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jeudi 9 janvier 2025, 13:38
Enron is back, baby! Well sort of. The trademark and branding associated with the company that famously pioneered the creative accounting industry was recently acquired by Connor Gaydos, a performance artist perhaps best known as one of the Birds Aren't Real guys. — Read the...
Scientists have found a way to use toxic masculinity for good. Australian researchers have successfully genetically engineered insect semen to be poisonous, reducing the number of female insects able to breed. A new technique inserts proteins from spider and sea anemone...
Nearly 6 out of 10 adults (57%) recently surveyed reported that they were planning to make New Year's Resolutions, and, to nobody's surprise, the top resolutions involved getting healthier either through diet or exercise. GET BOING BOING AD-FREE If you're one of those folks,...
Back in 2012, the outdoor company L.L. Bean celebrated its 100th anniversary by unveiling the 'Bootmobile,' a driveable vehicle created to look exactly like one of L.L. Bean's most iconic items—the duck boot, or what L.L. Bean calls the 'Maine Hunting Shoe.' — Read the...
The Palisades fire (the largest of the four major fires currently burning in Los Angeles) has forced 30,000 people out of their homes, destroyed more than 1,000 structures, and burned 15,832 acres so far, according to reports. Which means all of the Pacific Palisades —...
TL;DR: Luminar Neo is an AI-powered photo editor on sale for $144.97 (reg. $752). Have you looked at the price of wedding photographers? Bananas. Actually, getting professional photos for any occasion is pretty expensive, but that's usually because you're getting someone to...
mercredi 8 janvier 2025, 23:38
Capitol police arrested a man carrying three knives and a machete today at the Capitol Visitor Center — just hours before Donald Trump was scheduled to arrive. 'Our officers spotted a machete in the man's bag, stopped the X-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the...
This advertisement is run in partnership with StackCommerce TL;DR: Get 2TB of cloud storage for life with a $110 FolderFort subscription. A few days ago, I found an old flash drive with a bunch of pictures of my senior dog as a tiny, perfect puppy. — Read the rest The post...
Astronaut and astrophotographer Don Pettit gifted the world with the breathtaking video below of the Aurorea Borealis as seen from the International Space Station, approximately 250 miles above Earth. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! —...
In Napa Valley, California, a one-ounce South African Krugerrand gold coin valued at thousands of dollars was discovered in a Salvation Army donation bucket. Meanwhile, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, someone dropped an Elizabeth II gold coin valued at $2,700 into the...
Smug fraudster and MoviePass mastermind Ted Farnsworth finally faces justice after years of exploiting investors' dreams – but his potential 25-year sentence feels light for someone who made a career of destroying trust and retirement accounts. The 62-year-old serial...
Is Collins' Pocket Interpreters: France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, suggesting that a trip to France was less...
Columbian police arrested Kevin Orlando Arias Forero for allegedly murdering two people in April 2024. Forero had been on the wanted list for months. Why did it take authorities so long to nab him? According to Forero, he had the assistance of a 'diabolical goblin' in...
Dramatic video circulating online shows two men and a dog staring out of wall-to-ceiling windows in their Los Angeles home as raging fire surrounds them. (See video below, posted by Mike Sington.) With not enough context or news sources (besides TMZ), it's not clear why the...
When John Mills got caught in the path of California's Wallbridge Fire in 2020, the off-the-grid tech entrepreneur realized the chaos of trying to gather critical wildfire information could be deadly. His solution? Watch Duty — a free app to stay ahead of advancing flames. ...
Scientists have discovered a crucial mechanism behind one of sleep's most vital functions — cleaning toxins from the brain. The process relies on a rhythmic cycle of vessel squeezing and relaxing, driven by pulses of norepinephrine during deep sleep. Researchers at the...
Despite growing concerns about avian influenza, Bird Flu Risk, a new data-driven risk assessment suggests the chances of bird flu becoming as devastating as COVID-19 are remarkably low – just 5 out of 100, according to a tracking dashboard launched by forecaster Nathan...
A 75-year-old woman was reportedly partially eaten by her neighbor's pigs in Pataskala, Ohio. Police were initially called to perform a welfare check on 75-year-old Rebecca Westergaard in Pataskala because she had not arrived as planned at her niece's home in Norton, just...
Move over, Narcos – Colombia has an even more iconic cultural exploit you've never heard of. Also about drugs, coincidentally. Remaking shows entirely is one of the rarer forms of localization, likely due to the expense involved, but it does happen from time to time. — Read...
TL;DR: Babbel can help you learn 14 new languages, and it's only $149.97 (reg. $599) with coupon LEARN25. Gearing up to travel internationally? It's a smart idea to learn your destination's language, whether you're planning to stroll through Paris or surf in Indonesia, and...
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