biology Incredible microscope video of an otherworldly green algae colony David Pescovitz

Environment Meat industry runoff has created a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico Andrea James

art Uri Shapira's beautiful formations of crystals and algae Andrea James

Science Scientists create new strain of algae that tastes like bacon David Pescovitz

Games Play this fun web-based biosphere simulator Mark Frauenfelder

Science Look at this photo printed on algae in a petri dish Xeni Jardin

design Instead of plastic bottles, here's drinking water in an edible blob Mark Frauenfelder

silent spring summer fall and winter Insect apocalypse – mayfly population has dropped 50% since 2012 Mark Frauenfelder

makers Young woman invents ingenious bioplastic made from fish scales and red algae David Pescovitz

animals Seven-foot crocodile swimming in Ohio creek near kids' church group David Pescovitz

Gadgets 10 deals too good to miss out on from TVs to CBD gummies Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

techlash Oxford Dictionaries' crowns 'toxic' as its 2018 word of the year Rusty Blazenhoff

dogs Simply the best pet watering dish ever Jason Weisberger

animals This punk turtle that breathes through its genitals is going extinct David Pescovitz

Turtle that breathes through its genitals is now endangered Clive Thompson

Chandelier containing living microalgae to "purify the air" David Pescovitz