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No, that cloud is not a UFO. The Dutch are going to (try to) put a man on mars in ten years. China has had enough of superstition. Today is…

Today in nature being gross: the picture-winged fly drinks sperm to quench thirst. More Soviet ads please, thanks. Perhaps you would like to see the view from One World Trade…

It’s been a very good week for possibly livable planets. Relatedly, maybe life didn’t even start on Earth at all. Maybe a lot of things. The future (of snowmobile rescuing)…

There is a good chance that you would like to know more about ricin today. The Offshore Freeway and other visions of the Los Angeles that could have been. It’s…

This just in: Tetris is the best. Leonardo da Vinci applies for a job. Perhaps you’d like some 1970s science textbook design today. Not sleeping with your cousin is very…

Today seems like a day when everyone could use a baby hippo. WWI era infographics. Finland has won the coolest passport contest. Vintage speakeasy cards (are also a neat thing).…

Welcome to the age of Google Death. The idea of the shadow biosphere is my favorite concept of the day. Hey, so, maybe Soviet balloons saw rain on Venus. It…

An Iranian scientist has (maybe) created a (sort of) time machine. Let’s all explore the world through it’s lowest currencies. Alternatively: the world’s librarians pick their countries best children’s books.…

This week in seemingly horrible places to call home: Johannesburg’s Ponte Tower and the underground homeless suburb of Kansas City. Creepy White Guys is your (dispiriting, insightful and hilarious) tumblr…

Today seems like a good day to discuss density, cities, and human geography (and infographics). Your blood loves the taste of chocolate. Werner Freund is your badass human being of…

Happy Monday, here is a baby bat. It is our duty, as Americans, to lasso an asteroid and park it near the moon. Elsewhere in the (occasionally dystopian) future being…