birds Harvard study shows that Harvard kids are dumber than a grey parrot Thom Dunn

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

animal intelligence Which are smarter, cats or dogs? New study gives us the answer Carla Sinclair

video Cuttlefish can count to five Andrea James

Science Maybe the coronavirus emanated from a China research lab after all, say US and UK intelligence Xeni Jardin

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

copyright How the "monkey selfie" is affecting copyright law for art and writing produced by artificial intelligence Mark Frauenfelder

crime Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards from Philippines in electronics Xeni Jardin

tech How tech rotted out Rob Beschizza

trumpism What it would cost to build Trump's snake-and-alligator border moat Cory Doctorow

LGBTQ Microsoft employees want to starve its PAC, which keeps giving money to homophobic, racist, climate-denying Republicans Cory Doctorow

climate New Zealand's domestic spies, obsessed with illegally surveilling environmental activists, missed a heavily armed right-wing terrorist Cory Doctorow

smuggling Leech smuggler busted at Toronto airport David Pescovitz

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

wonderful creatures Why is the octopus so smart? Rob Beschizza

dogs Cat lover sets out to prove dogs not special Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Build a Crowbox kit and become friends with your neighborhood crows Mark Frauenfelder

movies Stanley Kubrick explains the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey Mark Frauenfelder

filmmaking Kubrick explains the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey in rare video clip Gareth Branwyn