Japan Inside a sleep pod in a Japanese railway station Gareth Branwyn

henn na hotel Robot-staffed "Weird Hotel" in Japan unveiled today Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Those vacay photos will hit different when you pay less Boing Boing's Shop

News U.S. agents bought a portable Russian microwave weapon that may explain Havana Syndrome Ellsworth Toohey

travel Inside Japan's $10 hotel: Guest reviews reveal horror movie-like conditions at Sanwa Mark Frauenfelder

video games Studio Ghibli-inspired Hotel Galactic brings cozy charm to management games Gail Sherman

Entertainment Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries? Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets The easiest way to stop sniffling and smelling your coworker's lunch is with this air purifier Boing Boing's Shop

politics JD Vance brags that he told his 7-year-old to "shut the hell up"about Pokemon when Trump called him (video) Ellsworth Toohey

autism Young woman overcomes fear to order breakfast Mark Frauenfelder

Comic Books Review: "Boys Weekend" is like a queer "Cabin in the Woods" for the CryptoBro era Thom Dunn

hotels Diet water, melted ice cream, and other unusual room service requests David Pescovitz

art The Last Supper Museum in Douglas, Arizona, has hundreds of Last Suppers on display Jennifer Sandlin

burning man I spotted the Temple Bus, a famous Burning Man mutant vehicle Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets This luxury bamboo sheet set is discounted just in time for your annual spring cleaning Boing Boing's Shop

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

animation Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a stop-motion, comedy-adventure docu-drama Elías Villoro

documentaries New documentary about the 1990s Athens, Georgia underground music scene Jennifer Sandlin

music The Music of the Beatles as Channeled in 1958 by the Echo Lake Home for the Potentially Clairvoyant is a fascinating experiment Thom Dunn

oscars There's nothing in the $137,000 Oscar gift bag I'd want. Here's my fantasy gift bag Mark Frauenfelder