Weird Craving something sweet? Try this 4000-year-old Mesopotamian dessert Grant St. Clair

religion Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them Ellsworth Toohey

Copyfight Mesopotamian boundary stones: the DRM of pre-history Cory Doctorow

archaeology This pub is 5,000 years old David Pescovitz

books Two great stories about saving books and libraries from war Elías Villoro

useful stuff This mechanical pencil sharpens itself Mark Frauenfelder

psychology Feels like a Tuesday: research explains why days "feel" certain ways Annie Rauwerda

Technology Here is a brief history of toilets David Pescovitz

video games Deep analysis of the new Indiana Jones video game's trailer Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets This digital ruler is the gadget that just gave measurement a 21st century makeover Boing Boing's Shop

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

books The beauty of sewers before the first flush David Pescovitz

politics NBC News thinks impeachment hearing lacks "pizzazz", but what if it just lacks Pazuzu? Rob Beschizza

History This 4,000-year-old recipe has had a long time to stew Séamus Bellamy

gaming Watch the world's oldest board game, The Royal Game of Ur, being played Gareth Branwyn

art Mirrored Ziggurat melds earth with stairway to the skies Andrea James

Cheese is the chameleon of the food world Gastropod

Meet me in Atlantis: my obsessive quest to find the sunken city Mark Adams

Science Dinner's Revenge: mealworms that survive in the stomach, then eat their way out of predators Mary Roach