DIY Arts & Crafts: Build a canoe from a few slabs of plywood Séamus Bellamy

coconuts Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans Bob Knetzger

Environment Add environmental to Starlink's list of possible hazards Jason Weisberger

cruise ships Man fell overboard on Royal Caribbean ship while a woman died on the same cruise Carla Sinclair

movies The canceled Popeye movie by Genndy Tartakovsky leaked online Devin Nealy

adventure What is a "robinsonade?" Mark Frauenfelder

animatronics The history of Laughing Sal, an animatronic funhouse lure Popkin

exploration You can take a diving tour of the Titanic wreck for $125,000 beginning May 2021 Thom Dunn

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california Amazing sea floor maps reveal California's offshore depths Rob Beschizza

The secret life of a public library security guard Dana Bialek

John Dee was the 16th century's real-life Gandalf Jason Louv

Science Space is awesome: Astronaut Rex Walheim answers more BoingBoing reader questions Maggie Koerth