Science What makes a woman? New documentary seeks answers Andrea James

music BitchTapes: Enjoy 200+ feminist mixtapes this weekend Andrea James

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

Gadgets No programming skills? No design experience? GameGuru can still help create some bonkers video games Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal Andrea James

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

animals Woman gored after approaching bison in Yellowstone National Park Mark Frauenfelder

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

Science How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles? David Pescovitz

politics Ferguson, Missouri elected its first black mayor who is also the first female mayor David Pescovitz

useful stuff Useful wall-mount thread checker Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty has a yoga and fitness app that might just change your life Boing Boing's Shop

football Soccer team apologizes for filling out stadium stands with sex dolls David Pescovitz

politics Trump pushes false Obamagate conspiracy, abuses female reporters in White House press conference Xeni Jardin

Vintage Weird Editorial guidelines from Spicy Detective magazine, 1935 Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Do the tabloids deserve a government bailout? This week’s dubious offerings make a poor case for their survival. Peter Sheridan