January 2014 - Page 29 of 50 - Boing Boing

Funny Scammers are already using the hantavirus to fleece people Grant St. Clair

Internet An anonymous group posted internet puzzles to recruit code-breakers, then vanished Ellsworth Toohey
california Five men left a basketball game in 1978 and drove into a mystery Ellsworth Toohey
politics Giant inflatable Elon Musk appears in Times Square, protesting Grok's lack of limits Grant St. Clair
books In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity Ellsworth Toohey
Culture The first Tarzan pulp sold for $58,560 at a record-setting auction Ellsworth Toohey
art A sculpture at CIA headquarters has kept a coded message secret for 35 years Ellsworth Toohey
Science How Claude Shannon used his wife as a language model in 1950 Ellsworth Toohey
History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin
Games The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser is now eight years old and counting Grant St. Clair
Games Indie Nazi-hunting game looks a bit like a playable Inglorious Basterds Grant St. Clair
News Sam Bentley's June good news video is out and it's genuinely heartening Grant St. Clair
science fiction Mark Russell's new graphic novel explores the strange comfort of cults Gareth Branwyn
war Grandpa Pudding Brains says Iran is in submission, they just don't know it yet Jason Weisberger
Science These 1996 Hawaii lava photos look like a horror movie set Popkin
retail-archaeology Retail archaeology finds the bones of Circuit City everywhere Jason Weisberger
grifters Melania Trump, noted independence expert, explains success Jason Weisberger
Delightful Creatures Orcas, bears, squirrels, and now sharks have notes Jason Weisberger
guns Pasadena cops discover "just joking" does not stop bullets Jason Weisberger
pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

animals Puss caterpillar is one of North America's most venomous insects Popkin

Science Robot tadpole fools frog dads, but mom knows better Gail Sherman

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

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film Kim Jong-il had a South Korean actress kidnapped to make him movies Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1803 a woman in a strange round vessel washed ashore in Japan Ellsworth Toohey

History The spy who ate live animals, documents, and possibly a toddler Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators Ellsworth Toohey

india Lal Bihari was legally dead for 18 years and fought to undo it Ellsworth Toohey

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