security Report: UK "Ransomware consultants" Red Mosquito promise to unlock your data, but they're just paying off the criminals (and charging you a markup!) Cory Doctorow

Science "Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects Gail Sherman

music Art-pop band "The Dream Eaters" creates dark and funny earworms that are perfect for these difficult times Jennifer Sandlin

Funny How to have fun: wear giant leaves as monster masks and and bike around in nature Popkin

Science Tiny vampires revealed: 5 blood-sucking bugs that will make your skin crawl Popkin

Delightful Creatures New parasite wasp species discovered inside of adult fruit flies Thom Dunn

eastern equine encephalitis Deadly mosquito virus kills a man near Boston, causing parks and events to shut down Carla Sinclair

Science Retro-futuristic blimp provides connectivity from the stratosphere Gail Sherman

animals These 10 animals kill the most humans annually Allan Rose Hill

Boing Boing Shop Take your camping experience to the next level with this extended pop-up car cabin for only $299.97 Boing Boing's Shop

france Environmentalists hopping mad about frog legs Carolyn Townsend

public health "The damage from inaction is enormous" — Rising threat of Asian Tiger Mosquito across the US Mark Frauenfelder

News Minnesota is looking for a new state flag design and crowd-sourcing did not disappoint, resulting in some "absurd" and "ridiculous" designs Jennifer Sandlin

tiny intruders Eek! A spider crawls around inside a woman's ear, and it's caught on camera (video) Carla Sinclair

airplanes Flight delayed due to mosquito swarm inside plane cabin (video) David Pescovitz

paris Bedbugs take Paris Rob Beschizza

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

History Trump: "We lost 35,000 people to the mosquito" Mark Frauenfelder

AI recipe app Supermarket chain's AI meal planner recommends recipes for "poison bread sandwiches" and chlorine gas Mark Frauenfelder

public health Malaria back in Florida and Texas Rob Beschizza