Dan Weiss

The answer to all our problems is urine ! (PS. this is actually totally inspiring.) It turns out the suitcases left behind by people in insane asylums in the early 20th century are fascinating to see. Let us now look…

Another day another planet maybe hosting life. Afronauts is my favorite thing I’ve seen today. “ElectroPunk Pre-Dadaist illuminated signs.” This early 20th century anti-women’s suffrage children’s book is kind of mind blowing.

Don’t worry, the astronauts got to vote too. Great terrifying new dinosaur news you guys! On Space Time Foam is your most fun art installation of the week. The (bionic) future is now! The universe is getting too old for…

Dan is taking the day off but he’ll be back just as soon as he’s ready to write or read about anything that doesn’t have to do with politics (which is to say tomorrow).

So I guess today’s the day. Slate has your inspirational pictures of women voting through the ages, if that’s your thing. This just in: math is the worst! This just in: blind mole rats are the best (at not getting…

I’m sure we’re all going to be preoccupied for the next two days, so let’s take a moment to talk about shark sex. The golden age of space (can be yours)(for money)! World-class skulls. It is (maybe) finally time to…

Evolution watch 2012: this elephant appears to be speaking Korean. Who doesn’t love old skeletal drawings? Behold the earliest known super nova! Behold the painfree bandaid! Now let’s take a look inside a Soviet trade dictionary.

Just in time for, uh, yesterday: some facts about bats. Oh, here’s that Big Picture Sandy round-up I was looking for. Speaking of, did you hear about the skeleton the storm brought up? And won’t someone please think of the…

Mark your calendars: in September 2014 we’re going to start testing the ship that will (hopefully) bring us to Mars. Meanwhile, did you know there used to be a Miss NASA? I like these 1960s Don Quixote illustrations. It’s true!…

There has never been a better week to relink to the wind map of the united states. Photographing zoo backdrops. I went to The Big Picture to see if there were any Sandy pictures yet but instead I just found…

Let’s start the week with some awesome book art. Sweden needs your trash. Clearly it is time to test for living in a computer simulation. Perhaps you have been wondering what the worst ways to die in a diy space…

Very impressive volcanoes. Breakfast around the world. This week in great bridges: the High Trestle Trail Bridge. Just the Czar having a good ol’ time. Actually pretty important: the future of Chinese cities.