books Triptastic animations of mid-century op-art paperback covers Rusty Blazenhoff

surrealism The absurd and irreverent art of 81-year-old Pedro Friedeberg Sarina Frauenfelder

books Mesmerizing animations of 1960s science book op art covers David Pescovitz

Op Art How to have fun with transparent sheets printed with dots Mark Frauenfelder

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

music Watch Blondie's Debbie Harry on a pogo stick explaining the punk Pogo dance (1978) David Pescovitz

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

Technology Turning bricks into batteries David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

music Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell, RIP David Pescovitz

crime Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach David Pescovitz

conservation Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago David Pescovitz

animals Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper David Pescovitz

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

music "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy" David Pescovitz

Japan Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz