gender Vocal fry, uptalking, nasal: women's voices can never be "right" Cory Doctorow

natural wonders California's slowest natural disaster is a wandering mud hole Jason Weisberger

Science A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form Ruben Bolling

Science The doctor who proved handwashing saves lives was locked in an asylum for it Ellsworth Toohey

Look at these fancy pigeons strutting their stuff from 1906 Popkin

art Klankenbos sound forest is a sculpture art experience in Belgium Popkin

politics Trump's face was extra orange last night Jason Weisberger

JD Vance JD Vance mocked for cringeworthy "Big Buck World" publicity stunt Mark Frauenfelder

ai hell Zombified tech blog publishing AI articles under real names of former authors Natalie Dressed

art AI-generated spectrogram looks like a corgi and sounds like one too Rob Beschizza

Weird Man can rotate his foot 210.66 degrees Popkin

architecture The oldest skyscrapers in the world Natalie Dressed

bigfoot Bigfoot is an unholy hybrid of fallen angels, humans, and apes, says reverend/exorcist David Pescovitz

politics At first meeting since death of Nex Benedict, Walter Masterson calls out Owasso School Board for their hypocrisy and inaction Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures World's oldest dog wasn't Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Trippy Tiny Desk Concert features a "saxocone," a saxophone with a traffic cone in it Jennifer Sandlin

child abuse "God, The Rod, and Your Child's Bod" is somehow worse than it sounds Thom Dunn

movies Why CG fire looks terrible even in high-budget movies Rob Beschizza

politics Let's learn more about "hard-right legal warrior turned little-known legislator" Mike Johnson, new Speaker of the House Jennifer Sandlin

Science Study finds that many primates engage in same-sex behavior, to reduce social conflict Ruben Bolling