zines New '90s-era American Girl twins are opposites: one makes zines, the other Y2K lists Rusty Blazenhoff

music "All the Young Dudes" the greatest glam song of all time Rob Beschizza

Space Newly-noticed exoplanet may be the Earthiest yet Rob Beschizza

Science Your brain tissue is 50% more plastic than in 2016 Ellsworth Toohey

startups How a bartender turned dick-shaped candy into a $100K business Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets This handheld vacuum sucks Boing Boing's Shop

Science These Disney princesses are in mortal danger Gail Sherman

florida Threats against hurricane emergency workers out of control on social media Rob Beschizza

junk food Oreo-flavored Coke and Coke-flavored Oreos Gail Sherman

Space Amazing timelapse of the northern lights as seen from the ISS Gail Sherman

toys Chefs create new recipes for vintage food toys Bob Knetzger

Multiple gerbils. Police arrest man with "multiple gerbils" in his pants after pet store robbery Rob Beschizza

law She's an Irish heiress, a psychic, a witch… and about to be extradited to the UK on fraud charges Rob Beschizza

boston dynamics Meet Sparkles, the robot dog who definitely isn't going to murder you Gail Sherman

robots See the even more terrifying all-electric Boston Dynamics android (video) Jason Weisberger

fascism in america MAGA mob agrees, tells Jordan Klepper that America needs a Nazi-style dictator (video) Carla Sinclair

bio docu The Capote Tapes is a "tantalizing" documetary about the writer Bob Knetzger

makers Ingenious maker builds underwater maze to entertain his brilliant pet octopus (video) David Pescovitz

ecological entomology Plastics are entangling ants and other insects, according to new study Carla Sinclair

television Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene Lee Keeler