What’s Trending: Parking Wars
Trending today: social media reports of post-snow “parking wars,” where people take icy revenge on others who steal their spaces.
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What’s Trending: The Abilene Paradox
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 4, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the “Abilene paradox,” wherein a group of people do something nobody likes because everyone thinks someone else wants it.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Fragrance Online Community
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 3, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor insists he doesn’t care about the online fragrance subculture, but Aaron changes his mind in less than half a minute.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: I Have Always Been Afraid of Loans
Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 2, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: long-term car loans (six and seven years long) are becoming more and more common as vehicles get more expensive.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Grassy Knoll of Astronomy
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 30, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: astronomers suspect there may be an as-yet-undiscovered planet (or something big) in the distant solar system.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Weird Stuff About Pollen That’s Kinda Freaking Me Out
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 29, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor takes a deep dive into pollen, which can be used to make paper – as well as a Play-Doh-like substance.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Giraffes, Giraffes, Giraffes, and Giraffes
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 28, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: new research discovers there are actually four types of giraffes – and our conservation efforts have only been helping one.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Seabird Poop
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 27, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: scholars attach cameras to seabirds – pointing backwards this time, so we can see when the seabirds take a dump. Science!
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: This Stuff’s Made In New York City
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 26, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor is traumatized after learning that the Carolina reaper is not actually native to the Carolinas.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Right To Repair, Sort Of
Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 23, 2026 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Apple is finally giving in to the right-to-repair movement and providing replacement parts for iPhones – at a price.
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