allergies Spring allergies are here so I'm rinsing my sinuses out Jason Weisberger

Gadgets Your face mask is you so it better say something and maybe these 20 masks will speak to (and for) you Boing Boing's Shop

coronavirus Cats and coronavirus: 3rd animal case in Hong Kong, and SARS-CoV-2 can replicate in cats says new China study Xeni Jardin

Gadgets The AVYA steam inhaler combines old-school remedies with new school technology Boing Boing's Shop

Science Sex pheromone named after a character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" changes mice brains Mark Frauenfelder

language Codifying "Boomerspeak" and debating the ethics of poking fun at it Cory Doctorow

drugs Magic mushrooms in a nasal spray David Pescovitz

drugs Marijuana pulled from man's nasal cavity 18 years after he snuck it into prison David Pescovitz

trump The cruelty is the point Rob Beschizza

delightful chimeras Chinese scientists are making human-monkey hybrid embryos Mark Frauenfelder

odors Scientists discover a soil fungus that neutralizes skunk odor Mark Frauenfelder

deep nostalgia If 1989's Batman were made in 1949 Rob Beschizza

corruption Ketamine works great for depression and other conditions, and costs $10/dose; the new FDA-approved "ketamine" performs badly in trials and costs a fortune Cory Doctorow

drugs US FDA approved chemical twin of dissociative psychedelic ketamine to treat depression David Pescovitz

Business At least 1,500 people were injured in e-scooter-related crashes in America since late 2017 — Consumer Reports Xeni Jardin

murder Woman uses eye drops to kill husband Jason Weisberger

canada New laws are forcing Canadian drug dogs into early retirement Seamus Bellamy

Technology Microscopic sensors in a spray bottle David Pescovitz

music Are pitch-lowered bird calls what dinosaurs sounded like? Rob Beschizza

howto How to hear the true sound of your own voice without recording it Rob Beschizza