medicine Incredibly rare pair of semi-identical twins David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1828, Ann Marten began to have disturbing dreams about her missing stepdaughter's whereabouts Futility Closet

Nature Watch a tsetse fly birth a shockingly big larva. Gross! Amazing! David Pescovitz

tabloids Royal brawl in palace, Brad & Jen’s reunion, and 2020 predictions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

wonderful creatures Don't forget to inform your bees of all important happenings Rob Beschizza

law After poacher crackdown, Tanzanian endangered rhino and elephant populations are staging inspiring recoveries Cory Doctorow

sexual abuse FLDS and Seth Jeffs are now digging into Minnesota Xeni Jardin

Kids Stagnant wages + soaring cost of living + massive cuts to services = collapsing US birth-rate Cory Doctorow

health America's private health-care is rationed, but socialized medicine is luxury medicine Cory Doctorow

video Relaxing video on awe-inspiring stellar nebulae Andrea James

trumpism Quiz: Breitbart headline, or KKK newspaper headline from the 1920s? Cory Doctorow

mammals A crash course on the three types of mammal births Caroline Siede

choice Colorado's investment in IUDs and other fire-and-forget birthcontrol produced a "miracle" Cory Doctorow

anxiety The Worrier's Guide to Life is a humorous antidote for all us panickers out there Wink

progress Why the world is better than you think in 10 powerful charts Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Steeplejack: diverse YA fantasy driven by expert plotting Cory Doctorow

picks Why did 31 people suddenly die in a Pakistan village? A horrible mystery solved Xeni Jardin

movies Review—Star Wars: The Force Awakens David Mizejewski

media America’s plague of real-life vampires, and more hard-hitting tabloid news this week Peter Sheridan