haunted mansion A touring Bolivian orchestra is stranded in a German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolves Thom Dunn

video Behold the breathtaking vistas of South America Andrea James

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

spiders Three young brothers made a black widow spider bite them, hoped to become Spider-Man David Pescovitz

Food Guinea pig ice cream is a thing Xeni Jardin

politics Consultant helps game developers not do stupid things such as decorate lava levels with Stars of David Rob Beschizza

drugs Drug paraphernalia that's 1,000-years-old still contains traces of coke and DMT David Pescovitz

baking Baking with an ignored sourdough starter Jason Weisberger

politics Here's what Jair Bolsonaro, Trump, and Putin have in common Xeni Jardin

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

amazon Monkeys helped man who mysteriously vanished in the Bolivian Amazon David Pescovitz

Business Rich-world agricultural subsidies ensure coca leaves are Colombia's only viable cash crop Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tax Inspectors Without Borders: poor countries send each other ninja tax collectors to nail looting multinationals Cory Doctorow

books Memento Mori – Spectacular book of essays and 500 photos of the dead among us Bob Knetzger

politics The Pirate Party are poised to form Iceland's government in Saturday's election Cory Doctorow

corruption Massive report details the surveillance powers of 12 Central and South American nations Cory Doctorow

vaccines Six cases of measles confirmed in Tennessee outbreak. Measles was eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Life inside God's customer service prayer call-centre Cory Doctorow