norway How Norwegians welcome back spring with a tropical "fruit party" Carolyn Townsend

medicine Medication delivered by chewing gum Séamus Bellamy

animals Wild animals get drunk more often than scientists thought Allan Rose Hill

Weird The Andean Cock-of-the-Rock is an unreal-looking bird Popkin

video games "Ramboos Big Adventure" is a video game designed to create a youth market for rambutan fruit Jennifer Sandlin

super mario LUSH introduces new SUPER MARIO-themed soap Thom Dunn

water Someone made a beer out of air conditioner condensation Thom Dunn

fruit Rare creepy pest never seen in US found in fresh fruit shipment David Pescovitz

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colonialism How a 19th-century slave kickstarted the world's vanilla-farming market Clive Thompson

madagascar Why Madagascar is the world's largest vanilla producer Miss Cellania

Weird Hawaii police seek fruit thieves who stole $1K worth of durian and other exotics Xeni Jardin

artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder

photography White bats chilling out peacefully in their leaf tent Xeni Jardin

Amazon reviews [UPDATE] Herbal company fined $12.8 million after paying for fake Amazon reviews Carla Sinclair

art These aesthetically pleasing "fruit cards" look good enough to eat Caroline Siede

Sex This tropical mushroom gives women spontaneous orgasms from sniffing it Mark Frauenfelder

animals You probably need more pollen-covered bats in your life Andrea James