ikea IKEA chair responsible for computer screen malfunction Rusty Blazenhoff

obituaries Underground comics icon, S. Clay Wilson, has died Gareth Branwyn

weather Man struck by lightning while sitting at his office desk David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets The $56 USB Killer is an electrified USB stick that will fry a laptop Cory Doctorow

Technology Unknown hackers leak 16 billion login credentials in major breach Ellsworth Toohey

Funny Chef upgrades from lava to actual lightning in latest cooking adventure (video) Grant St. Clair

video This caterpillar turns into a fuzzy moth queen, but not before freaking you out with its acid-spraying tentacles Popkin

trees This tree uses lightning to destroy its enemies Allan Rose Hill

health Learn to sneeze more quietly with these science-backed techniques Mark Frauenfelder

Games European gaming history often ignored in US-centric retrospectives Rob Beschizza

An apple a day keeps tinnitus at bay (and so might coffee) Allan Rose Hill

gadgets You have less than a week to back up your Kindle books Gail Sherman

lasers Zap! US Navy reveals startling photo of its new laser beam warship weapon firing at a cruise missile Allan Rose Hill

psychology How an 1800s French doctor's experiments with electrocuted faces revealed science of real smiles Ellsworth Toohey

neuroscience Scientists discover how to hack the vagus nerve to fight autoimmune diseases Ellsworth Toohey

Science The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning Gail Sherman

faux news Jim Jordan schools Brian Kilmeade on Fox after the host breaks "bad news" about a Congressman who doesn't exist (video) Carla Sinclair

smoking This TV commercial overtly attempts to hypnotize you into buying Spud cigarettes Allan Rose Hill

youtube Definitely legitimate scientist promises to enhance your molecules with a "zappy" bulb, only needs $4,750 Ellsworth Toohey