Another reason to avoid human extinction: It's unlikely another technologically capable species would take our place.
An artist who duct-taped a banana to a wall in 2019 is being sued by another artist who created a very similar work 20 years ago.

By translating astronomical data into audible sound, NASA lets us hear the sound of a black hole.

A study of sedentary behavior finds watching TV—compared to using a computer—is associated with an increased risk of dementia.

From 2008 but still worth revisiting: Footage of David Lynch calmly reading Maxim in the morning while wearing gloves.

And yeah, he's still delivering a weather report most mornings.

A reading of all 19,000-plus tweets by Elon Musk finds a person who often feels betrayed, but still won't give up on his mission.

One treatment for gout involves stuffing a puppy with snails and sage and roasting him over a fire: the rendered fat was then used to make a salve. 

Researchers are reviewing “8,000 unedited medical recipes” to study how medieval physicians helped people with their ailments.

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People are so anxious that they are willing to buy a secondhand AC that hasn't yet been fully refurbished. We double the price of every AC during heatwaves.

Who’s profiting off web-bulb misery in places like Pakistan? Small repair shops that fix and sell secondhand air conditioners.

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In the UK, heatwaves and drought have pushed trees into survival mode, giving the appearance that we're already in autumn.
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. That means "more vegetation is marching toward the pole."

Footage of a firenado coming together in northwestern Los Angeles County. The fire was about 80 percent contained Thursday.

We’ve never seen a Black man this powerful this bent on harming other Black folks. He’s alien to me because I love my people and I can see in his hardened heart he’s against us.

Mitchell S. Jackson tries to understand Clarence Thomas by visiting where he grew up and where he lives now.

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The trials of operating the country's first Black-owned outdoor retailer. “Why leave Texas to live an outdoor lifestyle?"
From Caustic Cover Critic: comics "reliably attributed to" Patricia Highsmith, who worked as a comic book writer in the 1940s.

What are the brand values of Fancy Feast? I would say that it is fancy. But it is also surprisingly hard to find at the Petco in Union Square, which is where I went after my own fancy feast, because the event’s parting gift bag, while immense, somehow did not actually include cat food.

Choire Sicha eats at the Fancy Feast restaurant: “I figured I might as well get a jump on the trend.”

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Data is sparse, people with Locked-in syndrome often report being happy and fulfilled—the difference is often down to caregivers.
An August 1977 Amazing Spider-Man comic inspired a New Mexico judge to create the first prisoner ankle monitor.
Machine learning in science is riddled with errors—which is especially bad considering AI's tendency to grab headlines.
"It’s a rare retail store... to appear on a US driver’s license." How the Bass Pro Shops pyramid became a Memphis icon.