weather Watch the sky break: rare video shows exact moment hailstorm begins, right before the ice hits anything at all Popkin

Just look Newscaster really admires hail Jason Weisberger

climate change Giant hailstones are breaking new records Thom Dunn

inclement weather Freak hail storms blow out car windows, blast through home roofs in Texas and Oklahoma Carla Sinclair

lights and magic Vivid Sydney's drone show became a drone rainstorm Jason Weisberger

Games Ubisoft lost a billion and a half dollars last year Grant St. Clair

law 22 Buddhist monks arrested in drug bust at Sri Lanka's main airport Rob Beschizza

politics U.S. sinks in world Academic Freedom Index Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Save up to 20¢ per gallon on fuel with BJ's Wholesale Club for just $15 Boing Boing's Shop

puffery Tesla's driverless future keeps losing the people building it Jason Weisberger

youtube Your future self has good news: you're doing pretty well Grant St. Clair

gadgets Meadow is a small square smartphone with a few useful apps Rob Beschizza

Science 5-inch hail from supercell thunderstorm devastates Illinois Popkin

Games The Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake is real Grant St. Clair

medicine Teaching immigrant doctors to use their skills in Canada is as Canadian as it gets Séamus Bellamy

politics Dial-A-Poem is back, with the revolutionary poetry we all need right now Jennifer Sandlin

cosplay Bovino takes the fall Jason Weisberger

History The 6th-century wooden pagoda that was the tallest building on Earth Ellsworth Toohey

Games Life is Strange franchise gets more desperate with Reunion Grant St. Clair