Archive for March, 2013
How Work Has Changed the Last 70 Years in 3 Icons
By Ben | culture, infographicsby Neven Mrgan via @savasavasava
Sitting Ringside with Rhea
By Ben | spaceTaken by the Cassini spacecraft in April 2011, the Saturnian moon Rhea sits on [&hellip
Rap Quotes Street Signs in NYC
By Ben | art, musicArtist Jay Shells "created official-looking street signs quoting famous rap lyrics that shout out specific [&hellip
Math is ∫εχy
By Ben | mathPlenty of excellent, funny, and beautiful mathy fun over at the Math is ∫εχy Tumblr: [&hellip
Supercut: All the Alternate Endings to the Animaniacs Theme Song
By Ben | funny, music, pop cultureby TammieRD via BoingBoing
A Forest Year
By Ben | nature"A Forest Year was made from 40,000 still images taken from my front window over [&hellip
Spacebat: A Tribute
By Ben | animals, inspirational, internet culture, space[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gZgdlYGNJs&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0] by Diego Camarotta, via
What are the odds a meteor will destroy a city?
By Ben | infographics, math, sciencevia BoingBoing by Per Square Mile
50 Common Misconceptions
By Ben | history, skeptic[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxIGlMrrhQM&hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0] by MentalFlossVideo via Devour.com
Gravity-Defying Water Illusion
By Ben | science[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENITui5_jU&version=3&hl=en_US] It may look like the water in the video above is ignoring gravity. [&hellip
Jazz nobody asked for
By Ben | art, musicNeurologists claim that stuck songs are like thoughts we're trying to suppress. The harder we [&hellip
Instructions to Complete Computer Graded Tests
By Ben | education, funnyA little late for CAPT season in Connecticut, but still great information for all test [&hellip
The American Government's Advice to Yeti Hunters, 1959
By Ben | funny, history, nature"Item #2: In case "Yeyi" is traced it can be photographed or caught alive, but [&hellip
The Obesity Epidemic Hits the Savanna
By Ben | animals, funny[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lOhvS-xyrA] by Rollin' Wild via Devour
Abraham Lincoln's Duck Face
By Ben | funny, history, internet cultureIn an alternate universe: via Know Your Meme
A Civil War Game-Used Baseball
By Ben | history, sportsfrom The Vault: "During the War Between the States, the game was played on the battlefields and [&hellip
A Gynandromorph Cardinal (half-male, half-female)
By Ben | animals, science"A gynandromorph, as the name implies, is an animal that is part male and part [&hellip
Top Secret Drum Corps- now with LED drums
By Ben | musicAs a one-time snare drummer for a Fife & Drum Corps, let me just say [&hellip
First Person POV of an Ice Climbing Fall
By Ben | amazing tales, sports"In late February, Mark Roberts was soloing Parsley Fern Lefthand Gully when he was knocked [&hellip
Wave Pendulums: The Ultimate Desktop Toy
By Ben | scienceJoe Hanson of It's Okay To Be Smart explains: A wave pendulum like this is built of [&hellip
If Major League Baseball Teams Wore Soccer Jerseys
By Ben | art, sportsM. Willis, in what started as perhaps a frivolous exercise, wanted to play around [&hellip
On Subtlety and Intelligence
By Ben | education, quotesQuote from Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age. Princess Nell's Crest via moogoob on DeviantArt  
15,000 Volts + Wood = Art
By Ben | art, science15,000 Volts from Melanie Hoff on Vimeo. “Sometimes the best way to create something is [&hellip
"Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"
By Ben | quotesRight now this is my favorite desktop wallpaper image. Also a great quote. Here's the [&hellip
The Pitch Drop Experiment (the longest continuously running experiment)
By Ben | science"In 1927 Professor Parnell heated a sample of pitch and poured it into a glass [&hellip
The Solar System to Scale (includes some TNOs)
By Ben | art, infographics, science, spaceIncludes the dwarf planets Pluto, Huamea, MakeMake, & Eris, but bafflingly excludes Ceres. via reddit, [&hellip
Monsieur Yoda
By Ben | art, pop cultureby street art collective Combo via Neatorama
Scientists' Names Illustrated
By Ben | art, scienceby Kapil Bhagat in honor of Science Day in India, see more at this link. via [&hellip
Lava Fountains vs the Empire State Building
By Ben | infographics, nature, scienceLava fountains are impressive. Recently Mt. Etna has been throwing up lava fountains that reach [&hellip