censorship Objections to lines of Gravity Falls offered by Disney's standards committee Rob Beschizza

russia Top Russian scientist dead in mysterious fall at Moscow Aviation Institute Rob Beschizza

Disney Real emails from the Disney TV Standards and Practices department Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets The Süka Pipe is a smooth, efficient travel pipe that looks like it's from outer space Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets Magnets and metal make this fun and cool scientific desk toy utterly fascinating Boing Boing's Shop

astronomy Watch a black hole eat a star Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants CHESSES: chess variants for nonexperts, nonplayers, and the very playful Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin

mashups 14-year-old mashes Gravity Falls theme song and Gangnam Style Mark Frauenfelder

physics Statue made of bismuth with levitating magnetic cube Mark Frauenfelder

Kids Cool 360-degree video of a rocket launch Andrea James

toys The Gravity Maze Michael Borys

offworld A young black girl is the hero of this magical, animated story Laura Hudson

offworld Let go: this moving game about gravity will catch you Katherine Cross

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

Science Strange thrust: the unproven science that could propel our children into space Charles Platt