Grist List
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Let’s bring back New York City’s goat beauty pageants
In the 1930s, the goats competing for "Mr. Manhattan" were mostly "mascots and talismans," but surely the vogue for urban farming means we could start this back up again.
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Spiders all over the world like to snack on bats
We now have evidence that spiders eat bats all over the world except in places without spiders or bats. This is scary, and kind of wrong.
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Watch a 9-year-old activist speak out against corporate interests taking over his town’s water
Nestle wants to extract water from the aquifer in Fryeburg, Maine, for the next 45 years. Elementary-school activist Luke Sekera-Flanders is fighting back.
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New York City’s subways will have giant touchscreen maps
Touch a station and the map will tell you how to get there! It's sort of like a giant Hopstop, except you can touch it.
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Bears in Russia are getting high by huffing airplane fuel
Not to be a narc or anything, but animals get high a LOT. And these Russian bears have figured out how to get high off gasoline fumes.
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The queen rides the Tube to celebrate 150 years of subway transit in London
She's a sweet old lady. It's a grand old public transit system. And check out these useful badges they have for pregnant ladies!
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Vintage McDonald’s menus are kind of amazing (also delightful, tempting, and full-flavor)
Here's a look back into the halcyon days when people had to be talked into eating at McDonald's.
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Why in the world are so many manatees dying?
Manatees are dying off both Florida coasts, and by God we want the culprit brought to justice! (It's probably us.)
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Google Maps can now make you a virtual mountain climber
Google Maps gets you from your house to Petco. And now it gets you to the world's highest peaks.
