Technology New book teaches coding to toddlers through screen-free activities using comics and everyday craft items Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Introduce kids to Montessori-inspired screentime with Pok Pok for 76% off Boing Boing's Shop

Funny Laugh through your tears with McSweeney's "Faculty Meeting Icebreakers" Jennifer Sandlin

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gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

Games How old is Tetris, really? Rob Beschizza

animals Adorable video of a baby flamingo learning how to stand on one leg Thom Dunn

Science Research is suggesting we don't just inherit genes from our parents: "experiences can lead to changes in gene expression" Ruben Bolling

science fiction Flux is a dizzying, dazzling debut novel about trauma, time travel, and 80s cop shows Thom Dunn

pop culture Giant book on a toy biz giant Bob Knetzger

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

star wars Listen to the original NPR radio drama adaptations of the first STAR WARS trilogy Thom Dunn

interviews Talking adventure games with Olivia Wood Jeffery Klaehn

Boing Boing Gadgets Get your toddler on the road earlier with the world's lightest balance bike Boing Boing's Shop

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

News Trump's Orphans: 528 children still separated, 'severe attachment injuries' observed in migrant kids Xeni Jardin

video Brazil's ambitious anti-poverty initiative engages its youngest citizens Andrea James

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

science fiction Charlie Stross on the sorry state of science fictional worldbuilding Cory Doctorow

i'm sorry dave The "uncanny valley" effect might be a learned behavior Clive Thompson