Everyday, the same, again

241.jpgMobsters ran a fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana for 10 years, flying the flag and issuing visas for $6,000

Ransomware offers decryption keys if you infect two other people

Uber employees have access to customer trip information, and they’re using it to spy on ex-girlfriends and celebrities

Since the mid-1990s, it’s estimated that at least 100,000 Japanese men and women vanish annually

Encounters with ‘familiar strangers’ play overlooked role in human interactions

Our results indicate that sisters might be particularly tuned to select suitable perfumes for their siblings.

Facial and vocal attractiveness were found to positively correlate in women but not in men

In the present work, we investigate the pop cultural idea that people have a sixth sense, called “gaydar,” to detect who is gay.

Psychiatrists Must Face Possibility That Medications Hurt More Than They Help

Does One Armpit Smell Like the Other? [More: Improbable podcast]

The Heroin Overdose Mystery [PDF]

Most Americans like their choices in today’s information-saturated world, but 20% feel overloaded

The military mobilization that followed came to be known as the Crusades [PDF]

California man spent $1 million playing Game of War

Student Lets Thief Steal His Phone, Spies On Him For Weeks To Make This Documentary [Thanks Tim]