Dan Weiss

Science can now tell you if you’re going to live to be 100 AND let you watch comets crashing into the sun. Meanwhile, on the terrible news front: the Supreme Court has decided that things don’t have to stay in…

Yesterday’s SOPA protests made today’s column extra hard to do, it did however make for some excellent images and confused twitter posts. Google maps are making the world of prehistoric beasts a better place. OMG you guys! Carnivorous caterpillars! Did…

Good news all: the Valley of the Kings isn’t just for royals anymore. How about a little typography porn? Public service billboards from times past. Jelly fish jelly fish jelly fish!!! Last but not least, here is some very important…

What does (the readership of the BBC think) the future holds! In the meantime, it’s time to start drinking our pee probably. I am in love with this history of the PBS logo. “I was shitting you people” a message…

We’re going to be keeping things low key today. Lest we forget the reason for the season, here’s MLK’s letter to Sammy Davis Jr on the importance of art and entertainment.

Very important dinosaur hands news. Data visualizations as self portrait. Behold the classroom-less school (way to go Sweden). Can we all agree that Japanese monsters are the most terrifying? Hello there lil world’s smallest vertebrae fella.

What the world really needs is video games for pigs. If I’ve learned anything doing this column, it’s that Berlin has the best hotels. “Don’t be HER pin-up boy.” Similarly: Don’ts for women riders. Tell me more about monkey faces…

The Japanese understand the key to depression is baby robots (robot babies). Peter Newell’s The Rocket Book is your early 20th Century kids book of the day. By the way, it’s time to start thinking about historically preserving the moon.…

The year in animals killing each other. I promise this is (possibly) the last year-in-review link. Let’s take a moment to discuss the most kissed face in the world. The CIA refuses to admit that Obama was transported to Mars.…

These were the weirdest new animals of 2011. 2012, on the other hand, will be the year of single person helicopters. Fake holidays are pretty wonderful. Let’s take a moment to appreciate gender swapping fish. Pigeons look at 19th Century…

Every day is a good day to talk about ghost hunting. Aqua Velvet brings you their top posts of 2011 (we still have a couple more weeks for year-end wrap-ups I figure). Way to have the world’s tallest bridge, Mexico!…

“What do you think most about during the day?” “Women. They are a complete mystery.” Stephen Hawking at 70. Oh hello, wonderful space ephemera. Philippe Ramette’s impossible photographs. The future is (really ugly) self-repairing shoes. Long story short, there isn’t…