Engineering Listen to the sound of one screw falling into a turbine engine Xeni Jardin

coca-cola How to catch a subterranean catfish using mentos, eggs, and Coca-cola Thom Dunn

recipes A children's book recipe for "No-Bake Spice Cookies," inspired by David Lynch's DUNE Thom Dunn

politics Roger Stone proclaims support for Britney Spears in this weird new video Xeni Jardin

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

gambling What Steve Forte can do with a pack of cards borders on the unbelievable Ferdinando Buscema

television Watch the Tiger King Rob Beschizza

penises I'm pretty sure this British cell phone commercial is actually an invasion of pricks Thom Dunn

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

crime How (not) to avoid a drunk driving conviction with one weird trick Xeni Jardin

makers Behind the scenes, "plain" text editing is unbelievably complex and weird Cory Doctorow

new york city Sculptures of wolves mauling tourist appear in New York City parks Rusty Blazenhoff

halloween So much great vintage Halloween stuff at my local flea market this month Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants The lost audiobooks of Roger Zelazny reading the Chronicles of Amber Cory Doctorow

Technology Google, Mozilla, and Apple are using this one weird trick to block Kazakhstan's surveillance of its own citizens Xeni Jardin

music Neil Young hates what the internet has done to music Xeni Jardin

star trek Brent Spiner on how Patrick Stewart's pronunciation of 'Data' changed how Americans say the word Rob Beschizza