Dan Weiss

Coming soon in hubris: here comes the Titanic II. Los Angeles: birthplace of the future (sure, ok). What a sad life, to be a spacesuit never worn to the moon. The people of Earth have spoken, and it turns out…

Hey, so, uh, we may have found a lost continent under the Indian Ocean. Yesterday’s tomorrow today (yesterday)! This drinkable water creating billboard is pretty neat huh? Important news: there are only 22 countries England has never invaded. And now…

Welcome back to the week, here is some deep sea footage. On the officially sanctioned haircuts of North Korea. There is a part of me that wants to hate this, but dang if my heart wasn’t warmed by this academic…

With all this talk about Argo this weekend, so this is probably a good time to link to Jack Kirby’s lost original sketches for the actual thing. Oh hello there, baby giant armadillo. Oh hello there, smallest ever planet. Life…

Another day, another study about whether or not dolphins have names. Furthermore, hella new (very old) whales. Let’s all look at LA’s original subway. The Mao Mango Cult of 1968. Lullaby Factory is your whimsical art installation for the week.

Don’t worry, it is ok to eat Alligator on Lenten Fridays. Disney’s Our Friend the Atom (is neat to look at). The future will be filled with 3D-printing pens and vaccines delivered by mosquito. Types of insanity circa 1883.

Wait, so DO bears hibernate? Everyone loves Charley Harper. This is a fact. Serene Chinese landfills. And now some 1960’s French card game design. The sad case of George Spencer: kissed to death.

Keeping things short for President’s Day. I’m #TeamRoosevelt. You guys, can we just agree that Amazon is at least a little bit the worst? Maybe the universe is inside a wormhole inside a bigger universe. Maybe a lot of things.…

Here is everything you need to know about tonight’s asteroid flyby. Update: weaver bird’s nests are pretty neat. The Big Picture takes you inside Sun City, Arizona. Average age: 72.4. The time has almost come to celebrate 50 years on…

Happy whatever. Sometimes you just need to look at the best dogs. Hello there, new owl. Any occasion is a good occasion to revisit the most impressive crossword puzzle of all time. Here are those Spanish Civil War posters you…

I am pretty sure the internet was invented so I could look at things that fit perfectly into other things. Fare thee well world’s scariest airport. Not to get all pop culture on you but In Contention’s top ten shots…

This just in: The Japanese are better at clearing snow than you. Yep, the dinosaurs died exactly like we thought they did. The internet is running out of memes. Churches that looks like chickens. Banana art is also a thing…