computers My Life on the Road: Losing it Séamus Bellamy

Hegseth's pledge to remain sober is adorably consequence-free Ellsworth Toohey

Comics A "long lost" 70s superhero comic is finally being published Thom Dunn

book reviews Brittle Joints is a beautiful and harrowing graphic memoir about chronic pain Thom Dunn

History How Ibram X. Kendi's STAMPED became a stunning graphic novel history of racism Thom Dunn

History Why did Beethoven go deaf? DNA testing solves 200 year old mystery Yoy Luadha

vaccinations The last iron lung user: A poignant reminder of the importance of vaccines Yoy Luadha

Entertainment Will Dr. Doom replace Kang the Conqueror in Marvel's next phase? Ruben Bolling

nevada Swarms of Mormon crickets plague Nevada and Idaho Rusty Blazenhoff

fungus Whiskey fungus is a real-life Lovecraftian nightmare, only drunker Thom Dunn

Are you playing Elden Ring, or are you just an academic? Grant St. Clair

By God's Visitation How did the genocide of indigenous Americans impact the health of planet Earth? Elías Villoro

books Book Gift Ideas: Black Feminist memoirs on justice, Africanfuturism, theoretical physics, and abolition. Elías Villoro

Boing Boing Gadgets Spend an intimate night with Maroon 5 to close out the summer Boing Boing's Shop

cancer Scientists create a plague of cancer-sniffing cyber-locusts Thom Dunn

tabloids Duchess Meghan and Donald Trump battle for the White House in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

cars Woman gives birth in traffic jam with help from "self-driving" car Thom Dunn

bad smells California town smells like "rotten eggs, vomit, farts, and body odor" Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 From Canada? Want to go to the U.S.A.? Better have the right vaccine Séamus Bellamy

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder