Internet 31 communities vow to create local gigabit broadband Andrea James

Culture Tom Whitwell's annual collection of 52 fascinating facts returns, featuring expensive calculators and trademarked scents Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Hold onto your butts! The Kodak Instant Print Camera brings nostalgia to life Boing Boing's Shop

politics Colleagues claim Project 2025's Kevin Roberts boasted of killing dog with shovel to stop it barking Rob Beschizza

preppers Costco now selling prepper food buckets for the imminent apocalypse Allan Rose Hill

music Listen to this sexy slow jam about heat pumps Thom Dunn

artificial intelligence Keep A.I. weird! Allan Rose Hill

America Send your 5-year-old to Chick-fil-A summer camp to learn how to "take a guest order" and "box" their "own nuggets" Jennifer Sandlin

bruce springsteen The enduring power of Bruce Springsteen's music: a fan's journey Mark Cerulli

dog Robot Dreams will probably break your heart Gail Sherman

Games The emergent complexity of Hexopolis: a strategy game with infinite possibilities Jane Frauenfelder

cattle Sewage smell blanketing city was… something else David Pescovitz

art Fantastic "Dice Man" illustration and more carnival costumes from 1590 Popkin

Economy Elderly Italian woman evicts "parasite" sons, 40 and 42 Rob Beschizza

NASA Neptune loses all its clouds for the first time in three decades, and scientists know why Mark Frauenfelder

idaho Ammon Bundy's hospital temper tantrum lands him a $52.5 million fine Mark Frauenfelder

Science Dead pixel photographed on Jupiter…. isn't that David Pescovitz

california 30 tons of bomb-grade ammonium nitrate vanish from sealed rail car in western US Mark Frauenfelder

explosions Tennessee company refuses to recall airbag inflators despite government request Rob Beschizza

education Kids who have to crawl under freight trains to get to school Ruben Bolling