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Important question: what do astronauts eat? Furthermore, what do they listen to to pump them up in the morning? As long as we are talking about space, the weather on mars is bad ass and terrifying. And what of the…

And you may ask yourself, what do birds know about fractal geometry? And you may ask yourself, what do dung beetles understand about the Milky Way? And you may say to yourself, oh good maybe there is a future for…

The Hoover Dam is great by the way. Potentially huge genetic news. Let’s take a moment to appreciate collective nouns. French children’s retro-futurism (huzzah). Perhaps you have wondered how people smell themselves. And now some macro reef dweller photography.

Dan Weiss returns tomorrow. In the meantime… Don’t go to the zoo with this guy. The emotional map in your brain. Do you ever just want to jump in a… Sorry, nobody is cloning a caveman.

Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… No, seriously, where’s the leopard? You may be able to see Jupiter and Saturn this month. Happy 71st birthday, Muhammed Ali! Is this squid the real Loch Ness Monster?

Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Check out this living fossil, the Coelacanth. Tell your Java to watch out! A blobfish? Is that a squirrel? No! It’s a penguin.

Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… A fountain that thinks it’s a printer. Phoebe Chung has portrait lighting gone wild. Your emotions should know these words. Carl Sagan takes you there.

Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Hate any and all liquid? This new superhydrophobic spray will make you completely moisture-free. Don’t give an elephant LSD. Meet albatross, your new meteorologist. More reminiscing photographs. This time the Lower…

Dan Weiss will return on January 24th. Until then… Kill your bed bugs by taking this pill. The Museum of Math just opened its doors. It’s home to the world’s only L.E.D. foot-touch “math square”. Want to be an astronaut?…

One last year-in-review: National Geographic has your photos of 2012. These photos of the blue whale’s installation at the American Museum of Natural History are my favorite things today. Although Escape From Michel Foucault is pretty great too. Hey look,…

Today’s place-I-want-to-go: the Harbin Ice Festival! Rogue planets are the best planets. Michael Zimmerer’s pictures of snow and the American West are pretty nice. Now let’s explore London in the 1930s night. I wonder how much competition there was to…