water Find places to top off your water bottle with the Tap App Séamus Bellamy

outdoors Arts & Crafts: Build a YETI-style cooler for dirt cheap Séamus Bellamy

law Judge rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because "an elephant is not a person" Allan Rose Hill

Science The legend of 3M's invisible electrostatic wall Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop Want to be more efficient this year? You need Microsoft's project management tools Boing Boing's Shop

Weird Making food from countries that no longer exist Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets Conquer PDFs for life without losing your cool Boing Boing's Shop

confirmation hearings Pete Hegseth suggests he "will shoot protestors in the legs" if asked by Trump (video) Carla Sinclair

health Your sleeping brain pulses like a pump to flush out toxins Ellsworth Toohey

only in america Texas man accidentally fires gun during in-person studio podcast (video) Carla Sinclair

Nature The survival strategy behind "Reindeer Cyclone" herd behavior Popkin

faux news Jim Jordan schools Brian Kilmeade on Fox after the host breaks "bad news" about a Congressman who doesn't exist (video) Carla Sinclair

security ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data Rob Beschizza

politics Costco claps back at "reprehensible radical right" organization's anti-DEI demand Jennifer Sandlin

video games This tiny Atari is the best gift I got this year Gail Sherman

Science Geneticist claims humans evolved from pig-chimp mating Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment Conan O'Brien's parents pass away within three days of each other Ruben Bolling

A man sacrificed sleep for 25 years to create history's most obsessive diary Ellsworth Toohey

animals New York resident finds 11,000-year-old mastodon jaw in backyard Allan Rose Hill

Funny Mod Ken: the 1973 Mattel doll with changeable facial hair & retro style! Popkin