trees Poland's bizarre Crooked Forest: what makes these trees bend? Popkin

Comics "Mary Tyler Moorehawk" is Johnny Quest meets Infinite Jest by way of Jack Kirby Thom Dunn

hypocrisy Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video) Mark Frauenfelder

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

books Finally, new work from "Calvin & Hobbes's" Bill Watterson: The graphic novel "The Mysteries" Ruben Bolling

Science Trailer for "Our Planet II," the second season of David Attenborough's remarkable nature show Ruben Bolling

art Surrealist art and apparel for Charles Darwin's birthday David Pescovitz

Dizzy The earth's core may have reversed direction. Elías Villoro

Ancient Apocalpyse Archaeologist David Wengrow pushes back against Ancient Apocalypse—and urges us to consider the power of everyday people Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures Horse kicks tree, farts on dogs then runs away Popkin

moths An ode to moths and their breathtaking biophysics Annie Rauwerda

kickstarter Kickstart this cool new comic of North American folktales by Indigenous artists Thom Dunn

My friend wrote about her lucid dream and shared it with me Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets The AquaSprouts Garden is a fascinating, self-contained world, and it can even make you salad Boing Boing's Shop

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist's perspective Ferdinando Buscema

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

futility closet In 1800, a wild boy emerged from a forest in southern France, where he'd lived alone for 7 years Futility Closet

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

music Sights and sounds of Haitian vodou David Pescovitz

anthropology Native American tribes vie for control of ancient remains found in Idaho's high desert plains Séamus Bellamy