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In May 1950, Whisper magazine warned its readers of humanity's impending doom — not from communism or atomic bombs, but from giant mutant fruit flies created in a Nobel Prize winner's laboratory. 'One of the most terrifying sights under the sun is that of billions of ants, ...
Rudy Giuliani, on the hook for $148m in damages against election workers he lied about, twice held in contempt of court, took the easy way out Thursday: he settled with them. Giuliani's attempts to avoid consequences had led to an impending third trial that might have...
A former doctor has been jailed for running an illegal mobile circumcision business. This story gets worse and worse as you read it. A doctor who lost his license continued practicing circumcisions on patients up to the age of 14. His tools were disgusting and unfit for...
A 2,500-year-old Chinese sword discovered in 1965 remains razor-sharp and pristine today, seemingly defying the natural laws of decay that typically ravage ancient bronze weapons. The Sword of Goujian, named after a legendary Chinese king, emerged from a waterlogged tomb in...
Karine Jean-Pierre bid the White House press corp goodbye and tossed some lighthearted shade at Fox slimeball Doocy. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Fox's Peter Doocy has always been there to ask nonsensical questions or to repeat the...
A 5th-grade teacher in South Jersey was arrested yesterday after allegedly having a child with her 13-year-old former student. The 34-year-old Middle Township Elementary School teacher, Laura Caron, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and endangering...
Zach Brown, creator of software licensing platform Keygen, found that eliminating sales calls actually helped him land bigger clients — including a Fortune 1000 company. 'Being an introvert, I absolutely hated calls,' Brown writes on the Keygen blog. 'They're not only...
As thousands continue to sort through the wreckage, and others are still evacuated from their homes, here are two hopeful stories that emerged from the disaster. A news crew rescued three rescue dogs from near-certain death. Trapped by the fire, their people were out of...
Sweden has broken ground on its ambitious $11 billion nuclear waste repository, where highly radioactive material will rest in an underground maze of tunnels stretching 60 kilometers — longer than the New York City subway's longest line. The sprawling network, which...
Aw crap. Someone at Fox accidentally said the quiet part out loud when Laura Ingraham welcomed far-right stinker Charlie Kirk onto her show. 'Joining me now, someone who knows a little bit about this, Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder,' Ingraham said, to which an...
Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina, a leader of a State devastated by hurricane-strength winds, suggests better leadership could have stopped the devastation caused by hurricane-strength winds in another state he doesn't like. Budd appears to be a pretty shitty leader to me. ...
TL;DR: Slip the MagTag tracker into your wallet and let Apple's Find My network do the rest for $26.99. Ever torn apart your couch cushions looking for your wallet, only to find crumbs and regret? Meet the MagTag Ultra-Slim Tracker Card, your new secret weapon for keeping...
Cactus the rescue dog is one of the sweetest creatures I've encountered recently, and his relationship with his human Mike is so incredibly heartwarming! Cactus arrived a few months ago at Pups Without Borders, a registered 501c3 rescue center located in Los Angeles that...
A Chicago-bound Southwest Airlines flight was delayed Wednesday after its pilot was escorted out of his own cabin by police. He was charged with driving under the influence and released on bond. CBS News reports that he 'allegedly smelled of alcohol and may have shown other...
Strange balls have appeared on the shores of at least nine Australian beaches, prompting indefinite closures in Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North Steyne, North Narrabeen, and North and South Curl Curl. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read...
After months of speculation, Nintendo's Switch 2 is officially on show today. The company posted a video featuring the forthcoming portable game console. There's no surprises; it's everything anyone reasonably imagined it might be. It's a clever video that makes clear...
A decade ago, I had the privilege of attending and reporting from COP21 in Paris—the year of the so-called 'Paris Agreement' was put into place. As I wrote at the time: We know the overall climate is warming and we need to stop it before it gets worse. — Read the rest ...
Los Angeles-based Vjay Bomb is an art collective creating 'projection bombs'—which are short videos projected onto walls and buildings all over Los Angeles and beyond. They describe their work as 'a groundbreaking art project designed to fight political corruption,...
The Perseverance rover has been driving around the surface of Mars, drilling and collecting core rock samples. The samples were supposed to be returned to Earth for analysis, but the return mission has not been scheduled or funded. NASA still hasn't decided how it will...
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