Science Three states might be expanding access to raw milk, science and public health be damned! Jennifer Sandlin
public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin
music Is the acapella version of "Caravan of Love" by The Housemartins a Christmas song? Elías Villoro
ted cruz Ted Cruz forgot to repost his machine gun bacon video, so we'll do it for him Mark Frauenfelder
tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week's dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan
Arranged marriages Young Pakistani woman tries to poison husband with glass of milk, kills 17 others instead Carla Sinclair
happy mutants Landscape With Invisible Hand: Late Stage Capitalism, by way of a YA alien invasion novel Cory Doctorow
halloween The Thing is now recognized as a morbid masterpiece of wretched existential horror Richard Kaufman