Dan Weiss

Very important pizza theory. Our grandparents are way smarter than our parents grandparents. The future of security is old-fashioned typewriters. Yes, I still love 19th century automatons and whimsical machines.…

So you’re saying the cure for cancer is Alzheimer’s? 1960s medical landscapes (are pretty cool). Dolphin and manatee death mysteries are the saddest mysteries. Here are some erotic soviet-era alphabet…

Nobel laureates sketch their discoveries. Atlas Obscura on under-appreciated New York. Here are some slang words that start with “Z”. Solitary confinement is pretty much the worst thing. Everyone needs…

Watch out Ireland! There might be a Russian ghost ship heading right towards you! Io9 pictures prohibition. Here is a 1962 NASA rejection letter to a prospective female astronaut. MIT’s…

Today seems like a good day to discuss roadside mermaids. Radio bursts from beyond the galaxy! Here are Einstein’s timecards. Also: science guns. This is why we can’t have nice…

Russian Billionaires will (try and) outlive us all. Important news: birds are hella smart. We are still paying for exactly one Civil War veteran’s pension. Here we go… Sky Deutschland…

We’ll be laying low for the Holiday. Morning Coffee will be back next Monday. Happy Birthday America.

Perhaps you have wondered, how could the remnants of the cold war help us stop the illegal ivory trade? We’ve been bringing flowers to funerals for at least 13,000 years.…

Those orca aren’t weird looking, they’re just a different species yo. Perhaps you’d like to see some 1905 panoramic photos of San Francisco, Brooklyn, Atlantic City, and more. Lonesome George…

Welcome back from the weekend, here is a story about some twin baby otters. Hey, what’s Olafur Eliasson up to these days? Czech poster design is also great Do chimps…

No, Voyager hasn’t left the Solar System yet, but it will soon (probably)! We are not above linking to insane dog grooming competition photographs. Let us now discuss the sleepy…

Don’t worry, PayPal is following you into space. Here are all the rivers of America. Here is a compendium of lost words. Metafilter is there for you when you need…