Science Artificial sweeteners be damned; these naturally occurring, safe proteins are thousands of times sweeter than sugar Cory Doctorow

Food IHOP server fired after 13 years service for buying pancakes for hungry person Rob Beschizza

AI I interviewed the AI ghost of a famous dead porn star Thom Dunn

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movies Alien: Romulus is coming out on VHS Rob Beschizza

health Bizarre health fads: a roundup of the top 10 strangest fake medicines Ellsworth Toohey

movies Netflix silently releases new Takashi Miike film Lumberjack the Monster Natalie Dressed

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gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

tabloids Biden health crisis and Britain's clown prince in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Russian sleeper cells and White House brawls in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler

tips Five ways to hack the happiness treadmill Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Life's hard enough, which is why this flexible lighter is a game-changer Boing Boing's Shop

anime Japanese kids are allowed to pilot sections of the life-sized Gundam in Yokohama Devin Nealy

creepy senators Indiana Senator Braun is open to interracial marriage becoming illegal in the United States Carla Sinclair