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It’s science! People are too dumb for democracy. The world is running out of whimsical ideas. Guerrilla street furniture. The future is self-cleaning. Here’s your Soviet monument/ruin porn for the week. Why yes, I would like to eat from your…

Clearly birds are the greatest copyright violators of them all. Here’s that 1970s Japanese children’s space book you requested. All the antique machinery engravings one could hope for. There are reasons it is a bad idea to fly over Antarctica.…

There was supposed to be a theme today, but then this robot controlling monkey ruined everything. Welcome to Google Seaview. Let’s all watch a lionfish hunt. This is probably really important: dolphins are people too. Your frivilous fancy for the…

Explore the inhabitable universe, right here on earth! Don’t be such a jerk, elephant. How about some classic Southern California swimming pool photography. Tiny tiny ancient horses. Hurray for brain maps!

You might think that flying squids are cool, but really they are just lazy jerks. Even more (significantly less) old science books. Today is perhaps a good day to think about Iran in the swingin’ 60s. Way to exist, worlds…

Dangerous life-affirmation watch: being drunk and sleepy is totally (scientifically) good for your creativity. Meanwhile, also from Wired, antiquarian science books hurray! Way to be gross, new amphibian family. I’ve always thought it seemed to weird to sleep through the…

What was until recently one of the world’s oldest things, is no more. NY phone booths as tiny libraries. How do snakes drink (this is something I wonder every day). 19th Century ghosts. Your awesome photography for the day: volcanoes…

Here’s your weekends worth of circus sideshow banners. You know who was really inconvenienced by Japan’s earthquake last year? Underwater creatures. It turns out pollution is really bad for your memory, ladies. Let us now watch the white house be…

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, if you’ve been wondering what to get that special someone. There is a good chance you will soon have a medically classified mental illness. Here’s some Diana camera porn for you in the meantime. 1900’s German…

I know it’s only Monday, but I’m pretty sure “tiny volcanic moon” is the phrase of the week. (Largely terrifying) tales of DIY science. You know what else are neat? Waterfall restaurants. 2011 had some pretty impressive science visualizations it…

Welcome to your new home,  Planet GJ 667Cc (it’s been an exciting week in space). Richard Branson’s lemurs and other assisted migrations. This is what a mouse’s brain activity looks like. Perhaps you’d like to see some rad train photography.…

The orb-web spider will go to great lengths to avoid rough sex. Flavorwire has a handy write-up of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. Space tugboat is absolutely the phrase of the day. The high cost of bad handwriting.…