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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…