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It’s Friday and all I want is for you to buy me a soviet cosmonaut dog spacesuit. Meanwhile, the world is full of cat paradises. Just in time for, uh, yesterday: let’s all watch iconic NYC building being constructed! It…

It seems like this is probably a good time to look back at the horrifying world of pre-feminist marriage counseling. Today in things that keep me from sleeping: pain isn’t the worst part of waking up during surgery. Behold! the…

Hey look! We found one of the lost Franklin ships! Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet: let’s all pretend we’re crossing Antarctica in the 50s! Io9 looks at the Islamic roots of science fiction. We could all learn…

The fascinating tale of the philanthropist art forger. I can’t believe I didn’t lead with “new biggest ever dinosaur“. Congratulations pink fair armadillo, you are the most absurd animal. Never built theme parks are pretty neat too. If you want…

On the one hand we live in a society of crushing patriarchy and male privilege, on the other hand men are way more likely to get killed by sharks. Archerfish, am I right? Staying under the water for a second,…

I’m temporarily moving across the country and will consequently be offline the next two days. I’ll see you guys again on Monday morning, it’s going to be ok.

Actually there were hella female vikings. On the science of phantom traffic jams. Siphonophores are super weird you guys. We aren’t taking enough vacations, what is our problem? And now a look back to the endless telephone wires of late…

There are a lot of things I like in the world but two of them are bioluminesence and Soviet children’s book design. Remember that time the US trained Alaskan fisherman to fight off the USSR? Speaking of alternate history: the…

I imagine you’ve already seen Miranda July’s new Somebody app, but you should really get on it so I have people to message. Your belly button is a complex ecosystem. Stonehenge, it would seem, is a whole lot bigger and…

We’ve solved the mystery of Death Valley’s sailing stones (which was a thing I guess). Very important brainwashing breakthrough. There is no good reason for schools to start so early in the morning. By the way, we should also probably…

Stop the presses: there is a new wooliest sheep. A short guide to the ruins of NYC. Why do your fingernails grow so much faster than your toenails? (Spoiler alert: we don’t know.) Today in nightmares: inside a doll hospital.…

Here be (centuries old european) monsters. This is what two years has done to the Curiosity Rover. We all need Norwegian installation art from time to time. By the way the theme today is things that are great: hurray for…