vinyl Britain's new plastic money so hi-tech it can play vinyl records Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

useful stuff Photos and videos of bugs and stuff with my USB microscope Mark Frauenfelder

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

lost and found Virginia family found $1 million cash in the middle of the road David Pescovitz

coronavirus Right-wing websites are weighing the pros and cons of letting people die from coronavirus to help the economy Thom Dunn

Gadgets The Food Guard kicks plastic wrap to the curb and solves your missing lid problem forever Boing Boing's Shop

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

christmas Does the creepy Santa mask from "It's a Wonderful Life" exist somewhere? Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids The Queen’s worst nightmare, Prince Andrew jailed, and Royal cosmetic surgery exposed in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

makers My top ten maker tips for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

zero waste Coffee chain ditching cups in 2020, customers must "rent" or bring their own Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Cash, $3 million, found in barrels of raw pork Xeni Jardin

health In any other industry, emergency medical billing would be considered fraudulent Cory Doctorow

crime The bizarre story of China's most prolific bank-robbers, who stole literal tons of cash and spent it on losing lotto tickets Cory Doctorow

open source 3D printing stethoscopes, tourniquets and crucial dialysis-machine parts in Gaza Clive Thompson

media Prince Charles’ gay scandal, Tom Cruise destroys Scientology, and Michael Jackson’s afterlife, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Business Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow

canada Mystery saint giving out $100 bills and encouraging notes in eastern Canadian town Seamus Bellamy