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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…