clan of the ice bear: the outsized but possibly overlooked contributions that polar bears made to the development of evolution
hal 90210: Boston Dynamics is teaching its robotic dog to fight back, via Slashdot
one of these things is not like the others: Trump reportedly wears dress shirts with customised cuffs—as a reminder to himself and others, he is the forty-fifth president
tierrechte: Switzerland outlaws boiling living lobsters
we’ll leave the light on for you: a nice, retrospective profile of US National Public Radio essayist and humourist Tom Bodett
service feline: Puffy the cat with hypnotic powers
cultural icon: David Attenborough dance sensation, via Marginal Revolution