Funny The splayd outdoes the spork as the most dynamic utensil Popkin

Food Meet the Splayd, the spork's sharper Australian cousin Ellsworth Toohey

youtube How to cook duck with as much collateral damage as possible Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets Your next cutting board should be titanium — here's why Boing Boing's Shop

Innovation Beyond the spork: splayds, spifes, and knorks Ellsworth Toohey

books Enjoy this fun book about pencils Bob Knetzger

Technology Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausage (video) Ellsworth Toohey

Science Australian collector faces 10 years in prison for ordering plutonium sample from U.S. website Ellsworth Toohey

rancid signs If your coconut cream smells like soap, here's why (toss it!) Carla Sinclair

Entertainment Bad writing becomes an art form in annual contest for world's worst prose Ellsworth Toohey

Science Off by an order of magnitude, scientists shrug Jason Weisberger

Roman-era Barbarians snorted drugs from tiny spoons on their belts to get fired up for fighting Allan Rose Hill

absurd hybrid cutlery How to make America great again: get rid of the spork Carla Sinclair

microplastics Cooking with black plastic might not be good for you Rob Beschizza

recycling Black plastic take-out containers may be toxic Gail Sherman

travel Gallery has 10,000 polished spoons and a sparkling "spoondelier" Popkin

Boing Boing Shop Complete your kitchen with 8 high-quality Japanese knives for under $110 Boing Boing's Shop

medieval art Enjoy these rainbow-colored beasts from 15th-Century Popkin

Entertainment Fantasy Springs: New video on massive expansion of the best theme park in the world Ruben Bolling

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