bad ideas You can use a microwave without a door, but you shouldn't Seamus Bellamy

Delightful Creatures Otters combed Rob Beschizza

Death Metal Rooster crows "death metal" Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Red wine literally flows from kitchen faucets in Italian town David Pescovitz

star wars Computer generated JFK gives the 'Darth Plagueis the wise' speech Jason Weisberger

Weird How globes were made in 1955 Xeni Jardin

Weird How a 'Tornado Omelette' is cooked Xeni Jardin

health That time a smallpox outbreak hit Deadwood Xeni Jardin

simone giertz Simone Giertz makes a paper shredder from her own brain scan Gareth Branwyn

music Watch this pianist play through a delightful history of cartoon music David Pescovitz

fraud This researcher learned how "triangulation fraud" works when she bought a used Nespresso machine Mark Frauenfelder

archaeology A truck crashed into one of the Easter Island head statues and destroyed it David Pescovitz

neural networks Neural network makes 3D images from still pictures Mark Frauenfelder

optical illusions If you rotate this photo of a spaceship, it looks like a car in the water Mark Frauenfelder

movies Dr. Strange director to helm new movie about the Bermuda Triangle mystery David Pescovitz

Tea Party Heroes CNBC analyst Rick Santelli wants entire world to be infected with coronavirus to help Wall Street Mark Frauenfelder

robots Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate unlicensed robot clone Rob Beschizza

cars Watch: Wild hyperreal Hot Wheels and Matchbox car race video complete with announcers David Pescovitz

Weird Swiss gruyere named world’s best cheese at global competition Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures Here's some high-quality otter footage from the BBC Rob Beschizza