Morning Coffee

So I guess today’s the day. Slate has your inspirational pictures of women voting through the ages, if that’s your thing. This just in: math is the worst! This just in: blind mole rats are the best (at not getting…

I’m sure we’re all going to be preoccupied for the next two days, so let’s take a moment to talk about shark sex. The golden age of space (can be yours)(for money)! World-class skulls. It is (maybe) finally time to…

Evolution watch 2012: this elephant appears to be speaking Korean. Who doesn’t love old skeletal drawings? Behold the earliest known super nova! Behold the painfree bandaid! Now let’s take a look inside a Soviet trade dictionary.

Just in time for, uh, yesterday: some facts about bats. Oh, here’s that Big Picture Sandy round-up I was looking for. Speaking of, did you hear about the skeleton the storm brought up? And won’t someone please think of the…

Mark your calendars: in September 2014 we’re going to start testing the ship that will (hopefully) bring us to Mars. Meanwhile, did you know there used to be a Miss NASA? I like these 1960s Don Quixote illustrations. It’s true!…

There has never been a better week to relink to the wind map of the united states. Photographing zoo backdrops. I went to The Big Picture to see if there were any Sandy pictures yet but instead I just found…

Let’s start the week with some awesome book art. Sweden needs your trash. Clearly it is time to test for living in a computer simulation. Perhaps you have been wondering what the worst ways to die in a diy space…

Very impressive volcanoes. Breakfast around the world. This week in great bridges: the High Trestle Trail Bridge. Just the Czar having a good ol’ time. Actually pretty important: the future of Chinese cities.

I would be doing the internet a great disservice if I didn’t show you this baby echidna. Frank Lloyd Wright was not very good at designing dog houses. Very old American birds. Good news: tractor beams are totally (maybe) (someday)…

Here is a picture of a shark taken by a different shark. 2012 was good year in tiny thing photography. The most bad-ass tree is no match for good old drunk driving. Maybe the Easter Island statues used to walk?…

So this happened. The future is filled with mice who love landmines. And now some grotesque ornament. It’s been way too long since we’ve linked to 50 Watts, but man are these 50s German book covers great. Deciphering the oldest…

Hey, so, uh, Science is totally reading your dreams and ready to feed old people your blood now. Get ready for a new tallest building, west coast. I can’t believe I almost missed The Big Picture’s look inside North Korea.…