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Curiosity rover finds field of honeycomb-textured "polygons"
In its 13th year on Mars, the rover captured a 360-degree panorama of the Valle Grande on June 19, spanning a butte named Miraflores.
 • Rob Beschizza
Casio's new Ring Watch has a few smart features
Priced at 1990 yuan (~$294) in China, the CRW-H001 tracks heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep and more in three ring sizes.
 • Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing, July 30, 2026
Duct-taped spy cameras, a lip-licking pig named Daisy, and a fake BBC ghost hunt
 • Boing Boing
U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference
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 • Rob Beschizza
Marmots now have an OnlyFans account to fund research
I never expected to have an OnlyFans account, but all manner of strange things are possible in 2026, so here we are.
 • Gail P Sherman
The only movie released in Smell-O-Vision piped 30 odors under the seats
The 1960 mystery-comedy Scent of Mystery was the only film ever released in Smell-O-Vision, which delivered 30 odors to vents under the theater seats.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A town duct-taped garbage bags over its Flock spy cameras
Given recent events, it's safe to say that in many communities, Flock's creepy, all-seeing automated license plate readers (ALPR) have become as…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Physicists were convinced Wolfgang Pauli presence broke lab equipment
Wolfgang Pauli has a real law of physics named after him, the exclusion principle.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
FCC bans imported Roombas, robot mowers, and delivery bots
If you've been thinking about snagging a robot to vacuum your house, suck up crap in your swimming pool or cut your grass, you might want to hustle your…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Netflix's Unabomber film digs into Kaczynski's Harvard years
Jacob Tremblay is playing a teenage Ted Kaczynski in Netflix's upcoming UNABOMBER, and researching the role took him somewhere he didn't expect…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Diddy tossed in solitary after fight at Fort Dix prison
No matter whether they get locked up in Castle Rock or Bangkok, life is rough for sex offenders.
 • Séamus Bellamy
A DEVO founder's new video imagines Trump as a MAGA-zombie dictator
DEVO co-founder Gerald Casale has a new animated music video out, and it does not hold back on Donald Trump.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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