grief Blind date brings new romance to grieving goose Rusty Blazenhoff

adorable animals Banana-obsessed beaver makes brilliant ASMR Jennifer Sandlin

Japan Japanese town cancels cherry blossom festival after tourists defecate in residents' gardens Ellsworth Toohey

Space Dying star lights up the Helix Nebula Rob Beschizza

palestine Ben & Jerry's co-founder seeks public input on new watermelon ice cream flavor that calls for "a permanent peace in Palestine" Jennifer Sandlin

photography Watch people vanish wearing custom camouflage sweaters Jennifer Sandlin

A 1987 Far Side cartoon sparked outrage from the Jane Goodall Institute, until Goodall herself saw it Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's a micro-ecological air purifier! Boing Boing's Shop

art Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Mark Frauenfelder

comedy Unsurprisingly, Walton Goggins killed it on SNL Grant St. Clair

big tech Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover Thom Dunn

flora Crowd gets whiff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower Rob Beschizza

Games Smurf RPG looks positively smurfy Gail Sherman

moon Earth's moon is getting its own time zone Thom Dunn

Comics "Public Domain" explores comic books exploitative past through family drama Thom Dunn

gadgets iPhone 16 pinker than ever Rob Beschizza

books Comedian Gary Gulman's memoir "Misfit" is a masterpiece Ruben Bolling

dog Robot Dreams will probably break your heart Gail Sherman

Delightful Creatures A jealous husky hilariously glares when his border collie girlfriend ignores him for a golden retriever (video) Carla Sinclair

ai-generated content Watch the trailer for the first fully AI-generated RomCom, coming soon from TV manufacturer TCL Thom Dunn