growing underground World's first underground urban farm is about to sell its produce Carla Sinclair

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

mushrooms Game of Shrooms returns on June 14, 2025 Jennifer Sandlin

drugs Police seize seven tons of cocaine buried underneath a farm Allan Rose Hill

tabloids Scientology's secrets, Kardashian brain damage, and Chinese bioweapons in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

ads Ad for delicious organic dog meat turns out to have ulterior motive Rob Beschizza

Audio Explore a library of disappearing and extinct sounds at Obsolete Sounds Rusty Blazenhoff

merch Eel farm tees and other "conger-inspired merch" A.E. Gómez

paris Underground parking lots are being turned into mushroom farms in Paris Janelle Hessig

climate change Druids prop up faerie stone knocked over by a bull to stop bad luck, sparking government investigation Thom Dunn

chaos theory The adventure app Randonautica has led users to dead bodies, haunted houses, and other bizarre destinations Maddie Lee

politics RIP wetlands and streams, Trump to end environmental protections Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Sarah Pinsker's "Song for a New Day": outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption Cory Doctorow

summer reading list Ask Reddit: "What book f*cked you up mentally?" Mark Frauenfelder

china The last of China's cave dwellers want nothing to do with modern housing Séamus Bellamy

sinkholes Gargantuan sinkhole surprises farm worker at sunrise in New Zealand Carla Sinclair

the Enternet Do trees really talk to each other? Clive Thompson

happy mutants Desperate John Deere tractor owners are downloading illegal Ukrainian firmware hacks to get the crops in Cory Doctorow

rabbit holes Rabbit hole in England leads to 700-year old Knights Templar cave Rob Beschizza