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How pregnancy is like climate changedenialism

Hillary Rosner is a fantastic environmental reporter — the sort that digs facts and stories more than outrage-bait and blind activism. She's currently pregnant and, like all pregnant ladies, is finding herself subject to a deluge of warnings and "helpful" advice.

Radiolab onReddit

Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the hosts of NPR's fantastic science story show, Radiolab, are doing a Reddit Ask Me Anything today. It's been underway for a while, so it's probably late to get a new question in, but it's a great thread so far.

Meet the "MadHatterpillar"

This is Uraba lugens, a caterpillar that wears a bunch of its old heads on top of its current head like the world's most ridiculously macabre hat.

Vitamins are medicine, notmagic

Just a reminder: Vitamins aren't inert. They actually do things in your body and we don't totally understand yet what all they do, how they do it, and how much extra vitamin supplementation is too much. Meanwhile, the vitamin and supplement industry remains largely unregulated.

Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson,RIP

Very sad news: Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson died at 6:30 this morning, June 19. "He was my partner and close friend for 36 years," said Gary Groth.

Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956.

HOWTO: DIY bike helmet LED nav to Citi Bikestations

Inspired by NYC's newly-launched Citi Bike sharing program, Becky Stern tricked out a bike helmet with LED strips linked to Adafruit Industries' wearable electronics platform and GPS unit to guide you to the nearest Citi Bike station for drop off.

Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society with John Law, June 22, 2013 in LosAngeles

Boing Boing readers in Los Angeles, save the date: On June 22 at La Luz de Jesus gallery, John Law will be speaking and signing copies of "Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society." It's a wonderful book, and one or more Happy Mutants will likely be in attendance.

So Good They Can't Ignore You - become expert in something, and the passion willfollow

"Follow your passion" is the dogmatic advice for building a career. But it is woefully incomplete and even misleading for some people. Better advice is “Become so good they can’t ignore you”; that is, become expert in something, and the passion will follow.

MakerBot acquired by larger rival 3D printing firm for $403 Million in stock-for-stockdeal

Bre Pettis' Brooklyn-based privately-held 3D printing firm Makerbot will be acquired by publicly-traded Stratasys Ltd. in a stock-for-stock deal valued at $403 million. Here's the Stratasys press release announcing the deal earlier today.

Photodocumentary: the electrification of LosAngeles

Form and Landscape is a stupendous collection of photos documenting the electrification of Los Angeles, culled from ConEd's archives (Edison International underwrote the exhibition).