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I know this isn’t normally the place for these sorts of things, but I just can’t stop thinking about Roger Ebert. Elsewhere: clearly what robots are best for is finding secret NY Times haikus. A (already adult) mosquito is born.…

Hey, so, how far is it to Mars? News update: abandoned theme parks still look rad. Here are some pictures of malformed human brains in jars. We are totally wrong about how smart animals are (probably). Perhaps now is a…

Everyday is a good day to talk about rat kings. NASA doesn’t want you to get out of bed. 4 percent of all voters believe in the lizard people (and other conspiracy theory statistics). Maybe you want to look at…

It turns out ice growing wild in a historic factory building looks pretty neat. io9 has your April Fools Day round-up. Now we can get to the International Space Station way faster (I’ll see you in a couple hours dudes).…

Here are some infomercial gifs to ease you into the week. I’m not entirely sure what is happening here, but I DO know that I’m Google is my favorite tumblr today. Clearly the best use of the Boston police’s resources…

I think we could all use some cute sea lion news. Atlas Obscura (via the American Museum of Natural History) looks at the origins of whales. IT BEGINS: here comes the circuit board you can stamp on your skin. Today…

Today is a good day to think about lost explorers. Every day is a good day for Chinese propaganda of the 1950s. Sup new kind of supernova? THE FUTURE! Now we can use brain scans to predict repeat offenders. This…

Politics I can get behind: It is imperative that we keep spending money studying duck penises. Dept. of about-dang-time: the invisible bike helmet. Books prove that none of feel anything any more (or something). Some people think they can use…

Welcome to the week, let’s look at pictures of things doctors have had to remove from human bodies. The simply titled US Patent Illustrations is your tumblr for the day. Embarrassing covers for (mostly) great books. “Ghost Malls of the…

Everyone loves translation errors in foreign airports. The future is filled with unignorable advertisements. Who wants to take a trip to the Blue Planet Aquarium with me? Mapping the (earliest possible) universe. And now, feedback from James Joyce’s submission of…

More Soviet children’s books forever please. Let’s talk about insect head transplants (ok). I’m so conflicted you guys, on the one hand I think Amazon is probably literally the worst, on the other hand I feel morally obliged to report…

See you later winter. This week in inflatable art. Calm down, young super nova, you’ve got your whole post-life in front of you. Up until just now my life was sorely lacking in marble machines. Why yes, I WOULD like…