Science Hobby Lobby, IUDs, and the facts Maggie Koerth

makers How to coil your cables Mark Frauenfelder

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

Coffee Review of the fantastically complicated 9Barista stovetop espresso machine Mark Frauenfelder

recipes A children's book recipe for "No-Bake Spice Cookies," inspired by David Lynch's DUNE Thom Dunn

africa "Africa" by Toto performed entirely on electrical zaps from Tesla Coils Thom Dunn

coronavirus Oblivious man walks out of 75-day silent retreat and tweets 'Did I miss anything?' Carla Sinclair

machines Miniature magnetic marble track Rob Beschizza

Gadgets It’s 4/20 and these pipes, grinders, and vapes can help you celebrate the right way Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 Limit the spread of coronavirus by keeping your cat indoors Seamus Bellamy

Spoken Word with Electronics Hear E.E. Cummings Read "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and Paul Krassner Recalls: "The Day I Met Lenny Bruce!" Ethan Persoff

ireland Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. Thom Dunn

Gadgets Are you cut out to be a COVID-19 stay-at-home teacher for your kids? Maybe these DIY projects can help. Boing Boing's Shop

makers Seven top tips from makers so far this year Gareth Branwyn

music Fifty of the most drug-drenched albums of all time Gareth Branwyn

makers DIY method for transmitting audio in large spaces directly to people's hearing aids David Pescovitz

nest Mattress shopping with a bad back Jason Weisberger

health Man has 5-inch "horn" removed from back Rob Beschizza

nsa Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy David Pescovitz

music Vaughan Oliver — graphic designer for 4AD, Cocteau Twins, Pixies — RIP David Pescovitz