Dan Weiss

Kumar Pallana has passed, which makes today a great day to revisit his 2003 Believer interview. 1930s Spanish children’s magazine design. Science proves that 60s cinema was the best. Creatures…

Let me tell you it’s getting harder and harder to not be political on here these days. Don’t you hate it when you accidentally create a two-dimensional quasicrystal? Mapping out…

Something we might want to remember at the moment: actually it was budget cuts that killed the great library at Alexandria. Dust devils of Mars (are neat). Perhaps you’d like…

Leonid Rogozov is your amazing badass of the week. If you like the Mars Rover you’ll love his new snake robot buddy. Mollusc teeth are kinda neat. 11 gateways to…

Amidst the shutdown we have got some very bored astronauts. Hey look at these new species (the world is still pretty cool). Someone should probably pick up the billions of…

Now we can map the weather on planets outside our solar system (well, one). “The mummy everyone forgot was real.” Here’s your Harlem Renaissance book design for the day. On…

Hey what’s with all the animal links Dan? News flash: mole rats are super weird! New flash: octopuses are also super weird! You are eating goo from a beaver’s butt.…

The perpetually under construction Sagrada Familia is almost almost done, but you can see what it will look like TODAY. Here are some pointless diagrams for you. Let us now…

Hey look, this 10 year old girl just accidentally created a new molecule. Similarly, the earth just accidentally created this island. Perhaps you have wondered how the blind perceive race.…

I usually try and steer clear of politics here, but the New Yorker’s look at the GOP’s suicide caucus is top-notch. We’ve got some big Martian water news for you.…

I, on the other hand, thought Blue Jasmine was great, and that Woody Allen is one of the five or so greatest directors to ever work within the Hollywood system.…