halloween Human skull bowl Rusty Blazenhoff

Science This tiny skull trapped in amber belongs to the smallest dinosaur ever discovered David Pescovitz

Science The secrets within a 2,600-year-old preserved brain of a decapitated man David Pescovitz

college A 52-year-old ex-Navy SEAL reflects on his first semester as a freshman at Yale Thom Dunn

books The weird history of magical ways to protect your home David Pescovitz

australia Flying T-Rex fossils found in Australia, because of course they were Thom Dunn

happy mutants Brian K Vaughan and Cliff Chiang bring Paper Girls in for a perfect landing Cory Doctorow

health Are mobile phones actually making young people's skulls develop 'hornlike spikes'? Xeni Jardin

Science This is the reconstructed face of a pet dog that lived 4,500 years ago David Pescovitz

History Water pipe dig in England unearths site of human sacrifices David Pescovitz

animals An elephant killed a rhino poacher and then lions ate him David Pescovitz

happy mutants Hannu Rajaniemi's Summerland: a midcentury spy thriller, with the afterlife Cory Doctorow

Dungeons and Dragons What's new in tabletop gaming (November edition) Gareth Branwyn

corruption Mexican forces seize control of entire Acapulco police department Cory Doctorow

News Mexico: 166 human skulls found in Veracruz clandestine mass grave Xeni Jardin

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition) Gareth Branwyn

dinosaurs 10 things you’ll be surprised to learn about dinosaurs Mark Frauenfelder

Comics X-Men: Grand Design: The Xaviers Ed Piskor

biology Genetic analysis reveals that bizarre extraterrestrial skeleton isn't extraterrestrial David Pescovitz

Science Scientists in Antarctica watch the movie that inspired The Thing, every year. Seamus Bellamy