Dan Weiss

The Hoover Dam is great by the way. Potentially huge genetic news. Let’s take a moment to appreciate collective nouns. French children’s retro-futurism (huzzah). Perhaps you have wondered how people smell themselves. And now some macro reef dweller photography.

One last year-in-review: National Geographic has your photos of 2012. These photos of the blue whale’s installation at the American Museum of Natural History are my favorite things today. Although Escape From Michel Foucault is pretty great too. Hey look,…

Today’s place-I-want-to-go: the Harbin Ice Festival! Rogue planets are the best planets. Michael Zimmerer’s pictures of snow and the American West are pretty nice. Now let’s explore London in the 1930s night. I wonder how much competition there was to…

Way to go science! We now have the first ever footage of a living giant squid in its natural habitat. Way to go science! Behold the giant predatory Ichtyosaur. Way to go future science! Obviously it is time to steal…

Very important science news: orange cups make your hot chocolate taste better. The Atlantic takes you inside Chernobyl’s abandoned hospital (which is cool). Everyone loves WWI propaganda posters. Perhaps you have wondered what we’ll be eating in the future. And…

The universe is a bummer: maybe going to mars will give astronauts Alzheimer’s. Perhaps being overweight is good for you (no it is absolutely is not). It is tragic when anyone dies too young, but can we agree that being…

And what, pray tell, does 2013 hold in store for outer space? It’s always exciting to consider what should have just become public domain. Did I already link to these 1950s Polish children’s books? 2013: no apologies. H.P. Lovecraft’s advice…

It’s good to be back, I hope you’ve all made it safely to this side of the temporal divide. 2012 in science and bad science. Meanwhile, what are the guiding scientific principles for 2013? Important news: Naples has very pretty…

Just a reminder, we’re going to be keeping things low-key over in these parts this week. There will be a handful of original content over the week so be sure to check back, and we all look forward to seeing…

We’ll be keeping things low key over the next week with a handful of original content over the holidays. Our regular features will return in 2013. See you on the other side! Obligatory end of the world link. Important news:…

Again with the lists. 2012 in space photos. Maybe the answer to our Earth problems lie in Tau Ceti. Perhaps you have wondered, why do we have magma? (More) mid-century window displays. Welcome back pygmy right whale!

Get in the holiday spirit with Christmas present x-rays. All the Bauhaus sketches/photos/puppets you could hope for (or, you know, a couple of them). Very important: why is their a “b” in the word “doubt”? I think we can all…