At A Glance

Bookkeeping
> $336K to $403K: How much an original print of David Bowie’s "Aladdin Sane" cover is expected to go for at auction, breaking the record for most expensive album art.
> 310 dB: The volume of an 1883 eruption on the volcanic island of Krakatoa; ruptured eardrums 40 miles away and remains the loudest sound ever recorded.

Browse
> Golden retriever gives koala piggyback ride. (w/photos)
> Twenty-one rules for throwing a good party.
> How your income is distributed across tax brackets. (w/interactive)
> Why we click with certain people, according to a neuroscientist.

Listen
> Computer science students were handed an empty promise.
> Can humans talk to whales?

Watch
> Is it really bad to eat raw cookie dough?
> Inside the parlor that covers hateful tattoos for free.
> Potential loophole to survive the end of the universe.

Long Read
> Will classic snacks look the same without artificial dyes?
> Enduring intrigue of Amelia Earhart's disappearance.
> What it's like to retire after 75.
> Life and death of the American foodie.

Most Clicked This Week: What was going on the day you were born?

Historybook: Rembrandt dies (1669); Orient Express makes first run from Paris to Romania (1883); Hollywood legend Charlton Heston born (1923); Sputnik 1 is first artificial satellite to orbit Earth (1957); Rocker Janis Joplin dies (1970).