food safety The disgusting truth about what happens when a fly lands on your food Mark Frauenfelder

Seagulls stealing your chips? Have you tried shouting at them? Rob Beschizza

Science Rock hyraxes look like rodents but are actually related to elephants and sea cows Jennifer Sandlin

animal ASMR The bat-eared fox can chew five times a second, which makes for some awesome ASMR! Jennifer Sandlin

Explore the micro-world with this LCD microscope that fits in your pocket Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Did you miss that butterfly? This pocket microscope can help you see it next time! Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures New parasite wasp species discovered inside of adult fruit flies Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets See nature how it was intended — up close and personal with this microscope! Boing Boing's Shop

sports Famous athlete known for doping has questions about trans athletes Thom Dunn

biology You'll likely be surprised to discover who's the most successful predator on Earth Gareth Branwyn

CIA The CIA's venture capital firm just backed Woolly Mammoth cloning Thom Dunn

Science The weird biology of the Venus flytrap David Pescovitz

Space NASA says we need a new approach for announcing that extraterrestrials are real David Pescovitz

delighful insects Watch "a bunch of cool looking insect flying in slow motion" Mark Frauenfelder

insects Watch these tiny bugs jump Mark Frauenfelder

biology Astounding slo-mo videos of insects in flight David Pescovitz

Science Incredible slo-mo video of raptors flying through bubble clouds… for science David Pescovitz

Business Ernst and Young subjected women employees to "training" about keeping the company's men happy Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal bombshells, Obama's boozing daughter, and if Star Trek's Captain Kirk was a cat, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

books Thoughtful, devastating critique of Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life" Cory Doctorow