video Watch these swooping paragliders skim across water in style Andrea James

Technology Obstacle parenting: Making kids' lives harder in order to build resilience Ellsworth Toohey

Science Bird brain — clever New Jersey hawk uses crosswalk signal in hunting strategy Gail Sherman

dumb stunts Pilot decides to fly right between skiers in Switzerland— nearly grazing them in the process (video) Carla Sinclair

snow Dad's clever trick clears snow from driveway in seconds Popkin

DIY Discover the easy way to preserve an abandoned spiderweb in a stylish black frame Popkin

Delightful Creatures California bears routine check-ins on humanity are leaving them unimpressed (video) Jason Weisberger

typography 8 weird punctuation marks that faded from the English language Sam Barton

winter Snow angel made by a swooping owl Popkin

animals Incredible slo-mo footage of a bald eagle grabbing a fish and having an in-flight meal (video) David Pescovitz

drugs Seagulls snatching drug stashes become "zombie" birds David Pescovitz

Science Octavio Aburto at the intersection of science, art, and conservation Elías Villoro

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

lizards Lizards have been playing a big game of rock paper scissors for millions of years Annie Rauwerda

Boing Boing Gadgets This Smart Nano Bot kit bring you one step closer to taking over the world Boing Boing's Shop

gadgets Brilliant shot of drone swooping through campus Rob Beschizza

animals See the stunning moment when a murmuration of starlings join together to form an even larger bird Thom Dunn

florida Florida Man is back and he's packing a sword Séamus Bellamy

music End.Game: a synth album from 19A0 Rob Beschizza

books Why these libraries welcome the bat colonies that live among the books David Pescovitz