Laboratory for Scientific Interrogation | Boing Boing

police This popular police "mindreading" technique is bullshit — but the things that cops say about it are somehow even worse. Thom Dunn

authoritarianism Cops and spooks all over the world rely on a junk-science "walking polygraph" method to steer their investigation Cory Doctorow
Space FAA: What goes up may not come back down without a re-entry permit Jason Weisberger
Science NASA's abandoned lunar lander is causing moonquakes David Pescovitz
Weird Scientists still unable to identify bizarre golden egg found at the bottom of the ocean David Pescovitz
Science Some optimism about the claim of a room-temperature superconductor Ruben Bolling
animals Beloved manatee dies from "high-intensity sexual behavior" with his brother David Pescovitz
documentary A short documentary from 1968 shows first computer animation of people Mark Frauenfelder
Delightful Creatures Watch the moment a 28-year-old laboratory chimp sees the sky for the first time Ruben Bolling
Science University janitor, frustrated by "annoying" beeps from lab freezer, shut if off and ruined 20 years of biochemical research David Pescovitz
research Scientists have created the first synthetic human embryos David Pescovitz
movies Genndy Tartakovsky's R-rated animated comedy has its cast Devin Nealy
illusions Watch these new videos for the 2023 Best Illusion of the Year Contest Mark Frauenfelder
animals You too can become a certified rat tickler David Pescovitz
animation HBO Max has decided to kick Metalocalypse out of the band Devin Nealy
art Genndy Taratkovsky sits down with Wired to answer a few questions about being the GOAT of American animation Devin Nealy
russia Indigenous peoples caught in the Russia-Ukraine war Elías Villoro
cannabis Indica and sativa: chemistry expert debunks the long-held cannabis stereotypes Mark Frauenfelder
COVID-19 Frequency comb breathalyzer can "accurately detect COVID-19" with machine learning Jennifer Sandlin
art How an AI drawing program shook the art world in the 1970s Mark Frauenfelder