music Theme tune for Tent Caterpillars Rob Beschizza

usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

Science An unintended consequence of New York's new clean water is a return of destructive marine borers John Struan

fake news UFOs invade Arctic, John the Baptist’s sandals, and worms from hell, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

shitty news A list of poop-filled places beyond the bathroom Carla Sinclair

video Sharing Things, Sesame Street's homage to Stranger Things Andrea James

Food Here's how to eat slimy woodworms from the Philippines Mark Frauenfelder

Science Poor Alabama county is a hotbed of "neglected tropical diseases" Cory Doctorow

dada 100 years of Dada: today is the centenary of Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto Hugo Ball

happy mutants Rhianna Pratchett remembers her father, Terry Cory Doctorow

Couple called 911 five times to report possums and people jumping out of fridge and microwave Mark Frauenfelder

robotics A book about Theo Jansen's amazing wind-powered creatures Bob Knetzger

Nature The new life of dead trees Dani Tinker

Science The Gypsy Moth and the threshold of extinction Maggie Koerth

Science Dinner’s Revenge: mealworms that survive in the stomach, then eat their way out of predators Mary Roach