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

videos Boing Boing presents: Skeleton Boy, a moving short documentary about the life, death and afterlife of Harry Eastlack, star of the Mutter Museum Cory Doctorow

florida Surgeon loses license after fatally removing wrong organ Mark Frauenfelder

trepanation Stone Age humans had 4-inch holes drilled in their skulls to free the demons inside Allan Rose Hill

News Candace Owens: "I'm not a Round Earther… science is a pagan faith" Mark Frauenfelder

candace owens Candace Owens pivots to paleontology, calls dinosaurs "absurd" Mark Frauenfelder

art Magnificent 19th century portraits of people with huge tumors David Pescovitz

art An American tourist in Israel destroyed Roman statues, his lawyer blames "Jerusalem Syndrome" Jason Weisberger

names The real-life Barbie Oppenheimer has had a very strange summer Thom Dunn

animals Beloved manatee dies from "high-intensity sexual behavior" with his brother David Pescovitz

pedro pascal Pedro Pascal as economics textbooks Jennifer Sandlin

television Everyone's sick of stories that never end Rob Beschizza

bullying Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer's legacy Elías Villoro

horror Meet Murph, Nerf's first and only mascot Rob Beschizza

psychology It's possible to "think" yourself to death David Pescovitz

nazis How a centuries-old debate about musical tuning turned into a Nazi conspiracy theory Thom Dunn

psychology How to avoid loneliness by creating an imaginary friend Mark Frauenfelder

dreams Virtual reality is effective training for lucid dreaming, according to scientific study David Pescovitz

Injustice collectors Researchers identify personality profiles of conspiracy theorists Mark Frauenfelder

writing Cory Doctorow experiments with AI writing partner Sudowrite Mark Frauenfelder