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Sometime we have to break the rules to report that Guantanamo prisoners love the Fresh Prince. Blue whale poop is intense. While we are on the subject, here is an important illustration of a sperm whale’s atomic structure. This week…

Who wouldn’t want to read about young Arthur Conan Doyle’s Arctic adventures? The tubes are coming! So is Richard Branson’s sporty-submarine-jet-thing. The gender-neutral toy store is already here. Let us now describe fancy dresses.

I imagine you’ve been wondering how sperm whales sleep. You know what are crazy? 3D printers are crazy. Perhaps you’ve been wanting to name a flower. Good news! Very old tea. Let us now consider advances in Olympic photography (while…

Things that are good about the world today: micro-libraries and baby weedy sea dragons. Let’s all enjoy some defaced album covers. Is it just me, or has it been ages since I’ve linked to awesome old natural history drawings? On…

I don’t know if this is the best place to post it, but Tig Notaro is the best person in the world. This is how it starts you guys. Rebel astronauts are the reason I get up in the morning.…

Evidently Peruvians are the best at not getting rabies. Important news: squids be crazy. Neil deGrasse Tyson is everyone’s hero. I guess it is time to revolutionize archeological mapping. Its Friday, so here is my favorite picture this week.

If we can make it to 2045 then maybe we can live forever. Maybe a lot of things. The moon respects flags, but doesn’t care what is on them. Kid’s chemistry sets used to be the most terrifying toys. There…

The Rio Olympics are already looking pretty awesome, architecture-wise. The best mobile home design 1985 has to offer. Le Globe Celeste. Someday I hope to live in the space colonies NASA envisioned in the 70s.

Yes, we know the Olympics are going on. Here are some pictures of divers faces. There is so much garbage on the moon you guys. Also there were 48 tons of silver at the bottom of the ocean (but aren’t…

Some Monday whimsy: the umbrellas of Agueda, Portugal and flying dinosaurs of the 1980s. Just kidding, the world is hella bleak! Now you can print out guns! On the regrets of photographers who didn’t help. The universe is filled with…

Today in awful news: I hope you’re ready for food to get crazy expensive. People say that 3D is horrible, but how many times has a NON 3D movie fixed someones sight? These iron oxide drawings are very pretty. Science…

The bottom of the sea continues to be filled with the craziest things. Update from a recent post: we still have no idea what happened to Amelia Earhart. Mapping life expectancy along the London Tube line. Zoetropes and other 19th…