Dan Weiss

If you are in to being bummed out, you should probably read about what’s been happening to Harper Lee. I am sort of in love with this portable solar power…

I generally try to stay pretty apolitical around here, but yeesh: 44 percent of republicans thing armed revolution may soon be necessary. io9 takes you inside early science labs (thanks).…

Have you read Steven Soderbergh’s state of the cinema address? (hint: you should.) I’m not even going to pretend I understand the concept of “time crystals” but I sure am…

The BBC has the only space infographic you’ll need (today). Don’t worry, Canada has new bills too. Very important beard science. News update: Hong Kong’s towers are intense. And now…

Someone please go to Paris’s newly resurrected Louxor Palais du Cinema so I can live vicariously through you. Monkey and whale cultures are the best cultures. Here is today. Let’s…

Kokeshi matche are the cutest thing you will see today. Polish cold war neon (huzzah). Speaking of, hey remember that time we tried to weaponize the weather? wrapit-tapeit-walkit-placeit is you…

Everyone needs a little British library intrigue. Notes towards a film adaptation of 2666. Fact: Candyland has gotten sexier. Now there is a new earliest Mayan monument. Currently, there are…

“Russian space zoo” is my new favorite phrase of all time. Happy End let’s you look at pictures of plane crashes without the guilt of morbidity. I imagine you’d like…

“Curtis also suggested Dutschke may have become jealous of him when they studied taekwondo together or because of his successful career as an Elvis impersonator.” The ricin mailing case is…

No, that cloud is not a UFO. The Dutch are going to (try to) put a man on mars in ten years. China has had enough of superstition. Today is…

Today in nature being gross: the picture-winged fly drinks sperm to quench thirst. More Soviet ads please, thanks. Perhaps you would like to see the view from One World Trade…

It’s been a very good week for possibly livable planets. Relatedly, maybe life didn’t even start on Earth at all. Maybe a lot of things. The future (of snowmobile rescuing)…