taxidermy Museum refuses DNA test on suspiciously large "pet" frog Popkin

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Nature Cassowary sounds like it's sucking the last bit of an infrasound smoothie through a straw Jennifer Sandlin

film "The Mysteries of Pebbles" is a journey into a unique interior Popkin

food additives There is a museum dedicated to food additives in Hamburg, Germany Popkin

museums When in Philadelphia, don't miss the "disturbingly informative" Mütter Museum Jennifer Sandlin

Science Stephen Hawking's mindbending blackboard now on display at London museum David Pescovitz

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

Science There's a particle accelerator in the Louvre's basement Cory Doctorow

experiences Don't miss one of the coolest real time experiences: The 49 Boxes Mark Frauenfelder

Science Experience the Voyager Golden Record at San Francisco's Exploratorium, August 3 David Pescovitz

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gift guide Boing Boing's 2016 Gift Guide: Books Boing Boing

books Fun book about toys of the '50s, '60s and '70s Bob Knetzger

The magician who astounded the world by conjuring spirits and talking with mummies Mark Frauenfelder

art Vermeer's paintings might be 350 year-old color photographs Tim Jenison

History Kafka and d'Annunzio, and the mysteries to be revealed in their former homes Jasmina Tesanovic

squid The Kraken Awakes: What Architeuthis is Trying to Tell Us Mark Dery