fish Why isn't fish considered meat during Lent? Miss Cellania

Science Germ theory denial is dangerous and on the rise Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment Competitive eater's jaw-dropping feat: 7 Pounds of Pho in 15 minutes (video) Ellsworth Toohey

book reviews Opting out: the freeing philosophy of avoidance and refusal Roy Christopher

climate change Let them eat snake: python farming an "efficient" food source Natalie Dressed

Food Once again, eating less, less often shown to help people manage their weight Jason Weisberger

religion More than 300 confirmed dead at Kenyan evangelical cult Rob Beschizza

IAAF Every banned Track & Field technique has a story behind it Andrew Yi

animals Psychedelic fish, ants, and sponges that can make you trip David Pescovitz

TikTok trends TikTok trend contributing to shortage of diabetes drug Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Monkeypox is a Chinese bioweapon in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Red Herring Musk's tweeting fails to make his sexual assault settlement disappear Jason Weisberger

holidays It's Eid al-Fitr Devin Nealy

Food Dietician on how to properly overeat on Thanksgiving David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This $30 wireless mount secures and charges your phone while you're on the road Boing Boing's Shop

futility closet Linda Burfield Hazzard's "fasting cure" killed multiple patients in the early 20th century Futility Closet

intermittent fasting Study finds that intermittent fasting is not effective for weight loss Mark Frauenfelder

newsletters Recommended newsletter: Exploding Topics, "a list of rapidly trending topics, insights and analysis." Mark Frauenfelder

Food Olive Oil in 'Mediterranean diet,' not so much red wine, linked to longer lifespan in new study Xeni Jardin

podcasts What happens when you steadily ramp up the speed at which you listen to podcasts Cory Doctorow