cuisine Five second rule conclusively debunked Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This brush set enlists your power drill in the war on germs and dirt Boing Boing's Shop

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

restaurant There is one remaining Woolworth lunch counter left Rusty Blazenhoff

b-side Scientists train rats to drive little cars to collect food, and the rats like it Mark Frauenfelder

Science Rats trained to drive tiny cars in pursuit of Froot Loops David Pescovitz

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

dubious fame The Devil wears Etsy Rob Beschizza

tabloids Brad Pitt’s brush with death, Julia Roberts quitting Hollywood, and Christmas kittens, in this week’s dubious ad-packed tabloids Peter Sheridan

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

Science "Cthulhu was real!" say scientists David Pescovitz

new york city Reviews of New York City's subway bathrooms David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Artist Nan Goldin leads protests at the Guggenheim and the Met over their reputation-laundering of the Sacklers' opioid epidemic fortunes Cory Doctorow

b-side Drones deliberately taunting Gatwick Airport, shutting it down for nearly 24 hours so far Carla Sinclair

picks My daughter and I share a Nintendo Switch Jason Weisberger

Weird Woman arrested for arguing over Chinese food order, then biting restaurant owner's ear Xeni Jardin

canada Mystery man found dead in wall of women's washroom Seamus Bellamy

gop Oklahoma teachers walk out, sensing weakness from GOP legislators who caved on taxing the oil industry Cory Doctorow

Art and Design Artist David Henry Nobody Jr. on how impersonating a wealthy Trump fan "kind of drove me insane" Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart