Poisonous plants Chinese vlogger thinks she's eating aloe vera on live stream, then rushes to hospital Carla Sinclair

blindness Dangerous plant that can make you go blind spotted in Michigan Mark Frauenfelder

b-side Someone is draining the blood from cattle, leaving them looking like "deflated plush toys" John Struan

Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

Food Impossible Burger totally possible according to the FDA Seamus Bellamy

Games Seedship: a text-adventure generation-ship game Cory Doctorow

Energy The problem with nuclear waste Mark Frauenfelder

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

Science The case of the poison potato Maggie Koerth