurposed wooden escalator stairs Andrea James

australia There is now a Ferry McFerryface ferry, and the crew is pissed Rusty Blazenhoff

china China's capital controls are working, and that's bursting the global real-estate bubble Cory Doctorow

art Mirrored Ziggurat melds earth with stairway to the skies Andrea James

music Wu-Tang Clan's RZA joins Russell Crowe onstage in Sydney, Australia Jennifer Sandlin

echidnas Behold this adorable echidna puggle! Jennifer Sandlin

adorable creatures Giraffes, waiting out rain, caught on Taronga Zoo's Savannah Cam Jennifer Sandlin

baby animals Check out these adorable baby bilbies! Jennifer Sandlin

Science Cornell researchers study "trash barrel robots" in New York City Jennifer Sandlin

deaths Barry Humphries, famed as Dame Edna, dead at 89 Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists discover that fungi can effectively break down plastic Jennifer Sandlin

AI AI-generated nightmare fuel of Will Smith eating spaghetti Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Kurt Cobain murdered (and World War 3 starts again) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

animals Woman survives two bites from the most toxic animal on Earth David Pescovitz

delightful finds Dog playing fetch in the park retrieves sex toy Carla Sinclair