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José Salvador Alvarenga is the best person today. “Should we kill all these swans?” is a pretty hard question to have to ask. Olaus Magnus’s Sea Serpent. Hello there, super gross new jellyfish. Who doesn’t love midcentury B movie title…

Here is how to end the world (in 1962). Meanwhile: actually you don’t really have to worry about Yellowstone erupting. A bit of Italian futurist costume design. New Blog Piece on Woody Allen to Settle Everything. Please enjoy some 1920s…

What the world needs is a museum of lost sounds. It is time to stop feeling bad for Pluto, it’s hella important! Sometimes you give birth to a child and then discover you are your own twin. Here are the…

Obviously the way to find better industrial design is by scanning brains. The great tragedy of my life is that I will never ride in an zeppelin. Do not try and fish in a Sochi Olympic toilet. Way to go…

Oh hey there, newly discovered 4,600 year old pyramid. NASA is funding 3D printed pizzas, and thus all is right in the universe. A look into the golden age of New York graffiti. Alien life don’t need no stinking moon.…

Very good bat news. Very upsetting starfish news. Typeset in the Future is your new blog of the day. “Old Man Winter Comes to Town.” (It’s been way too long since I’ve linked to 50 Watts!) The future (of ice…

It is time to discuss failed utopian cities. What will we eat on Mars, and how will we spice it up? And now a guide to Arctic firsts. “The starling that dared to be different.” Here is what tomorrow’s aquanauts…

This seems like a good time for a short history of quaaludes. Black holes crazy, maybe, if they exist, or not! Why wouldn’t you want to read about arctic cowboys? Don’t worry, this leech can survive for 24 hours in…

Yes, but what do you do about really dangerous elephants? “Dear Einstein, do scientists pray?” Good news: now you can actually go somewhere in your electric car. The answer to our problems is sloth fur. Russian math books hurray!

Perhaps you’ve wondered where the pilcrow comes from, or what one is. The dead forests of Antarctica! But wait, there’s more: there’s a dang grand canyon-sized valley under there! Foot long snails are coming to eat your home. Here are…

Soviet space dogs are the reason I wake up in the morning. Perhaps you have asked yourself, “How fast am I spinning?” Looking for the quietest place on Earth. I sure do wish I lived in the NY Explorers Club.…

Oh hello there, brand new river dolphin! Even more water in space news: there’s also water on this big ol’ asteroid. Now let us discuss dog social networks. The secret lives of coral. I’ll just leave you with this volcano/sulfur…