art Andrea Love's fabulous animation turns wool into fire Popkin

animation Watch Andrea Love spray paint with wool in this cool animation Popkin

competition Competition is fierce in 'Sheep to Shawl,' where teams have 3 hours to weave a shawl from freshly-shorn sheep Rusty Blazenhoff

wool Apple's trailer for "Silo" is the long-awaited adaptation of Hugh Howey's "Wool" Jason Weisberger

wool Perfectly-sized wool socks that ripen avocados in 24 hours Rusty Blazenhoff

art Beautiful dog eye drawn with wool and felt Andrea James

animals Strange friendship: The carnivorous plant that lets bats use it as a toilet Popkin

language The semicolon defended by its advocates Rob Beschizza

Science Colossal exaggeration — scientist admits "dire wolves" are just big gray wolves Gail Sherman

Delightful Creatures Are humans about to outnumber sheep in New Zealand? Rob Beschizza

education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

Science Scientists cry foul on Colossal's "de-extincted Dire Wolf" claim Gail Sherman

Science Genetics startup re-creates "dire wolf" using ancient DNA Rob Beschizza

art Antique 'Specimens of Fancy Turning': Geometric designs from Edward J. Woolsey's 1869 albumen silver prints Popkin

genetic engineering Meet the woolly mouse, the first step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction Allan Rose Hill

travel The woollen creatures of Diamond Jubilee Wood in Northern Ireland Popkin

china Snow Village theme park apologizes that "snow" is actually cotton and soapy water (video) Allan Rose Hill

Technology Watch Duty: the free wildfire alert app saving lives in California Ellsworth Toohey

public health As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories Jennifer Sandlin

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