History The dark side of plastic: understanding the impact on our bodies, ecosystems, and the world Elías Villoro

gadgets Zohran Mamdani's retro wristwatch is a Casio classic Rob Beschizza

Science Eating kimchi might help clear nanoplastics out of your gut! Jennifer Sandlin

Science The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Caracas has a mysterious black highway goo that has killed 1,800 people Ellsworth Toohey

worse things happen at sea California's ocean protections work, so naturally we're arguing about them Jason Weisberger

Space Artemis II's state-of-the-art space toilet broke Gail Sherman

gadgets Ikea's Kallsup: $9 Bluetooth speakers with "surprisingly big sound" Rob Beschizza

music Watch "musician-magician" Max Vandervorst play the scoutophone Jennifer Sandlin

Funny Photographer hilariously rates Icelandic horses she'd date as a horse Jennifer Sandlin

Games New Pokémon Lego set costs more than a Switch 2 and an actual game Grant St. Clair

interesting Baltimore's googly-eyed Mr. Trash Wheel gobbles tons of river junk Popkin

Science Bright results in a dark year for science Rob Beschizza

Happy Mutants "Gretapocalypse" is a Greta Thunberg-themed art car made from the "shredded remnants of the very tools of the American dream" Jennifer Sandlin

cleaning Citric acid for cleaning my stainless steel coffee filter Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Your next cutting board should be titanium — here's why Boing Boing's Shop

taylor swift Taylor Swift wears a t-shirt and brings in over $2 million in donations for otters Gail Sherman

politics Jordan Peterson critically ill with pneumonia, neuropathy, and sepsis Jennifer Sandlin

public health Two dead from flesh-eating bacteria after eating tainted Louisiana oysters Jennifer Sandlin

Science Flesh-eating bacteria now in Cape Cod, Massachusetts Jennifer Sandlin