FIVE-STAR FUMIGATOR
The Bed-Bug Whisperer Of Brooklyn
Billy Swan is a genius at ridding your home of things that bite and terrorize in the middle of the night (and keeping you from going insane in the process).
OUR MINDS WILL NOT BE CHANGED
This Is The Best Penalty Kick — Ever
Everything about this penalty, scored by a player for Rubin Khazan in Russia's National Student League, is perfect.
HAMSTRUNG POPE
The Conservative Resistance Inside The Vatican
Some Catholic leaders are using the sex abuse crisis to unseat Pope Francis.
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Your Oral Care Routine Isn't As Good As It Could Be
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IN CASE YOU NEEDED A DUMB DISTRACTION
Insane Clown Posse Member Rushes The Stage, Tries To Dropkick Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst
The only news story we care about today is that ICP's Shaggy 2 Dope tried to dropkick Fred Durst off the stage during a Limp Bizkit concert.
A LONG, DIFFICULT INTERVIEW
Stan Lee Breaks His Silence: Those I Trusted Betrayed Me
Millions missing. Elder-abuse allegations. The last days of Marvel wizard Stan Lee have been mired in controversy. Here, Lee — alongside his daughter — speaks out for the first time.
'FACING AGGRESSION WITH AGGRESSION'
The Secret Life Of A Psych Ward Security Guard
My brute strength and wrestling skills made me a natural fit to maintain order. But what I really wanted to do was help people.
CUTTING COMMENTARY
Knife Reviewer Reviews The Worst Knife Ever Designed
On the surface, it looks pretty poorly-designed, but wait for it — there are layers to its terribleness that will amaze you.
GOOD QUESTION
Should I Be Mad That A Catfish Tricked Me And A Stranger Into Hooking Up, And Other Advice Column Questions
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
HE MUST REALLY LOVE MASK EXERCISES
An In-Depth Study Of Tom Hardy's Neverending Efforts To Hide His Face
After "The Dark Knight Rises," "Dunkirk" and now "Venom," the actor's tendency to play masked characters is a well-worn joke. But does Hardy actually conceal his face more than other actors? And will he continue to do so? Finally, we have the data to answer those (and many other) questions.
ZARDULU WANTS NONE OF THIS
In New York, Even The Cats Are Terrified Of The Gigantic Rats
Bodega cats are supposed to keep away the rodents, but when the rodents are getting this big and fearless, well, you can only expect so much.
ECHOES FAR AND WIDE
The Voice Of Hobsbawm
How the Marxist ideas of a British historian ended up on the bookshelves of Indian civil servants and Brazilian housewives
CAN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY?
Can Investments Be Too Efficient?
When it comes to investment decisions, economists focus on the most efficient use of resources, as revealed by cost-benefit analysis. But, despite the obvious advantages of this approach, optimal efficiency is not always desirable, and the long-term benefits of an investment are not always clear from the start.
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5 True Wireless Earbuds That Aren't AirPods
AirPods are great. These other wireless earbuds might be better.
EVERYONE WANTS A FREE WILLY MOMENT
This Tourist Experience With A Humpback Whale Is Somewhere Between Amazing And Terrifying
Check out the exact moment an enormous humpback whale leaps out of the water just a few feet from a tourist boat. You can hear the folks on the boat and their mixed reaction. First some people seem scared, but eventually everyone starts clapping.
NEGATIVE ENERGY
The Rise And Fall Of Affirmative Action
With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education.
FRANK WHO?
POTUS Robin Wright Has No Time For Anyone's Bull In The Trailer For 'House Of Cards' Season 6
"Each one of us has to defend our destiny. The first female President of the United States is not going to keep her mouth shut."
JOIN THE CLUB, BUDDY
Dieter Rams Wants Silicon Valley To Stop
In Gary Hustwit's highly anticipated new documentary "Rams," the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.
COVER IT WITH A SHEET WHEN YOU'RE HOME
Facebook Fails To Read The Room, Releases Portal, A Smart Screen For Your Home With A Microphone And A Camera
Facebook has had a tough year when it comes to user privacy, which makes it a particularly weird time for the company to release a camera and audio-enabled device to sit in your home.
