spoken word Discovering William Shatner's first spoken word album in a bakery Thom Dunn

Entertainment "Adults cannot be trusted": The brutal 1999 Japanese movie that influenced "Squid Game" Ellsworth Toohey

World War II How Polish professors let infected lice feed on them to avoid concentration camps in WWII Ellsworth Toohey

crime FBI veteran charged with stalking after allegedly terrorizing law student for over a year Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Bad writing becomes an art form in annual contest for world's worst prose Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Software bug accidentally makes programmer a millionaire overnight, security investigates Ellsworth Toohey

experimental music How to make extra-long, strange, and trippy tape loops inside a standard cassette Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

News FCC threatens to disconnect 2,400 phone companies enabling illegal robocalls Ellsworth Toohey

politics Neo-Nazis cry victim after hostile reception during Columbus march Ellsworth Toohey

Science How gophers and fungi revived Mount St. Helens Gail Sherman

Science World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay Ellsworth Toohey

health TikTok full of snake oil salespeople and medical misinfo Rob Beschizza

science fiction Lifeskins concept blows minds: Turn your home into a Minecraft world or Mad Men office (videos) Ellsworth Toohey

musk Elon Musk, from behind a massive army of bodyguards, now tweeting 150+ times a day Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists make temporarily transparent mice Jennifer Sandlin

Business Big Lots is bankrupt and selling itself to private equity Rob Beschizza

finance Making sense of Stan Lee's many financial messes Thom Dunn

Entertainment Disney announces huge theme park expansions Ruben Bolling

travel Visit the world's smallest vegetable museum in Belgium Popkin

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn