Kids Very cute hedgehogs announce NPR's Tiny Desk Concert contest Andrea James

music String quartet performs for a sold-out audience of 3,000 plants David Pescovitz

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

australia The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo Thom Dunn

politics 'Needless suffering and death' — Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify before Senate on White House coronavirus response Xeni Jardin

television Watch Johnny Carson joke about the toilet paper shortage David Pescovitz

politics 'Resign!' 2 GOP senators should lose jobs for coronavirus stock jump, say critics Xeni Jardin

tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus How coronavirus impacts climate change and the US housing market Thom Dunn

radiation There's a new radiation-eating fungus strand growing at Chernobyl Thom Dunn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

Games Man at airport gets more video game space by plugging PS4 into public map display Xeni Jardin

tabloids Penis fish, Simon Cowell’s missing boobs, and Hillary Clinton’s gay flings, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Nipple clamps, squeezed breasts, and a Royal rude awakening, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

work Microsoft Japan claims 4-day workweek bumped productivity 40% David Pescovitz

facebook Politico: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg held secret meetings with conservative pundits and politicians Rob Beschizza

Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

music Beautiful electronic easy listening music from the USSR (1960) David Pescovitz

christ what an asshole Robert Bork is the architect of the inequality crisis Cory Doctorow

politics How much is Trump's taxpayer-paid golf bill? $108.1 million and counting Xeni Jardin