Heavy Metal The singer of a KISS cover band caught on fire in the middle of a show and kept playing Thom Dunn

Safety Basketball backboard makes excellent magnifying glass Andrea James

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ted cruz Texas will hand out free DNA kits so you can ID your child after the next school massacre Carla Sinclair

Fascinating Horror Fascinating Horror on the Apollo One disaster Jason Weisberger

sewers Pooping in ancient Rome Gareth Branwyn

surveillance A laser camera that can see an entire room through a keyhole Clive Thompson

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fire Recall issued for candles due to fire risk David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Here's your Father's Day Gift Guide…so you better choose wisely Boing Boing's Shop

cars Tesla Autopilot crash driver died "playing video game" Rob Beschizza

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

burning man Federal officers establish unconstitutional checkpoints on road to Burning Man Cory Doctorow

Business JP Morgan-Chase paid its billions in fines for mortgage fraud by committing billions in mortgage fraud Cory Doctorow

bong bong U.S. bans e-cigarettes in checked baggage, and no vaping on the plane either Xeni Jardin

Science Earthquake early warning system gets a $4 million boost from USGS Xeni Jardin

movies Meet the scientific storytellers who can make the public afraid of anything—for a price Ethan Gilsdorf

Science Humanity at night Kiki Sanford

health How to stay safe in the workshop Steve Hoefer