DIGG GIVEAWAYS
We're Giving Away A New MacBook And $300 In Apple Store Credit. Want It?
Computers and tech are expensive, especially the cool kind that Apple makes. So please allow us to help you get some of that sweet pricey tech for yourself.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING COOL
Watching This Man Restore A 75-Year-Old Bandsaw To Its Former Glory Is Super Satisfying
Beneath all the dust and grime lies a real beauty.
WHAT A BLEAK WORLD WE LIVE IN
Work Is Fun, Fun Is Work And Restaurants Are Coworking Spaces: The Craze, Explained
Not even high-end restaurants can escape the gig economy's clutches.
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OUCH
And Here's Why You Always Wear A Helmet When You Go Dirt Biking
Everything's going according to plan when all of a sudden you're clotheslining the heck out of yourself on a tree.
WE'RE DOOMED
The World Has Just Over A Decade To Get Climate Change Under Control, UN Scientists Say
"There is no documented historic precedent" for the scale of changes required, the body found.
ONE WRONG TURN...
Driver Somehow Pulls A 100-Foot Beam Up A Tiny Mountain Road
A massive I-beam needed to be brought to Ciales, Puerto Rico for a new bridge, but it was no easy matter.
'IT'S THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOCIAL MEDIA'
Meet The Rappers Of LinkedIn
According to these MCs, Soundcloud has nothing on your least favorite social network.
TAKING A STANCE
Tech Workers Now Want To Know: What Are We Building This For?
In a meeting last month with Jeff Dean, the company's head of artificial intelligence, Dr. Poulson — a research scientist — asked if Google planned to move ahead with the product and if his work would contribute to censorship and surveillance in China.
'SET UP BY THE DEMOCRATS'
President Trump Calls Christine Blasey Ford's Allegation A 'Hoax'
A week and a half after calling Christine Blasey Ford's Senate testimony "compelling" and "very credible," and less than a week after mocking Ford's testimony at a rally, President Trump is now calling Ford's allegations a "hoax."
V STYLISH AND V USEFUL
Giant Roof Tops Montreal Golf Clubhouse By Architecture49
Canadian studio Architecture49 has covered this minimal golf clubhouse in Montreal with a massive wooden roof, to shelter driving ranges so members can play in bad weather.
ONCE UPON A TIME...
This Is What The First Days Of The War In Afghanistan Looked Like
On October 7th, 2001 — 17 years ago today — the US carried out strikes on Taliban forces in Afghanistan in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks. These pictures show the events that unfolded in the first year of a war that continues to this day.
NO, WAIT, COME BACK
This Automated Garbage Truck Is... Not Good At Its Job
Automation usually saves time, but this is going to be a real hassle.
SMASH THE STATE LIKE BUTTON
How Social Media Became A Weapon Of War
What Taylor Swift and ISIS can teach us about cyberwar.
UNCIVIL LIBERTIES
Civility Has Its Limits
The conflict over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination centered not on tribalism, but on a lack of justice.
KNOWN AS THE 'BRAZILIAN TRUMP'
John Oliver Begs Brazil Not Elect Its Own 'Dangerous Ideologue'
Brazilians are hungry for a change, which Oliver finds understandable, but the man they may elect genuinely once said, "I am in favor of a dictatorship..."
WELL, THAT'S ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE
A One-Word Turing Test Suggests 'Poop' Is What Sets Us Apart From The Machines
An inside joke for us humans.
THE ORIGIN STORY WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR
Andy Warhol Said He Came From 'Nowhere.' This Is It
A Slovak cousin of Andy Warhol, the Pop Art icon, knew his American relative was a painter of some sort. He gathered that much from the letters his aunt, Warhol's mother, sent to Mikova, the hamlet in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains where both the artist's parents lived before emigrating to the United States.
YOU SHALL NOT PASS
This Little Kitten Is Defending Its Door With All Its Might
Smudgie the kitten will not let Jaxson the dog poke his head through the cat flap. It's not happening Jaxson, stop trying!
AND HIS LIFE GOES UNCHANGED
With Battle Over, Kavanaugh Quickly Gets To Work As A Supreme Court Justice
A day after the bitter fight over his nomination ended in his elevation to the Supreme Court, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was in his new chambers on Sunday, preparing for the arguments the court is to hear as it enters the second week of its term.
