health How Miss America winners’ body types have changed from 1921 to 2015 Mark Frauenfelder

newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

BMIs Nancy Pelosi says Trump is "morbidly obese" Carla Sinclair

animals Massive great white shark bit man's kayak and left huge teeth behind David Pescovitz

elections After Istanbul voters rejected Turkish strongman Erdogan, he made them vote again — and lost by the biggest landslide in 35 years Cory Doctorow

death Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit David Pescovitz

picks Father of Sandy Hook victim dead of an apparent suicide Gina Loukareas

censorship That German-French Deal to "Rescue" the EU Copyright Directive? Everyone Hates It. EVERYONE. Cory Doctorow

History The Nazis and your privacy Roderick Miller

privacy Police detective suspended for filming his junk with a body cam Seamus Bellamy

Science This crazy dinosaur was Earth's largest land animal David Pescovitz

lies What to do when your 5'8" boyfriend insists he is 6 feet tall Rob Beschizza

sleep Study finds that sleeping in on the weekends is good for you Mark Frauenfelder

los angeles An afternoon with L.A.'s lady-in-pink: Angelyne Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Here's the weirdest, scariest stuff Trump said at 77-minute 'I’m not ranting and raving' meltdown Xeni Jardin

trumpism Not just Kellyanne: Sean Spicer also repeatedly references nonexistent terrorist attack Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

trump America's top spy won't stick around to watch Donald Trump wield his doomsday device Cory Doctorow

picks Prince: death by ignorance and fear Maureen Herman