bees A swarm of bees tricks homeowner into thinking a tornado has hit the front door (video) Carla Sinclair

bees Watch Angelina Jolie get swarmed by bees Thom Dunn

insects Footage of locusts swarming in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Rob Beschizza

swarms Play with a fantastic swarm simulator David Pescovitz

religion Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them Ellsworth Toohey

politics Neotoddlerism: Political activism through temper tantrums Ellsworth Toohey

Space New NASA image of unusual asteroid reveals it has its own moon Allan Rose Hill

crabs Truck driver attacked, $30k in snow crabs stolen in heist Thom Dunn

nevada Swarms of Mormon crickets plague Nevada and Idaho Rusty Blazenhoff

music Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to Starship Troopers on vinyl Rob Beschizza

twitter Twitter valued at one-third what Musk paid for it last year Rob Beschizza

music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

Games The making of Dune II, the game that put real-time strategy on the map Rob Beschizza

animals Pack of poodles attack corgi and her human David Pescovitz

08.20 August 20 – International/World Mosquito Day Andrew Yi

Science Mesmerizing video of starfish embryos self-assembling looks like crystals forming David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Gamers: The stakes just got higher with World War Z: Aftermath, now just $26 Boing Boing's Shop

Your Ad Here Drone-based skywriting advertises a TV show based on a video game Jason Weisberger

Science Mutant bacteria spontaneously swarm into patterns resembling van Gogh painting David Pescovitz