Archive for August, 2012
Neil Armstrong narrowly avoids death. Returns quietly to his desk to do paperwork.
By Ben | amazing tales, history, sciencefrom the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine via Boing Boing "In his Armstrong biography First [&hellip
Schrödinger's Call Me Maybe
By Ben | funny, pop culture, sciencevia Neatorama
Brett Cohen proves anybody can be a celebrity
By Ben | culture, pop culturevia Neatorama From the YouTube description: "On the night of July 27th, 2012, a huge [&hellip
Arctic Sea Ice Drops below 2007 Record
By Ben | nature, sciencevia earthobservatory.nasa.gov "By early July, Arctic sea ice melting was three weeks ahead of schedule, [&hellip
Hot Cheetos & Takis (everyone's new favorite junk food)
By Ben | pop culturevia The Dinner Party Download via Y.N. RichKids, a North Community Beats & Rhymes Program [&hellip
Insane in the Brain played by a Squid's Chromatophores
By Ben | animals, musicvia my wife, via a tweet by Mike Shinoda, via Backyard Brains. “Squids are one [&hellip
Hurricane Locations & Intensities Since 1851
By Ben | infographics, maps, naturevia infographicsonly.com
Sarychev Volcano Eruption as seen from the International Space Station
By Ben | naturevia youtube.com
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet
By Ben | technologyvia Starts With a Bang Clips of the helmet in action start at 2:50 or [&hellip
Fire Ants Love Electricity. Bees do not.
By Ben | nature, technologyvia
"Baby Got Back" Sung By the Movies
By Ben | pop cultureStraight teeth in under 60 seconds!
By Ben | technologyTimelapse of a girl with braces from start to finish. Kinda gross
Curiosity Rover Discovers Shocking Evidence of Life! :-)
By Ben | funny, science, spacevia boingboing.net
Tigers v. Indians: From a 0.5% win probability to 100%
By Ben | infographics, sportsSource: FanGraphs The Tigers were down by 3 in the bottom of the 10th with [&hellip
One 100m Race, Every Medalist Ever
By Ben | infographics, sportsvia nytimes.com Usain Bolt is very, very fast. Jesse Owens 1936 Gold Medal Winning time [&hellip
Keep Calm & Land on Mars
By Ben | pop culture, science, spacevia blog.makezine.org
An Interactive Visualization of Gov't Authorized Small-Arms Imports & Exports
By Ben | infographicsVisualization put together by Google. Interact with it
The path of one NYC Domino's Pizza delivery employee on a Friday night
By Ben | infographics, mapsCheck out other visualizations such as internet distribution in the USA, paths of deceased bodies [&hellip
Amazing facts about the Carboniferous (a.k.a. Geology is cooler than you think)
By Ben | nature, scienceTIL, upon the advent of wood [400mya], it took fungi 50mil yrs to evolve a [&hellip