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cemeteries

Found: More Dog Skeletons at a 2,000-Year-Old Canine Graveyard

People both depended on dogs and ate them.
Sarah Laskow July 18, 2016
news

Iconic Punk Rocker Defaces the British Library's Punk Rock Exhibit

Punk feminist Viv Albertine took on the exhibit's erasure of female musicians in the most metal way possible.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 17, 2016
politics

Decoding the 2016 Republican National Convention Seating Chart

The seating arrangements this year focus more on past primaries than the upcoming general election.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 17, 2016
politics

A History of Embarrassing Presidential Campaign Logos

Good design and presidential politics do not often meet.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 17, 2016
news

Here are the CIA's Possible Security Guidelines For Pokémon Go

Playing America's favorite game without compromising America's OPSEC.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 17, 2016
cars

The Eternal Mystery of How This Bear Locked Itself Inside of a Car

There were no broken car windows.
Erik Shilling July 15, 2016
space exploration

Russia Is Trying to Build a Bomber That Can Fire Nukes from Space

It would be illegal, of course.
Erik Shilling July 15, 2016
death

Why Pokémon Go Players Are Going to Keep Finding Dead Bodies

It happens every day.
Sarah Laskow July 15, 2016
A different lady filling out a different crossword.
art

91-Year-Old Woman at Museum Fills In Crossword-Themed Artwork

What is art, anyway?
Cara Giaimo July 15, 2016
farms

Why Farming Was Probably Invented Many Times by Independent Humans

We evolve.
Eric Grundhauser July 15, 2016
news

The Emperor of Japan is Thinking of Abdicating

Akihito has reigned for over 27 years.
Erik Shilling July 14, 2016
space exploration

NASA Has Discovered a Massive Hole in the Sun

Nothing to see here.
Erik Shilling July 14, 2016
news

People Are Going to Staten Island Museums Again Thanks to Pokémon Go

This is positive.
Eric Grundhauser July 14, 2016
Goofy towns strut their stuff at the annual convention.
news

France's Dumbest-Named Villages Are All In A Club Together

One name translates to "my nipple."
Cara Giaimo July 14, 2016
games

Found: Vintage and Extremely Rare Version of a Nintendo 64 Console

It's a 64DD meant for English-speaking markets.
Sarah Laskow July 14, 2016
mystery

The Bottomless Mystery of D.B. Cooper

Forty-four years ago, a man fell out of the sky. We may never know what happened next.
Erik Shilling July 13, 2016
literature

How James Baldwin Trolled the FBI

Solid work.
JPat Brown July 13, 2016
news

Half of This Italian Town's Staff Was Arrested for Skipping Work

It's having trouble operating now.
Erik Shilling July 13, 2016