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Here are some things I am interested in today. Dinosaur diets. Hungarian zoo redesign. Brains and musical improvisation. The Parisian Metro. Vocoders.

We’re talking about a god damned Great Lakes Christmas miracle (or something)! Meanwhile, still in the Daily Mall, behold the Chinese tiger dog. 1789 Plan of NYC. These are the things that I enjoy. A little tree architecture porn for…

The Big Picture’s annual year in review make the years worth living. Map collages! Item: Chinese scientists want you to walk through walls. This is what it looks like when you combine a years worth of Vogue covers into one.…

Flavorwire kindly directs to the best scientific images of 2010. Did you read the New Yorker profile on Shigeru Miyamoto? I did. . . Here are some very simple illustrations of complex scientific concepts for you. We all want to…

I am very cold so lets all just watch this solar storm. What’s that? You don’t think the universe could be any more awesome? oh hey ICE VOLCANO. Here are some pretty cool bookstores that used to be other things.…

Take a look inside the Madagascar stone forest. Or not, it’s entirely up to you. Here are some more very old botanical drawings for you. Very important: sleepy bees are bad dancers. This week in Spanish public space design. Hold…

Christmas is just around the corner, so look at this Spanish Santa vending machine robot. Your skin is the oldest thing about you. Philippe Jullian, connoisseur of the exotic. This is an article about tiny people being eaten by giant…

2010 was a weird year for animals. Cataloging the world’s endangered languages so you don’t have to. Godot’s lost E-vite invitation. Where did all this gold come from? (Space!) Also, here are a bunch of vintage typefaces for you.

Department of things-that-used-to-be-different-things: typewriter waffle irons and a shopping cart Christmas tree. Mapping a fetal genome from its mothers blood, what what. Beautiful and versatile new prosthetic arm. Today in non-essential mnemonics. The Big Picture takes you inside a sulfur…

Another day another South Korean parrot looking dinosaur. Let’s talk about the worlds most expensive book, shall we? Sometimes, when it comes to large rolling mechanical planetariums, you just have to take things into your own hands. Butterfly house art.…

A little Northern Lights porn for you. Nerd news of the week: Lieberman wants to create S.H.I.E.L.D. for reals. A look at some pretty rad museums. Any opportunity to discuss secret government space planes is one that must be seized…

Why pandas don’t want to eat you (anymore). The Atlantic brings you your great ideas of 2010. Monday is a good day for octopus based propaganda. On Einstein’s fridge. Let us end today with some snarky British street art.