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Dan Weiss
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
What the world needs is a museum of lost sounds. It is time to stop feeling bad for Pluto, it’s hella important! Sometimes you give birth to a child and then discover you are your own twin. Here are the…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Obviously the way to find better industrial design is by scanning brains. The great tragedy of my life is that I will never ride in an zeppelin. Do not try and fish in a Sochi Olympic toilet. Way to go…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Oh hey there, newly discovered 4,600 year old pyramid. NASA is funding 3D printed pizzas, and thus all is right in the universe. A look into the golden age of New York graffiti. Alien life don’t need no stinking moon.…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Very good bat news. Very upsetting starfish news. Typeset in the Future is your new blog of the day. “Old Man Winter Comes to Town.” (It’s been way too long since I’ve linked to 50 Watts!) The future (of ice…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is time to discuss failed utopian cities. What will we eat on Mars, and how will we spice it up? And now a guide to Arctic firsts. “The starling that dared to be different.” Here is what tomorrow’s aquanauts…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
This seems like a good time for a short history of quaaludes. Black holes crazy, maybe, if they exist, or not! Why wouldn’t you want to read about arctic cowboys? Don’t worry, this leech can survive for 24 hours in…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Yes, but what do you do about really dangerous elephants? “Dear Einstein, do scientists pray?” Good news: now you can actually go somewhere in your electric car. The answer to our problems is sloth fur. Russian math books hurray!
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Perhaps you’ve wondered where the pilcrow comes from, or what one is. The dead forests of Antarctica! But wait, there’s more: there’s a dang grand canyon-sized valley under there! Foot long snails are coming to eat your home. Here are…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Soviet space dogs are the reason I wake up in the morning. Perhaps you have asked yourself, “How fast am I spinning?” Looking for the quietest place on Earth. I sure do wish I lived in the NY Explorers Club.…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Oh hello there, brand new river dolphin! Even more water in space news: there’s also water on this big ol’ asteroid. Now let us discuss dog social networks. The secret lives of coral. I’ll just leave you with this volcano/sulfur…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today’s weird fact: the military once asked Walt Disney to make Iron Man style suits. We are living in very dark times for pubic hair grooming. 2013 was also a bad year to be a manatee. This dwarf planet has…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Stardust is filled with water, life is magical basically. The sad story of Steller’s sea cow. The history of beards is a whole lot more racist than you might have hoped. So many old medical illustrations. Vulture picks literature’s best…