competitions
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The annual contest celebrates very low-effort art.
competitions
The annual contest celebrates very low-effort art.
slugs
Crafty nudibranchs get two meals in one.
new zealand
Revisiting the case of the only woman ever executed on its shores.
story
A perfectly unnecessary way to serve a drink.
mexico
Elvira Mondragón Garcia's products range from the size of a gum ball to a human head.
31 days of halloween
It's an interesting time to see the world through the eyes of blemmyes and demons.
spiders
When fruit flies love your beer, you don't mind a few webs in the brewery.
boats
What's old is new again.
31 days of halloween
Occult albums in the '60s and '70s combined ambient tunes and spoken spells.
31 days of halloween
“Take the fresh, unspotted cadaver of a redheaded man..."
31 days of halloween
Digital reconstruction gives a face to a sad tale.
mushrooms
The Powdercap Strangler is no joke.
underground cooking
In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.
dreams
We asked you to tell us about them, and they are chilling.
events
A short film for those who missed this year's big event in New York—or want to relive it.
artificial intelligence
"Shelley" conjures tales of disembodied mouths, surprise male pregnancies, and a house full of dolls.
menu monday
The Ichthyophagous Club changed America's relationship to seafood.
vampires
The problem is that real people suffer from these conditions.