Dan Weiss

2010 was a weird year for animals. Cataloging the world’s endangered languages so you don’t have to. Godot’s lost E-vite invitation. Where did all this gold come from? (Space!) Also,…

Department of things-that-used-to-be-different-things: typewriter waffle irons and a shopping cart Christmas tree. Mapping a fetal genome from its mothers blood, what what. Beautiful and versatile new prosthetic arm. Today in…

Another day another South Korean parrot looking dinosaur. Let’s talk about the worlds most expensive book, shall we? Sometimes, when it comes to large rolling mechanical planetariums, you just have…

A little Northern Lights porn for you. Nerd news of the week: Lieberman wants to create S.H.I.E.L.D. for reals. A look at some pretty rad museums. Any opportunity to discuss…

Why pandas don’t want to eat you (anymore). The Atlantic brings you your great ideas of 2010. Monday is a good day for octopus based propaganda. On Einstein’s fridge. Let…

No aliens, but arsenic life is pretty cool right? Wikileaks! The Musical! Everyone loves a good french sculpture exhibition now and then. And we’ll end the week with a pair…

Truthfully I’m still pretty distracted. Gerry Canavan has kindly brought us the image of the day. Dear anyone, please buy me a Swiss Army axe. Thanks. Here is some NASA…

How am I supposed to concentrate when there might be aliens? Here is some art or something. No but seriously you guys, aliens. Everything else seems ungodly boring. A L…

Scientists have figured out how to make your DNA un-age itself (maybe). 1800s coffee packaging. Let’s talk about crazy-ass Brazilian sculptures and the bugs that inspire them. Children drawing the…

The year is almost over, so I guess it is time to look at the year’s best bioscapes. Can we take a moment to discuss David Lynch’s pop music career?…

Continuing a theme: I like these things too. Secret Indian chambers. Aquarium architecture. 3D skull renderings. Map-based infographics. The solar sail.