History Check out this medieval brain surgery grifter Ellsworth Toohey

politics Alarming letter from Senator Ron Wyden draws attention to whatever the CIA is up to Rob Beschizza

adorable animals Aye-aye caught picking nose with finger reaching its throat Jennifer Sandlin

MAHA After RFK Jr.'s top health official abruptly quits, near-panic ensues: "If we're all screwed, you have to say something" Carla Sinclair

News Paris mayor drops f-bombs on reactionaries Jason Weisberger

olympics WTF is the Paris Olympic mascot? Gail Sherman

sexism World chess organization bans transgender players from women's events because of "unfair advantages" Thom Dunn

UFOs Here's Einstein's curious letter about the UFO phenomenon David Pescovitz

colorization Colorized film of daily life from the early 20th Century Elías Villoro

racism 'Complete sh*tshow': Drive-thru Dickens fair deemed a disaster Rusty Blazenhoff

MTV MTV is now airing cooking shows Jason Weisberger

WTF is a "Space Force $2 bill?" Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

mistakes were made Barnes and Noble canceled its plan to put black characters on classic novels written by white authors featuring white characters Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow

podcasts After On Podcast: The Tim O'Reilly Interview Rob Reid

happy mutants William Gibson interviewed: Archangel, the Jackpot, and the instantly commodifiable dreamtime of industrial societies Cory Doctorow

offworld A brief history of yarn in video games Laura Hudson

Remembering Robin Williams, cinema's Rorschach test K.M. McFarland