art Watch: The magic of a Sisyphus Table Jess Sabine

sand art Gorgeous Rangoli peacock sand art Andrea James

crime Online nihilist networks targeted in international crackdown Rob Beschizza

Science Britain's £36 million peanut farm harvested less than it planted Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment Enter Rachel Lichtman's groovy, shag-carpeted world of Golden Sands Ruben Bolling

art Resin Lenin presides over Antarctica's Pole of Inaccessibility Rob Beschizza

politics Crowdfunding campaign for $100k Charlie Kirk statue languishes Rob Beschizza

music An orchestra with inept players sold out the Royal Albert Hall Ellsworth Toohey

Science In 1978, a physicist took a particle accelerator beam through his brain and went back to work Ellsworth Toohey

Science In the year 536, the sun dimmed for 18 months: "one of the worst periods to be alive" Ellsworth Toohey

History A homesick mechanic stole a C-130 to fly home to his wife Ellsworth Toohey

china Cuba's surviving Trump's oil embargo with solar powered tuk-tuks Séamus Bellamy

Boing Boing Gadgets This $45 Microsoft Visio deal makes diagrams a lot easier Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets The smartest business decision you can make? Optimizing your operating system for 92% off Boing Boing's Shop

spooky The only curse on Venice's cursed island is us Jason Weisberger

disaster She fell out of the sky on Christmas Eve. The jungle was only the beginning. Jason Weisberger

movies Watch this classic John Ford western for absolutely free Séamus Bellamy

News A parasite is giving 1,000+ Americans 'explosive' diarrhea Ellsworth Toohey

Mike Johnson likes birthright citizenship when it scores goals Jason Weisberger

design This concrete playground slide looks like brutalist architecture Popkin