warnings Beware! Someone is booby-trapping Oregon forest trails with wire and hidden spike boards Carla Sinclair

silent films Watch these fascinating demonstrations of sound effect instruments from the silent film era! Jennifer Sandlin

animal rescues Watch woman release bobcat from a foothold trap Mark Frauenfelder

maps A fake New York town that only existed on a map briefly became real Thom Dunn

toys Miniature bear trap for your finger Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures How to make a simple pipe mousetrap Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets Europe's USB-C charger rules come into force Rob Beschizza

toys Behold the very finest "mall ninja shit" Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop is now under $135 Boing Boing's Shop

Science Deep sleep could be the key to treating tinnitus, research suggests Ellsworth Toohey

obituary Maine's "Lobster Lady," who fished for 97 years, has died at 105 Ellsworth Toohey

review A tactical backpack that won't make you look like a TactiFool Séamus Bellamy

No soap radio: AI bots don't get puns, but pretend they do Gail Sherman

Nature Kids play in ocean foam that flooded Dublin neighborhood streets Popkin

Japan sends military as deadly bear attacks claim 12 lives in 6 months Ellsworth Toohey

crime How to avoid scams and yakuza in Tokyo's Kabukicho neighborhood Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's a micro-ecological air purifier! Boing Boing's Shop

art Meet the artist who turned his family's mask shop into a house of surreal horrors Popkin

crime Thieves execute a Labubu heist Jason Weisberger

Games New VR game traps you in a surreal, shifting hotel Grant St. Clair