Offworld
SUBSCRIBE STORE
  • SEARCH
  • STORE
  • Blog : The posts
  • Forums : Read the rules
  • Store : Wonderful Products (Contact Support)
  • Newsletter : Daily wonderful things
  • About Us : Writers and staff
  • Contact Us : Get satisfaction
  • Advertise : Thank you for reading
  • Privacy Policy : The data you generate
  • TOS : What you agree to
  • Thumbnails : Youtube Thumbnail generator
  • Science Mobile game of the week: Specimen, A Game About Color Leigh Alexander
  • Shan_shan / Shutterstock.com
    Science There was a T. Rex of the sea and it was terrifying Gail Sherman
  • Boing Boing / Google Gemini
    Science Vulture vomit is the leading theory for Kentucky's 1876 meat shower Ellsworth Toohey
  • Image: Joopiter
    Science Triceratops fossil up for auction Rob Beschizza
  • Chimpanzee (Alexwilko/shutterstock.com )
    Science Chimps love crystals and won't give them back Ellsworth Toohey
  • New Africa/shutterstock.com
    Technology A retired geneticist built an online museum of electrical plugs Ellsworth Toohey
  • Regurgitite (From: Early Permian terrestrial apex predator regurgitalite indicates opportunistic feeding behaviour)
    Science Fossilized puke from before the dinosaurs contains 41 tiny bones Ellsworth Toohey
  • Phantom flowers, a treatise on the art of producing skeleton leaves (1864)
    Nature These intricate "phantom" leaves from 1864 look like delicate lace Cut-Outs Preserved in Time Popkin
  • Rhodomenia Polycarpa Anna Atkins British ca. 1853 (Public Domain)
    photography Anna Atkins' blue algae and the dawn of photography Popkin
  • Image: Kohler Health
    gadgets Kohler toilet camera ready to observe your poop (and train AI) Rob Beschizza
  • By Seb az86556 - Own work cropped from Hispaniolan Solenodon.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
    rare animals The solenodon is a rare venomous mammal with a glorious snout Jennifer Sandlin
  • Chicago Rat Hole (Image: WinslowDumaine, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
    rats Scientists determine that Chicago's "Splatatouille" actually a squirrel Gail Sherman
  • By Variously attributed to John Maunder (a local photographer from St. John's), Moses Harvey (1820–1901) himself, and Messrs. McKenny and Parsons (also of St. John's) – probably the latter; see Aldrich (1991:457). - Aldrich, F.A. (1991). Some aspects of the systematics and biology of squid of the genus Architeuthis based on a study of specimens from Newfoundland waters. Bulletin of Marine Science 49(1–2): 457–481., Public Domain, Link
    giant squid Behold, the earliest known photograph of a giant squid, taken in 1874 Popkin
  • Ankylosaur
    History Punk ankylosaurus discovered Rob Beschizza
  • Jared Wise, the Jan. 6 defendant who called for the killing of cops, is now a high-ranking member of the U.S. Department of Justice
    Jan 6 rioter who urged police killings now holds senior DOJ position Ellsworth Toohey
  • Gorgar pinball scoreboard (estimate £200 - £400) at Sworder's auction
    auctions From dodo bones to devil pinball: Inside the year's strangest auction Ellsworth Toohey
  • Image: Sonsedska Yuliia/Shutterstock
    Science Scientist's cat discovers a new virus, AGAIN Gail Sherman
  • First-known sighting of the squid Gonatus antarcticus alive, spotted by researchers on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Expedition in the Southern Ocean. (Photo and video by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute)
    Science Rare deep-sea squid captured alive on camera for the first time Ellsworth Toohey
  • Couperfield/Shutterstock
    Psychiatrist uses ecstasy to teach narcissists empathy Ellsworth Toohey
  • Anonymous, Condom with print, c. 1830. Acquired through the F.G. Waller Fonds. Photo: Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk
    museums Rare 1830s luxury condom featuring naughty nun goes on display Ellsworth Toohey

Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our Terms of Service.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Boing Boing uses cookies and analytics trackers, and is supported by advertising, merchandise sales and affiliate links. Read about what we do with the data we gather in our Privacy Policy.

Who will be eaten first? Our forum rules are detailed in the Community Guidelines.

Boing Boing is published under a Creative Commons license except where otherwise noted.

    • Mark Frauenfelder
    • David Pescovitz
    • Rob Beschizza
    • Carla Sinclair
    Editors
    • Jason Weisberger
    Publisher
    • Ken Snider
    Sysadmin
    • About Us
    • Newsletter
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Forums
    • Shop
    • Shop Support
Please support Boing Boing!
Get all the day's posts in one ad-free email for just $5 a month.
Subscribe now!