cysts Watch doctor extract humongous 20-year-old cyst – if you dare Carla Sinclair

Games Gardening games offer respite for anxious players Rob Beschizza

photography Lisa Kereszi’s creepy photos of low-budget scare attractions Mark Dery

Business We're going to be eating bugs really soon now, again Cory Doctorow

scholarship Higher ed and Wikipedia go great together Cory Doctorow

drugs Using ranch dressing for bongwater is bad, but mouthwash is good Andrea James

medicine Unconscious patient recorded medical team insulting the hell out of him David Pescovitz

game of thrones Stuff happens in Game of Thrones Rob Beschizza

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

Food I ate roadkill raccoon. This is what it tasted like. Reanna Alder

rats The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery