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

History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin

Science All five DNA/RNA building blocks found in asteroid Ryugu samples Ellsworth Toohey

Science The woman whose blood made an entire ER collapse Ellsworth Toohey

law Trump golf course in Scotland exceeds sewage limits Rob Beschizza

cattle Sewage smell blanketing city was… something else David Pescovitz

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

fungus This video about a guy who died from coconut water makes me hesitant to drink it ever again Mark Frauenfelder

Funny The Disgusting Food Museum of Sweden Popkin

ancient history Egyptian mummy believed to be male priest turns out to be a pregnant female Thom Dunn

useful stuff Beware the false flag operations of the Alvin Corn Cleaning Squad Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets This ozone sprayer cleans, disinfects, and sanitizes without toxic chemicals Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets The AquaSprouts Garden creates a perfect life balance, right on your desktop Boing Boing's Shop

math Best 1950s kids' science books Mark Frauenfelder

mosquitoes Mosquitoes love pregnant, beer-drinking exercisers with Type O blood Mark Frauenfelder

Space Cool NASA illustrations of Jupiter's lightning and atmospheric "mushballs" Andrea James

Kids NASA's Juno captures more stunning Jupiter photos Andrea James

youtube For the next year, TV, newspapers, and the web will run massive ads from tobacco companies admitting that their products kill people, that they were engineered to be addictive, and that they covered this up Cory Doctorow

Book William Powell, author of The Anarchist Cookbook, RIP David Pescovitz

guitars Polishing a National guitar Jason Weisberger