optical illusions Brain-bending experiment reveals why kids struggle with writing Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Donald Knuth, the godfather of computer science, says an AI solved a math problem he was stuck on for weeks Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Finally, a way to stop wrangling five different AIs at once Boing Boing's Shop

on the feeding and care of basilisks Emergent misalignment: AI trained to write insecure code also became a misanthropic Nazi Rob Beschizza

podcasts Netflix "Castlevania" alumni to release a brand new sci-fi audio drama Thom Dunn

health How tobacco companies used stress research to trick people into thinking cigarettes were healthy Mark Frauenfelder

black lives matter Alan Moore has been donating all his Watchmen money to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

Science When this beetle is eaten by a frog, it crawls through the frog's guts to escape out the other end (video) David Pescovitz

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

art The cursor on this digital typewriter moves continuously while you write Popkin

mistakes AI text generator trained on 4chan Rob Beschizza

Do "distraction-free" writing gadgets and apps work? Rob Beschizza

animals For the first time ever, scientists finally crack the code for editing marsupial genes Thom Dunn

music The end of Mills College and its massively influential experimental music scene? David Pescovitz

dolphins The Dolphin House, a documentary on John Lilly and Margaret Howe's attempts to communicate with dolphins Gareth Branwyn

chemistry Cracking the secrets of the super-efficient "blue whirl" flame Clive Thompson

language Tone indicators and the ever-evolving quest to clarify what we're saying online Clive Thompson

synthesizers Listen to this wild vinyl recording of a rogue psych professor and some early Moog employees Thom Dunn

noads The man who destroyed skepticism Mitch Horowitz