vampires Check your fear and get in gear — the VAN-PIRES are here! Thom Dunn

Coffee Korn launches their own coffee brand: Korn Koffee Rusty Blazenhoff

corn Playing Korn with corn Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Joe Biden wins Florida Democratic primary Xeni Jardin

crime Ex-Microsoft engineer convicted of 18 felonies after stealing $10M in digital currencies from Microsoft to make extravagant purchases Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Next-level parenting: crocheting a freehand, glow-in-the-dark Alien Xenomorph kids' costume Cory Doctorow

Space Evidence of water observed on exoplanet Rob Beschizza

Science New timeline of dino extinction day, 66m years ago Rob Beschizza

rescues Boys stranded in Thai cave were sedated with ketamine as part of rescue Carla Sinclair

politics Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler is new EPA administrator Xeni Jardin

astronomy Interview with the astronomer who speculated that Oumuamua might be a sign of extraterrestrial life Rob Reid

politics Mississippi Senate runoff: Openly racist Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) defeats Mike Espy (D) Xeni Jardin

Science Harvard-Smithsonian astronomers: could the mysterious interstellar object be part of an ET probe? David Pescovitz

maker Mom crochets badass glow-in-the-dark Slimer costume for her son Rusty Blazenhoff

education NYU makes med school free for all students Cory Doctorow

mistakes If Google Maps says a place has a certain name, it now has that name Rob Beschizza

crime The CEO of Audi arrested in Germany Mark Frauenfelder

apps lossy-compress GIF animations Rob Beschizza

housing Yale student who secretly lived in ventilation shaft David Pescovitz

corruption Florida state cop says he can't remember why he bought mobile stalking app Cory Doctorow