baseball Japanese high schooler dubbed "the most annoying batter of all time" Andrew Yi

Boing Boing Gadgets The only thing hotter than summer? A $15 Sam's Club membership when it's usually $60. Boing Boing's Shop

Games The Steam Machine Companion Cube was a lie Rob Beschizza

Science Submarine crews heard a mysterious quacking in Antarctic waters for 50 years before anyone figured out what it was Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets How to get a 5-year VPN for the cost of a sandwich – that's less than a cent per day Boing Boing's Shop

Food Taiwan hot pot restaurant plays a fan video instead of running AC Popkin

gaming Steam Summer Sale is back with Witcher 3 at $4, Cyberpunk under $20 Grant St. Clair

History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey

Games Building a better PC than the Steam Machine for cheaper: is it possible? Grant St. Clair

movies The Criterion Collection's Stanley Kubrick set is coming for your wallet Séamus Bellamy

Delightful Creatures California's vanished sunflower sea stars are not totally vanished Jason Weisberger

animal ASMR This giant anteater uses his dancing tongue to keep cool in the summer's sweltering heat Jennifer Sandlin

History Grandpa Pudding Brains announces another Treaty of Versailles Jason Weisberger

minneapolis Minneapolis has been hearing unexplained booms for decades and nobody can figure out why Ellsworth Toohey

pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

video games Valve's Steam Machine arrives this summer Séamus Bellamy

Culture You can apply to be the Head of Stonehenge Ellsworth Toohey

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

prices Trump's war in Iran cancels summer vacation Jason Weisberger

wheels on the bus Sticky tires are dirtier than they look Jason Weisberger