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You can't be friends with your ex

14 September 2026

You can't be friends with your ex

Pizza is 14,000 years old, how philosophy actually solves hard decisions, and the first footage of a squid only 70 people have ever seen.

13 Strangest Food Ads

11 September 2026

13 Strangest Food Ads

How your heartbeat shapes what you feel, what a New York–LA flight cost in 1961, and why Leonardo da Vinci's procrastination was actually the point.

The word you've never questioned

9 September 2026

The word you've never questioned

A Japanese inn that's been open since 705 AD, why people who claim to be perfect are the biggest liars, and what a month of gardening does to your body.

The man moving his house by hand

7 September 2026

The man moving his house by hand

Fire might be the reason we can talk, a 66-study review that says psychopaths don't exist, and the astonishing hidden life of Mr T.

You're sitting wrong at dinner

4 September 2026

You're sitting wrong at dinner

AI is leaving a "creative scar" on everyone who uses it, why haunted houses are secretly good for you, and billionaires who now live full-time on their yachts.

Sleeping on 50,000 bees

2 September 2026

Sleeping on 50,000 bees

Whether crows are genuinely your friends, the real reason we blow out birthday candles, and which country survives if civilisation collapses.

Why some people are just luckier

31 August 2026

Why some people are just luckier

The air freshener that sued Balenciaga, a shoe inspired by a dog's paw, and a 3,700-year-old tree that still won't stop fruiting.

The soda machine that's secretly a lab

28 August 2026

The soda machine that's secretly a lab

Where all the public bathrooms went, how Dolly Parton told her life through six songs, and the number-one album the year you left school.

There's no such thing as personality types

26 August 2026

There's no such thing as personality types

Mike Tyson's Ferrari just tripled in value, a dog that climbs trees like a cat, and how the Pringles man finally got a name.

We got Wi-Fi from chasing black holes

24 August 2026

We got Wi-Fi from chasing black holes

What coffee is actually doing for men, where 2 million lost suitcases end up, and how to cool a house without switching anything on.

Where'd the serial killers go?

21 August 2026

Where'd the serial killers go?

How your dog's breed rewired its brain, what Americans would actually give up for ten extra years, and a very funny case against skinny sunglasses.

TikTok is now moving fish markets

19 August 2026

TikTok is now moving fish markets

Whatever happened to the good old con artist, the 1,000-year-old air conditioning inside the Burj Khalifa, and nine million euros of gold sealed in a cellar wall.

Someone put a trampoline on the Great Pyramid

17 August 2026

Someone put a trampoline on the Great Pyramid

A girl who fell 10,000 feet into the Amazon and walked out, why chasing interesting backfires, and the real reason your friendships keep fading.

Kids used to have a smoking area

14 August 2026

Kids used to have a smoking area

What 250 people were actually thinking about when buzzed at random, and thirteen things that make airport security pull you aside.

Your mind treats a song like sex

12 August 2026

Your mind treats a song like sex

The brain doesn't know the difference. Neither did the archaeologists who found honey that's still good after 3,000 years.

Space is quietly rewiring your brain.

10 August 2026

Space is quietly rewiring your brain.

The five years that quietly rewrote history, and the case for wasting a morning properly.

The seagulls are drunk again.

7 August 2026

The seagulls are drunk again.

A T. rex that sold for $50 million in ten minutes, the real history of Area 51, and a peanut butter fruit you've never heard of.

Some fires make their own weather.

5 August 2026

Some fires make their own weather.

The laughing gas party that invented anesthesia. And 63 films that hit $1 billion.

The summer America legalized shorts.

3 August 2026

The summer America legalized shorts.

The world's biggest electric plane, what Ethiopian runners know that science doesn't, and why cops really eat doughnuts.

A river people swim home from work in.

31 July 2026

A river people swim home from work in.

A planet that might hold water, the Basque Country topping every travel list, and Colonel Sanders' mansion going to auction.

A Mickey Mouse Gas Mask, a Paris Cocktail, and Six Countries With No Green Screen

29 July 2026

A Mickey Mouse Gas Mask, a Paris Cocktail, and Six Countries With No Green Screen

Where Nolan really filmed The Odyssey, what elephants do when one dies, and a Paris cocktail worth stealing the recipe for.

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