video Tiny predator in action — watch a baby mantis try to snatch and eat a bug on video Mark Frauenfelder

world news Ice cream truck washed out to sea (video) Mark Frauenfelder

accidents Race car crashes and bursts into flames at 300 mph — and its legendary driver somehow survives (video) Carla Sinclair

air travel Southwest plane drops dangerously low over Oklahoma, scaring people inside their homes Carla Sinclair

LATAM Airlines Another Boeing disaster as plane nosedives, causing 50 injuries — 30 who are tossed up to roof Carla Sinclair

soreheads Outraged Republicans try — but fail — to expel a Democratic lawmaker for hiding the Bible in Arizona House Carla Sinclair

History The Pentagon Papers were first published 52 years ago Elías Villoro

built-in cameras Tesla workers reportedly passed around private video from customers' cars Carla Sinclair

neighborhood drama Watch epic Nextdoor chat about a lizard on the loose, amusingly reenacted on Jimmy Kimmel (video) Carla Sinclair

accidents Huge boulder crashes through family's living room in Hawaii (video) Carla Sinclair

Jesus and John Wayne A great primer on the rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States Jennifer Sandlin

airplanes Video: Southwest passenger shows window that shattered during flight (dramatic image, but no harm done) Carla Sinclair

accidents Watch dramatic video of semi truck losing its back wheels in dramatic battle with safety barriers David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Renting is expensive enough, don't let losses add to it Boing Boing's Shop

yelp Anti-vaxxers are destroying restaurant's ratings on Yelp Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Documentation Gathering, Sanitization, and Storage: an excerpt from "A Public Service" Tim Schwartz

happy mutants Thomas Piketty's new book uses data to trace how inequality changes ideology Cory Doctorow

guns Walmart announces major plans to scale back gun sales Gina Loukareas

Not Great FOOTAGE: Explosion at remote Siberian military base Rob Beschizza

futility closet During World War II, an isolated sledge patrol in Greenland came upon a secret team of Germans Futility Closet