guillotine watch Legal threats force retraction of peer-reviewed article about the problems with private-equity-backed dermatologists Cory Doctorow

mergers and acquisitions Fox buys the henhouse Jason Weisberger

Science Early 1900s Thermocap hair loss device looks like sci-fi medical tech gone wrong Popkin

serious business eBay declines GameStop's buyout offer Rob Beschizza

health Double-tipped fingernails: rare nail growth that looks almost unreal Popkin

Food Why rural communities once put a frog in milk to keep it from spoiling Popkin

bug Peppermint-stick insect: the mint-spraying rainforest bug Popkin

Weird Watch reishi mushrooms grow (weird, beautiful, and totally hypnotic) Popkin

Weird Fur-bearing trout: the bizarre folklore fish covered in fur (and the weird truth behind it) Popkin

politics Argentina's president shows true free market spirit by helping scammers steal $87 million from his followers Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Breakthrough in reversible computing technology promises to solve the computing industry's energy crisis Ellsworth Toohey

Comics Ben Katchor's comics were too weird for NPR's listeners Bob Knetzger

art 19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change Rob Beschizza

Republican AGs abhorrent predilection for pregnant teens Jason Weisberger

Funny Parrot's "alien" growth freaks out owner Popkin

police "Oh my god, I'm gonna get shot" — Vermont cops terrorize high school students with mock mass shooting Mark Frauenfelder

social media "Who has seen a heavily pregnant woman since 2021?" — Naomi Wolf suggests that no one is giving birth Mark Frauenfelder

Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene wants forced births to fill jobs, not immigrants Jason Weisberger

finance Fidelity massively writes down their investment in "X" Jason Weisberger

tech Spotify to lay off 1500 workers Rob Beschizza