california A squirrel named Furry Boi wins UC Berkeley student senate seat Rusty Blazenhoff

archaeology Ancient squirrel droppings unlock Ice Age DNA goldmine Séamus Bellamy

cold Before refrigeration, one obsessive Boston guy sold winter to the tropics Jason Weisberger

History The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom Ellsworth Toohey

art Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art Popkin

education Incredible AI slop from the Department of Education Jason Weisberger

Food 9 ways to stretch your food budget when SNAP benefits get cut Ellsworth Toohey

spiders Spider's mouth infected by Kyle Rittenhouse Séamus Bellamy

Not perhaps in their best interests Days after alleged assassination attempt, Trump administration moves to weaken gun rules Jason Weisberger

Comics Why did it take a random fan letter to get a black kid into Peanuts? Ruben Bolling

bread Caity Weaver ate her way across America to find the best free restaurant bread Ellsworth Toohey

Science Art sculpture blows rainbow smoke donuts using mirrors and prisms Popkin

video games Not only can you pet the cat in Crimson Desert, you can gear them up and explore together Gail Sherman

gadgets Ikea's wall-mountable donut lamp would have 8,000 calories if it were real Rob Beschizza

Science When you stop eating may matter more than what you eat for better sleep Ellsworth Toohey

apple ChatGPT uninstalls spike 295% after Pentagon deal announcement Séamus Bellamy

law Beaver-branded Buc-ee's targets cartoon animal logos in lawsuit spree Rob Beschizza

Science Magnesium helps migraines but the rest of the hype is shaky Ellsworth Toohey

Coffee Dunkin testing 48oz coffee buckets Rob Beschizza

books New book collects the weirdest forgotten stories of printing history Ellsworth Toohey