smells This perfume smells like eau de Room 237 Thom Dunn

art Artist and genetic engineers re-create the imagined scents of long-extinct flowers David Pescovitz

Play-Doh Play-Doh for Grown ups smells like adult things: Overpriced Latte, Mom Jeans, and more Rusty Blazenhoff

scents Why men's body washes all smell the same Mark Frauenfelder

cats Perfume to smell like a kitten David Pescovitz

candles New Mac-scented candle reportedly smells like a standard candle Rob Beschizza

children What was it like being a child during the last Ice Age Gareth Branwyn

animals Teenage humans and teen chimpanzees are quite similar, according to new scientific study David Pescovitz

politics Surgeon General says social media is bad for young teens' health Rob Beschizza

dogs Researchers use biomimicry to enhance particle detection 16-fold by sniffing like dogs Andrew Yi

comedy Revisiting Mad TV's 1999 skit "Pretty White Kids with Problems" Elías Villoro

Boing Boing Gadgets This next-gen odor eliminator is here at a price you won't find on Amazon Boing Boing's Shop

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

books Why is the Christian Right fascinated with children's books from the 19th Century? Elías Villoro

candles The Great Candle Scandal of 2012 gets a worthy reenactment Jennifer Sandlin

china The ancient art of telling time with fire and smoke Gareth Branwyn

guns New study shows that more and more rich white teenagers are carrying guns Thom Dunn

guns Guns have finally beat out cars as the leading killer of American kids Thom Dunn

fake news Republicans fall for fake news more than Democrats do, according to Rand study Carla Sinclair