• Sensationalistic title of the day: King Tut’s glass beetle came from outer space! Since 1922 when Tutankhamun’s tomb was excavated experts have puzzled over the origin of a yellow stone, at the center of a necklace, which was carved into the shape of a scarab. Scientists now say it is desert sand melted into into glass by the heat of a meteorite. Took 84 years to figure that out?!

• Pickle Phobia: proving once again that, a) people are fucking retarded, and b) even setting aside the ridiculousness of it all, people are sadistic as hell. Via.

• Very cool idea: Unofficial audio guides for museum exhibits, in this case for works being shown at the moma.

• Not to be missed: the starlings. Wow. Via everywhere.

• Modern update of The Boy Who Cried Wolf: The Scientist Who Cried Fusion. “After years as a purely experimental science, a decade-long international effort will make nuclear fusion a reality.” Yeah, best of luck to the 7 nation’s worth of scientists who’ll give it a go, but I’ll believe it when I have a fusion-powered toaster and not before.