Dead skin pulled from a lizard’s nostril is deeply satisfying A pet lizard gets leftover shed skin pulled from its nostril. Extremely satisfying.

This video of a pet lizard having old skin pulled from its nostril is exactly as satisfying as it sounds.

Clothing tags from the 80s hid jokes, messages, and mischief A photo collection of old clothing tags with hidden jokes, messages, and graphics.

Clothing tags from the 80s had secret jokes, hidden messages, and tiny graphics stitched inside. This photo collection from T. Archivist is a blast.

This dashboard tracks everything going on with Artemis’ Orion capsule as it returns to Earth Real-time tracking of the Artemis II Orion capsule as it returns to Earth.

Artemis II’s Orion capsule splashes down off San Diego tonight at 8:07 PM EDT. This real-time dashboard tracks everything — trajectory, crew vitals, communications.

A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer The journey doesn’t start with a step — it starts with putting on your left sock.

A.J. Jacobs couldn’t write for weeks. His fix: a two-minute timer. Not to write — just to open the document. The rest followed.

NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto John Carreyrou’s 18-month investigation for the New York Times concludes Adam Back is Bitcoin’s creator.

The journalist who broke the Theranos story spent 18 months identifying Satoshi Nakamoto. His conclusion, published in the NYT today: it’s Adam Back, the British cryptographer behind Hashcash.

John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million John Deere puts $99 million into a class action settlement fund for repair restriction claims dating to 2018.

John Deere will pay $99 million to settle a class action over repair restrictions. Anyone who used a dealer for major equipment repairs since January 2018 is in line to collect.

UK bans "stepfamily" porn by one vote, sets 5-year prison term The House of Lords passed the ban by a single vote, with a 5-year prison penalty.

The UK House of Lords voted 144-143 to ban pornography depicting stepfamily relationships. Making or distributing it now carries up to five years in prison.

Girl mice grew balls after a one-letter DNA change A single nucleotide edit in junk DNA near Sox9 flipped biological sex in mice without touching sex chromosomes.

Swap one letter in a girl mouse’s DNA and she grows testes. Researchers at Bar-Ilan University edited “junk DNA” near a gene called Sox9 and flipped biological sex without touching any sex chromosomes.

AMOLED writer deck has adorable bees on it A distraction-free writing device with an AMOLED screen and adorable bee illustrations.

The Bee Write Back is a distraction-free writing deck with an AMOLED screen and adorable bees on it. Not e-ink — full color, fast refresh, and it looks like a tiny typewriter.

Jim Woodring’s Frank finally speaks in a 3.5-inch Big Little Book After 35 years of wordless comics, Frank gets prose in a palm-sized Big Little Book from Fantagraphics.

After 35 years of silence, Jim Woodring’s Frank finally speaks. Quacky is a Big Little Book — 3.5 inches tall, prose on the left, drawings on the right — out August 11 from Fantagraphics.

The Longest-Running Vaporware Project in the History of Computing Gary Wolf's 1995 Wired profile of Ted Nelson is still one of the great pieces of tech journalism — and Nelson is still furious about it.

The Longest-Running Vaporware Project in the History of Computing
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Stray Paws of Istanbul: a Turkish cat lover explores the city showering love, treats, and affection on the many stray cats. Criminally underviewed. I defy you to get through a video without smiling.

Researchers found a turkey-sized baby dinosaur in South Korea with a rounded skull and possibly fuzzy covering. They named it Doolysaurus, after beloved Korean cartoon character Dooly.

Thrice is a daily trivia game with 5 tough questions across different categories. You get 3 tries per question. It’s from Geeks Who Drink, the pub quiz people.

A UK company won a £1 million prize for AR glasses that help dementia patients with daily tasks. An AI companion called Wispy gives step-by-step guidance using cross-sensory memory associations.

TypeLit lets you practice typing by copying classic books from the Gutenberg Project. Over 80 titles in 9 languages. Ease into it with The Wind in the Willows, then melt your brain with Ulysses.

In 2013, astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water pooling in his helmet during a spacewalk. Unable to see, hear, or breathe through his nose, he spent seven minutes following his tether back to the airlock.

Stare at a cluster of 100 dots for 30 seconds. Then look at two equal groups. The side you adapted to looks like it has fewer. Your brain has a built-in number sense that works like color perception.

Trying to beat Fallout 4's terrible Switch port before the battery dies Bethesda was so concerned with whether or not theycouldthat they didn't stop to consider whether they should.

Trying to beat Fallout 4's terrible Switch port before the battery dies

Springsteen covers Pogues classic on new MacGowan tribute album

Saturday Night Live's RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close I don't mean to write aboutSNLtwo weeks in a row, but last night's Harry Styles-led show unexpectedly gave us an era-defining piece of satire.

Saturday Night Live's RFK Jr. hospital satire hits too close

Pete Hegseth wants you to celebrate the war, and stop asking questions Ina "high-energy" speech, Whiskey Pete Hegseth tried to collapse several very different ideas into one convenient talking point: that questioning an unauthorized and enormously costly war is somehow the same as abandoning the troops sent to fight it.

Pete Hegseth wants you to celebrate the war, and stop asking questions

Memory hack: self-testing beats re-reading by 50%, research shows Students who test themselves on new material remember about 50% more than students who just re-read their notes. That's the core finding from decades of retrieval practice research — and it runs counter to how most people actually study.

Memory hack: self-testing beats re-reading by 50%, research shows

Meditators' brains showed thicker cortexes and slower aging in study As you age, your cortex thins. It's one of the more reliable things brains do.

Meditators' brains showed thicker cortexes and slower aging in study

Kristi Noem left search and rescue techs without the tools to do their job

Star Wars shares more Maul Another trailerhas dropped for the soon-to-be-released "Maul: Shadow Lord" animated short series.

Star Wars shares more Maul

Bear photobombs live TV report about bears During a live KTLA segment about a bear incident in Monrovia, a black bear wandered into the background behind reporter Erin Myers. The bear declined to give an interview.

Bear photobombs live TV report about bears

Chris Fleming's hilarious new comedy special, "Live at the Palace" Chris Fleming is a fascinating and hilarious comedian, and his new special "Live at the Palace" (HBO) puts all his skills, quirks, and brilliance on great display.

Chris Fleming's hilarious new comedy special, "Live at the Palace"

Paul McCartney scored a film about an unconsummated marriage, in 1966

Apple's cheapest laptop is also its most repairable laptop The reviews for Apple's new, reasonably priced, entry-level laptop,the MacBook Neo, have been overwhelmingly positive.

Apple's cheapest laptop is also its most repairable laptop