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An asteroid passed 428 km from Earth and no one saw it coming
Last year, an asteroid called 2025 TF zipped past Antarctica at an altitude of 428 kilometers — no higher than where the ISS orbits.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A simple blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s with 94.5% accuracy
Doctors correctly diagnose Alzheimer’s disease about 75.5% of the time using standard clinical evaluations.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
New book collects the weirdest forgotten stories of printing history
In the 1800s, newspaper typesetters had a union-negotiated right to get paid for composing metal type that would be melted down unused.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
It took an hour to reach desks from garage thanks to new security turnstiles
It took software engineer Ibrahim Diallo more than an hour to get from the parking lot to his desk on the 11th floor, because his company had just…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Scotch tape screeches because it’s making tiny sonic booms
Unwind a roll of Scotch tape inside a vacuum and it gives off X-rays — enough to capture a fuzzy image of a lab member’s finger.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Norway’s former PM hospitalized after suicide attempt amid Epstein corruption charges
When Norwegian news outlet iNyheter reported that former Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland had been hospitalized after a suicide attempt, it was defying…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, February 24, 2026
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Bipartisan PETSAFE Act would fund animal evacuations during disasters
Last Sunday night, part of the dinner conversation revolved around how terrible it was trying to figure out what to do regarding pets and livestock…
 • Jason Weisberger
NPR: Justice Department withheld Epstein files detailing allegation Trump sexually abused 13-year-old girl
NPR reports that the Justice Department has illegally withheld Epstein files naming president Donald Trump as the subject of child sexual abuse…
 • Rob Beschizza
Trump hits 36% approval, claims he has “silent support”
Trump’s approval rating has cratered to 36 percent, with just 26 percent of independents on board, according to a new CNN poll.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
How Zionism went from a political philosophy to a loyalty test
A political philosophy cannot survive as a slogan. And no government should be able to hide behind a word that once meant liberation.
 • Jason Weisberger
Pentagon gives Musk’s ‘MechaHitler’ access to classified systems
If you wanted Terminators, this is how you get bigoted, misogynistic, anti-semitic Terminators.
 • Jason Weisberger
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