animation Mesmerizing looping animations Rusty Blazenhoff

Akira 100% These 'naked pendulum dances' are quite the feat Rusty Blazenhoff

books Can't sleep reads will help you unwind with a classic short story Popkin

germany Just watching this "Top Spin Suspended" theme park ride makes me dizzy Jennifer Sandlin

wired The incredible, playful clocks of Rick Stanley Rusty Blazenhoff

Funny Ingenious toothbrushing contraption that uses a pendulum clock helmet Popkin

earthquake Watch the Tuned Mass Damper inside a Taipei skyscraper react to this weekend's 6.9-magnitude earthquake Andrew Yi

Stephen King Stephen King's love of the magical negro Devin Nealy

Science Watch these metronomes spontaneously synchronize Andrea James

star trek Ten horror movies written by Richard Matheson Gareth Branwyn

Boing Boing Gadgets Brilliant makes learning about math and science shockingly fun Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets The Decision Maker Rob Beschizza

typing Kids in Philly are part of a crazy new fad: learning typewriting? Gareth Branwyn

physics Chaotic pendulum wanders field of magnets Rob Beschizza

papercraft Paper sculptures of microorganisms John Struan

books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow

World Mental Health Day It's World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

elections Zuckerberg: President Warren would "suck" for Facebook Cory Doctorow

Science The weight of a kilogram changed overnight; the length of a second may be next David Pescovitz

books Why Edgar Allan Poe's work is still so damn good and creepy David Pescovitz