A DICTATOR ABOUT TO SEIZE POWER
Far-Right Candidate Wins First Round Of Brazil Election
Jair Bolsonario face the left-wing Workers' Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, in the second round on 28 October after he failed to win the 50% of valid votes needed to win outright.
ALMOST FEELS LIKE VR
Check Out This Guy Speedflying Through Italian Mountains
This guy flew through the wind to descend rapidly down the hill. He glided swiftly over the scenic Italian mountains as low as it was possible.
A BAD ENDING
How To Write About A Vanishing World
Scientists chronicling ecological destruction must confront the loss of their life’s work and our planet’s riches.
WHO BUILDS A SIDEWALK LIKE THIS?
This Gentleman Almost Made It To The End Of A Tapering Sidewalk Flawlessly, But Stumbled Right At The End
He was nearly there. It was going to be perfect. But alas, some things aren't meant to be.
'BELLISSIMO'
Watch How This Artist Uses Drawings Of Cheese To Tackle Rising Neo-Fascism In Italy
Pier Paolo Spinazzè aka Cibo is doing his bit to fight the rising intolerance in his county. He uses something deeply rooted in Italian culture to do it: cheese.
MAGGOT FLAVORED DORITOS, YUM
People Will Eat Bugs If They Think It'll Make Them Cool
You just have to tell them it's trendy.
COOL
Rideshare Pyramid Scheme To Go Public
Yayyo will be the first publicly traded company whose stock symbol is slang for cocaine. On a not completely unrelated note, they once paid Master P to make a song about them.
IN 1492, COLUMBUS KILLED A LOT OF PEOPLE
Why Does The United States Celebrate Columbus Day?
Look, we're not trying to knock having a day off from work, but would celebrating it as Indigenous Peoples Day be better?
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The Best New Long Reads On The Internet
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'LOOK AT THIS IDIOT'
Construction Truck Driver Has No Idea He's Slamming Other Drivers With A 12 Foot Pipe
OH GOD, WE HOPE HER HOUSE STILL EXISTS
Girl's Science Experiment Goes Oh So Very Quickly Off The Rails
SWIFT AND SHORE
Bros Go 'Bar Hopping' In A Jet Boat And, Of Course, This Was Going To Happen...
CRACKING THE CASE
Family Cracks Open A Stupidly Large Egg They Found, And Oh, Of Course... ?
GOING OFF HALF CROC'D
Please, Don't Do This
BRING YOUR OWN HANDLE
Woman Comes Up With Ingenious Solution To No-Handholds Dilemma On Bus
THAT IS... FAST
Guy Hits 286 MPH On A Jet Bike
DON'T LOOK BACK
Truck Casually Drives Up A Nearly Vertical Slope
IMMOBILE HOME
This Might Be The Most Creative Way To Secure Your House In A Hurricane
THAT'S THE FIRENADO'S HOSE NOW
Bonkers Video Of A 200-Foot Firenado Eating A Firehose
THAT SWOOPING SENSATION
Guy Rescues Lizard From Pool, Releases It And, Oh No
'DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN'
The World Is Pretty Grim Right Now, But This Dog Being Reunited With Its Owner After 10 Months Is Pretty Great
Boyfriend's Baby-Powder-In-Her-Blow-Dryer Prank Is Both Harmless And Hilarious
Construction Truck Driver Has No Idea He's Slamming Other Drivers With A 12 Foot Pipe
Girl's Science Experiment Goes Oh So Very Quickly Off The Rails
Bros Go 'Bar Hopping' In A Jet Boat And, Of Course, This Was Going To Happen...
Family Cracks Open A Stupidly Large Egg They Found, And Oh, Of Course... ?
Please, Don't Do This
Woman Comes Up With Ingenious Solution To No-Handholds Dilemma On Bus
Guy Hits 286 MPH On A Jet Bike
Truck Casually Drives Up A Nearly Vertical Slope
This Might Be The Most Creative Way To Secure Your House In A Hurricane
Bonkers Video Of A 200-Foot Firenado Eating A Firehose
Guy Rescues Lizard From Pool, Releases It And, Oh No
