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Artemis crew safely splashes down off California coast

All signals are green after the Artemis II mission crew successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast…

6 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing, April 10, 2026

Jim Woodring gives Frank a voice, John Deere pays $99 million, and the NYT names Satoshi Nakamoto

6 hrs ago • Boing Boing

Girl mice grew balls after a one-letter DNA change

Swap one letter in a girl mouse’s DNA and she grows testes.

11 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

AMOLED writer deck has adorable bees on it

Writer decks usually have e-ink displays, which are nice to read and easy on batteries.

11 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

UK bans “stepfamily” porn by one vote, sets 5-year prison term

The UK House of Lords voted 144-143 on Thursday to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members, passing by a single vote.

12 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million

Anyone who went through a John Deere dealer for major equipment repairs since January 2018 is in line to collect.

12 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto

John Carreyrou — the journalist who broke the Theranos story — spent 18 months trying to identify Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator.

12 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer

13 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

This dashboard tracks everything going on with Artemis’ Orion capsule as it returns to Earth

The Artemis II mission is nearing the end, with the Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity by the crew, due to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07…

13 hrs ago • Gail P Sherman

Clothing tags from the 80s hid jokes, messages, and mischief

I had a blast looking through this photo collection of old clothing tags, shared by T.

13 hrs ago • Popkin

Dead skin pulled from a lizard’s nostril is deeply satisfying

This video of a happy pet lizard having a piece of old skin pulled from his nostril is extremely satisfying to watch.

14 hrs ago • Popkin

Sure, Jan: Melania pops up with a very convenient Epstein denial

I mean Glass! George Glass!

Apr 10 • Jason Weisberger

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