Nature Watch the beauty and horror of a fly going through metamorphosis Popkin

arts A toilet in the shape of a fly Popkin

eyes Why flies have nipples on their eyes Popkin

fly How flies are able to elude your fly swatter Janelle Hessig

weird incidents LA couple terrified after "watermelon-size" ice chunk crashes through roof — JetBlue plays innocent, but FAA disagrees Carla Sinclair

Space Mercury's north pole photographed Rob Beschizza

Space Dramatic new photos from Mercury look like 2001: A Space Odyssey Allan Rose Hill

stowaways Two people found dead in JetBlue wheel well in Florida: "This keeps happening" Carla Sinclair

decay Have you ever wondered what happens to jeans when they're left in a field for two decades? Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets Capture epic 4K aerial shots — no pilot license required Boing Boing's Shop

"nightmare" flights Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight Carla Sinclair

dogs United passenger furious after losing seat to dog without a ticket Allan Rose Hill

Funny Jackdaw asks strangers, "are you alright?" in a Yorkshire accent Jennifer Sandlin

World War II How Polish professors let infected lice feed on them to avoid concentration camps in WWII Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Enter the new year with this Ninja Dragons drone bundle, now under $100 Boing Boing's Shop

politics In 1979, President Carter's bizarre battle with an aggressive swimming rabbit became a political nightmare Ellsworth Toohey

drugs Santa Claus was actually a psychedelic mushroom Allan Rose Hill

malfunctions Drones drop from sky during Florida holiday show, sending 7-year-old boy to hospital Carla Sinclair

plants Fossilized "alien plant" from 47 million years ago unlike anything alive today Allan Rose Hill

labor Starbucks baristas to strike in three cities Rob Beschizza