mass shootings Gunman who killed 3 faculty at University of Nevada was unemployed professor Rob Beschizza

Science Watch: Wild cockatoos figure out how to operate water fountains Ellsworth Toohey

higher education Campus investigates mysterious death of beloved swan Jennifer Sandlin

insects Nevada swarming with over 3,000 mosquitos infected with West Nile Virus: "It is explosive here" Carla Sinclair

vladimir putin New Age conspiracy theorist praises Putin and Tucker Carlson's charge against the Satanic Cabal Jennifer Sandlin

crime 13 new charges for man who attacked judge in court Rob Beschizza

bugs to avoid Don't pick up the "master blister beetle" unless you want blisters on your skin Jennifer Sandlin

documentaries "The Starry Night Toad," a new documentary by First Nations Frontline Elías Villoro

meat "Quantities of intercepted bologna are so large it's hard to believe there are any pigs left in the world," says reporter about bologna seizures on Texas border Jennifer Sandlin

animal friends Biologists rescue rare 400-pound stingray Thom Dunn

fast cars Most BMW drivers are jerks, according to science Carla Sinclair

field research Scientists: hot pavement will burn you like something hot Séamus Bellamy

burning man The BLM's Burning Man environmental impact statement is terrible, calls for drug searches, dumpsters, and a 19,000,000lb concrete wall Cory Doctorow

beating the system Profile of a man who created a horse-racing algorithm and made close to a billion dollars Mark Frauenfelder

burning man Paralyzed student experiences Burning Man through VR Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Bernie Sanders' Democratic National Convention speech Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The woman who can see 100 times more colors than you can David Pescovitz

Burning Man: the art of maker culture NK Guy

art Alien Autopsy: William Barker on Schwa, two decades later David Pescovitz