magic "The Alchemist" is Sherlocked's most ambitious escape room yet Ferdinando Buscema

Sex Amsterdam plans to move red light district into a new, indoor erotic mall David Pescovitz

happy mutants The world's largest occult library has a public online archive Cory Doctorow

travel Man with knife makes bomb threat at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – suspect 'overpowered' Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Rolling robots 3D print a bridge, inching their way along the span as they lay it Cory Doctorow

travel Overtourism: the plague affecting the world's most interesting places Andrea James

fashion Sneakers made from Amsterdammers' used bubble-gum Cory Doctorow

public health Smoke weed, not cigarettes: CA's new restaurant policy Mark Frauenfelder

drugs Lost luggage: two huge suitcases packed with different drugs retrieved hundreds of miles apart Allan Rose Hill

politics Neotoddlerism: Political activism through temper tantrums Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Flirt with your vacation crush when you learn a new language with Babbel! Boing Boing's Shop

foul fowl Black mold on Delta Air Lines meal sickens passengers — and prompts emergency landing Carla Sinclair

airbnb Barcelona to ban AirBnBs and other short-term rentals Jennifer Sandlin

mistakes Nicky Minaj learns what might happen when you smuggle drugs through airports Rob Beschizza

Explore Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on the web Rob Beschizza

viral videos Watch the miraculous recovery of a pianist who learned the wrong piece Mark Frauenfelder

flights Flight turns back due to maggots raining on passengers' heads from overhead bins David Pescovitz