Dan Weiss

Have to keep things simple today. Here is a luminescent map of all of the world’s earthquakes since 1898. Reconstructing dinosaurs vocal chords (because duh). Every day is a good…

I hope all our Brooklyn friends are enjoying the pop-up beach and pool. Wired looks at the great science books (so you don’t have to). NASA is ready to move…

Why aren’t we talking to dolphins yet? Take it easy dudes, San Diego set off all of their fireworks at once this year. 100+ years of San Fermin bull running…

I trust you’re all up on your Higgs Boson news, but did you know scientists also captured an atom’s shadow? My take away from this article: cheetahs aren’t doing it…

Happy birthday America. I know some people (read: we) give you a lot of guff, but that’s just cause we love you so much. We’re going to be taking things…

Let’s all look in on the fire devastation FROM SPACE. Today is famous dead people doing things: Einstein on the beach and Proust playing air guitar. There is nothing quite…

I hope everyone enjoyed their leap second this weekend. Terrifying: Switzerland unveils the first open air double-decker cable car. Let’s take a look at the menus of every single US…

Long story short, there are too many wannabe bad-ass people in the world. Yes, I will link to this story about robot soccer. For the children. Running from the Elephant,…

You guys, baby octopuses you guys. Tangent: octopi doesn’t make any sense, that’s mixing your greek and latin word origins. Let the astronauts have fresh vegetables. Let the astronauts visit…

I’ve been out of town, but I’m back now and I promise that everything will be ok (thanks to everyone who filled in). Everybody, say hello to the newest (very…

Maybe the cave painters were Neanderthals. Plants are talking about you behind your back. Great Titan’s lake! A year inside a 10 year’s old pocket. Let’s all look at Beunos…

Here’s the thing you guys, talking robot baby. The history of maps is one of my favorite things. A man-made object is about to leave the solar system for the…