Japan A fascinating look at the Nambu-tekki cast iron process Thom Dunn

mistakes A woman took her gun to an MRI appointment. It shot her in the ass. Rob Beschizza

experiments More Primitive Technology's explorations of the Iron Age Gareth Branwyn

Primitive Technology Primitive Technology: making iron from creek sand Gareth Branwyn

knives Creating a knife using iron bacteria Gareth Branwyn

ice Watch: The sights and sounds of a red-hot iron ingot sinking through a block of ice Jess Sabine

video Watch this intense film about a Russian steelworker Andrea James

Science Can a supermagnet dangerously affect the iron in blood? Andrea James

DIY Reliable recipe for DIY ferrofluid Rob Beschizza

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religion When six people in a Kansas thrift store elected their own pope Ellsworth Toohey

Games New indie game tasks you and your friends with becoming the most unethical airline pilots on the planet Grant St. Clair

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anti-knock Trump's answer to high gas prices is socialism with patriotic branding Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets PocketMage is a crowdfunded PDA with a keyboard and e-paper screen Séamus Bellamy

Science The ancient spark plug and other "out-of-place artifacts" Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A Shenzhen hotel plans to use a fully robotic staff Ellsworth Toohey

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nostalgia Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags' wooden Rattler coaster was Popkin