fashion Watch these ducks strut their stuff in the annual Sydney Duck Fashion Show Thom Dunn

ducks Cook's books "Ducks: And How To Make Them Pay" not about revenge Thom Dunn

Nintendo How the Nintendo NES Zapper gun worked (and why it doesn't on today's TVs) David Pescovitz

Best foot forward You can hire the L.L. Bean Bootmobile Jennifer Sandlin

JD Vance JD Vance mocked for cringeworthy "Big Buck World" publicity stunt Mark Frauenfelder

Trump's worst nightmare: Harris leaps ahead in latest poll as enthusiasm gap widens Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz

Science Dodo to be deëxtincted with genetic engineering Rob Beschizza

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

crime No ducks hunted as Nintendo light gun used in robbery Rob Beschizza

mistakes Teens charged with killing and eating swan Rob Beschizza

canada More than 30-50 Feral Canadian Hybrid "Super Pigs" reportedly headed towards USA Thom Dunn

gun culture "Barrel Bands" are rings made from shotgun barrels Jennifer Sandlin

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

art Gyotaku-style prints made from alligators Jennifer Sandlin

Fowl John Oliver's hilarious history of duck stamps Jason Weisberger

History Treasure hunters have re-discovered a long lost piece of Henry VIII's crown Thom Dunn

Science Sequencing an anciet girl's genome from a 5,700-year-old piece of chewing gum David Pescovitz