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MIT's new swarm of tiny robotic insects can fly 100 times longer than its predecessors. According to engineer Kevin Chen, the robots could someday be used within agricultural warehouses to conduct artificial pollination. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK...
A recent study by FuelArc shows the Cybertruck outpaces the legendary Ford Pinto in one way: deaths per 100k units. Not just ugly, but unsafe. The news seems filled with stories of stuck, broken, or otherwise malfunctioning Cybertrucks, but this study shows they are...
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning image of the gas and dust around a newborn star in the constellation Taurus. And by newborn, we mean just half a billion years old. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! — Read the rest ...
A federal judge has ordered the Trump Administration to unfreeze federal spending, which has been unlawfully withheld. It remains to be seen if anyone in the White House cares. The courts can demand the OMB start paying what the government is legally obligated to, and in the ...
Two American tourists swimming in the ocean off of Bimini Bay in the Bahamas were attacked by a shark over the weekend. The women, whose identities haven't yet been disclosed, were both sent to a local hospital Friday evening, reports The Independent. — Read the rest The po...
Behold the face of Thomas Aquinas—'Beware the man of a single book'—as recreated from a computer-assisted analysis of his skull. The Italian friar, who lived 750 years ago, was imaged by Brazilian designer Cicero Morales, reports The National Catholic Register. — Read...
Starting on February 13, New York's Philippe Labaune Gallery is set to host an important exhibition celebrating the life and work of pioneering cartoonist Will Eisner, considered the father of the modern graphic novel. Spanning over 60 years of Eisner's career, the exhibit...
Confessed nazi Kanye West ran a local ad in Los Angeles during the Super Bowl to hock nazi tee-shirts. The only thing Ortsgruppenleiter West has for sale is the product 'HH-01,' a swastika teeshirt. Uncreatively, the symbol is priced at $20 instead of the super-mysterious...
Feed the Javascript Kaleidoscope the address of an image and let it get you high, no chemicals necessary. Coded by Andrey Mutlu and made available in instantly-editable form at Codepen, it has options for the number of slices and how fast it spins about. — Read the rest The...
Two canyons on the far side of the moon, each as large as Earth's Grand Canyon, formed within less than 10 minutes, most likely due to a massive impact there 3.8bn years ago. The object and its work are the subjects of scientific speculation in the journal Nature...
TL;DR: It's only been 2 months into the new year, and I'm feeling more stressed than ever. Here's how I calm my mind down and get a better night's sleep—with the Calmind app! I seriously can't be the only person who's already severely stressed by the events of this year. —...
Toxic chemicals, per-, and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, abbreviated as PFAS and also known as 'forever chemicals,' have been used for decades as water repellants. PFAS break down very slowly and have been found in the blood of humans and animals worldwide. These chemicals...
Productivity and mindfulness don't often go together, but Opera wants to change that with its new browser, Opera Air. The design is minimalist and user-friendly, with a transparent UI that adapts to your wallpaper and several built-in mindfulness tools. The start page 'speed ...
The angry man of jazz actually looks pretty calm when he's out shooting. Nonchalant, even. His gun etiquette does seem lacking, though. He's chomping on a cigar, his stance isn't strong, he's loading the gun from the top, he isn't aiming at any target in particular… oh, and...
It took an hourlong chase, including the use of a helicopter, before police officers were able to apprehend a teenager on an e-bike Sunday. The BBC reports that the 17-year-old had failed to stop when asked, and was subsequently charged with that offense and with dangerous...
Mantis shrimp are neither shrimp nor mantis but stomatopods. Their compound eyes can move independently and see light ranging from deep ultraviolet to far red and polarized light. Some species, such as the Peacock mantis shrimp, display vibrant colors. Where the mantis shrim...
British supermarkets have clock towers. One might walk in sight of them for years, decades even, without wondering why, or noticing that the clocks are typically nonfunctional, or deducing that the towers might charitably be described as follies: buildings designed to be...
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The folks in flowing robes who say complicated words and tap cute little wooden mallets to make a point think they can stop Elon Musk from deliberately breaking every federal agency's computer systems just because it's super illegal. Isn't that precious? — Read the rest The...
Tom Robbins, the novelist who delighted readers with his psychedelic prose and counterculture wisdom, died February 9, 2025, at his home in La Conner, Washington. He was 92. Known for weaving philosophical musings with outlandish plots, Robbins wrote nine novels that helped...
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