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October 11, 2023

Several Amish people were reported shunned after the U.S. government’s Wireless Emergency Alert test revealed that they had phones. Read More

October 3, 2023

A Chucky doll was handcuffed and arrested in Colombia after a man used it to intimidate robbery victims. Read More

September 26, 2023

An Australian tested local regulations by naming her son Methamphetamine Rules. “He’s a very chill child,” the mother said. “So not anything like a meth user.” Read More

September 19, 2023

Colorado representative Lauren Boebert was ejected from a performance of the musical Beetlejuice after vaping, using her phone to record the show, and stroking her companion’s crotch. Read More

September 12, 2023

A New Jersey business owner was arrested for using a drone to dye people’s swimming pools green. Read More

September 6, 2023

A San Francisco official was forced to resign after he offered a tour during which participants could “get close and personal to the doom and squalor” of the city. Read More

August 29, 2023

Scientists announced that neurotic people probably shouldn’t colonize Mars. Read More

August 22, 2023

An AI-written Microsoft Travel article recommended an Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot. Read More

August 15, 2023

A man crashed a stolen garbage truck into a hot tub store on the Dolly Parton Parkway in Tennessee. Read More

August 8, 2023

“We have to jump on this trend,” an El Salvador funeral home owner said of his new pink, Barbie-themed coffins. Read More

August 1, 2023

President Joe Biden’s dog was reported to have bitten seven people in a four-month span. Read More

July 25, 2023

Authorities in Berlin searching for a lioness found a brood of “startled piglets.” Read More

July 18, 2023

Officials attempted to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter who has been accosting local surfers and stealing their boards. Read More

July 11, 2023

A poll was reported to have found that over 40 percent of Americans do not know what July Fourth commemorates. Read More

July 6, 2023

“We think that it’s just, air goes through your nostrils and you move. No, there’s a science to breathing.” Read More

June 27, 2023

It was reported that a Harvard researcher who studied dishonesty had been accused of fabricating data. Read More

June 21, 2023

A Belgian psychologist found that most adults suffer from “end-of-history illusion.” Read More

June 13, 2023

An employee of an organ donation nonprofit who had filed a workplace complaint was reported to have found three severed heads on his desk. Read More

June 6, 2023

A purification ceremony took place at St. Peter’s Basilica after a naked man stood at the main altar to protest the war in Ukraine. Read More

May 31, 2023

It was reported that octopuses may have nightmares. Read More

May 23, 2023

Physicists investigated the ideal storage conditions for gummy candy. Read More

May 16, 2023

An Australian woman who became stranded in the woods was able to survive for five days on wine and candy. Read More

May 9, 2023

After workers at an eating disorder helpline unionized, they were replaced by a chatbot. Read More

May 2, 2023

Documents labeled “Official sensitive” were found in a pub toilet on what one pubgoer described as “quite a lively night” in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Read More

April 25, 2023

It was reported that after a DoorDash driver was in a car accident and rushed to the hospital, the company asked his wife if she would complete his delivery. Read More

April 18, 2023

ChatGPT passed an undergraduate quantum physics exam and immediately emailed the dean to ask for a better grade. Read More

April 11, 2023

Scientists announced that human memory of shapes is unreliable after one and a half seconds. Read More

April 4, 2023

Amsterdam launched a new campaign aimed at urging young British men looking for a “messy night” to “stay away” from the capital in an attempt to cut down on nuisance tourism. Read More

March 28, 2023

In Israel, an opposition lawmaker compared members of the governing coalition to Minions from the Despicable Me films. Read More

March 21, 2023

The volume of uncollected trash in Paris reached 10,000 tons. Read More

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