language Listen to 6 American regional accents as they were spoken in 1958 Xeni Jardin

History This 1915 ice cream ad told Americans to eat ice cream for their health Popkin

Science Scotch tape screeches because it's making tiny sonic booms Ellsworth Toohey

art Sweden's match museum celebrates the lost art of matchbox design Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets New year, new laptop — Get a MacBook Air for $200 Boing Boing's Shop

adorable animals American Museum of Natural History's new discoveries of 2025 include the small mouse opossum, which has an "exceptionally long nose and tail" Jennifer Sandlin

art & design Artist conjures mysterious symbols from the ghosts of forgotten books Mark Frauenfelder

Famous Monsters magazine's disturbing fly portrait could be yours Ellsworth Toohey

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

Nature Scientist voluntarily endured world's most painful stings to rate them for you Ellsworth Toohey

paleontology 35,000-year-old body of saber-toothed kitten preserved in permafrost Rob Beschizza

vintage Graham's 3-Wheeler: a 1929 science-fiction movie car that defied convention Popkin

Science Hear a pyrotechnician answer all your fireworks questions Popkin

Tintin Check out Porto's other cool bookstore—even if you're not a Tintin fan Bob Knetzger

illusion The classic Pepper's Ghost illusion, with a Peep marshmallow Popkin

Review Dune: Part Two is fine Natalie Dressed

Vintage Weird A gallery of distasteful vintage magazine advertisements Mark Frauenfelder

dinosaurs Scientists think T. Rex had big lips Rob Beschizza

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro