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I hope all our Brooklyn friends are enjoying the pop-up beach and pool. Wired looks at the great science books (so you don’t have to). NASA is ready to move the earth, if that’s a thing we ever need to…

Why aren’t we talking to dolphins yet? Take it easy dudes, San Diego set off all of their fireworks at once this year. 100+ years of San Fermin bull running posters. How about some innovative school design? Very old pot.

I trust you’re all up on your Higgs Boson news, but did you know scientists also captured an atom’s shadow? My take away from this article: cheetahs aren’t doing it enough. Cuttlefish are cray. Meanwhile, the search for Amelia Earhart…

Happy birthday America. I know some people (read: we) give you a lot of guff, but that’s just cause we love you so much. We’re going to be taking things easy today in your honor.

Let’s all look in on the fire devastation FROM SPACE. Today is famous dead people doing things: Einstein on the beach and Proust playing air guitar. There is nothing quite like late 60s commune design. The government wants to make…

I hope everyone enjoyed their leap second this weekend. Terrifying: Switzerland unveils the first open air double-decker cable car. Let’s take a look at the menus of every single US president. While we’re on the subject: How do ancient seas…

Long story short, there are too many wannabe bad-ass people in the world. Yes, I will link to this story about robot soccer. For the children. Running from the Elephant, 1891. Here is some old thrill ride photography porn for…

You guys, baby octopuses you guys. Tangent: octopi doesn’t make any sense, that’s mixing your greek and latin word origins. Let the astronauts have fresh vegetables. Let the astronauts visit galaxies that shouldn’t exist. The competitive designs for the Great…

I’ve been out of town, but I’m back now and I promise that everything will be ok (thanks to everyone who filled in). Everybody, say hello to the newest (very old) mineral: Panguite. Child mugshots of the 1800s. This Google-image-dictionary…

Watch this hilariously dated video of a woman walking her pet Leopard in London, because why not. Red light, Blue light? A look at the connection between color and language. Albert Einstein tried to preserve his marriage with an organized, thoughtful…

Competence without comprehension. The Wizard of Oz, behind the scenes. An animated short film full of blue: “Backwater.” Human-powered helicopter hovers for 50 seconds.

“I am throwing up in my hat. I am throwing up in my hat.” Drunk texts from famous authors. In an attempt to learn more about how human babies learn to speak, scientists at the University of Hertfordshire are building robots…