Italian police fined a French tourist €1,000 ($1,200) for attempting to smuggle four pounds of Sardinia's beloved white sand out of the country. Authorities at Cagliari Elmas Airport discovered the sand… Read the rest of the article: Tourist fined $1,200 for swiping sand from Italian beach
De Niro and Bob James's "Angela"—what's not to love?(kingkida)
When you walk around carrying a heavy backpack, the movement of the pack against your body increases the amount of energy you need to take each step. Now, Huazhong University… Read the rest of the article: Motorized backpack self-adjusts its motion to feel lighter
Kurt is a baby horse born last month. But Kurt is a very special horse because he's one of approximately 2,000 endangered Przewalski's horses alive on the planet, and he… Read the rest of the article: Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago
I wonder if this was just a friendly greeting or a congratulatory gesture, and, if it's the latter, what exactly was being praised.
Adrian Smith is a bug nerd. The head of the Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, he studies insects and also creates digital media to… Read the rest of the article: Astounding slo-mo videos of insects in flight
Last week when Trump arrived in Wilmington, North Carolina for an appearance, The Animals classic 1964 hit "House of the Rising Sun" blared from the loudspeakers. The Animals' Eric Burdon… Read the rest of the article: Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun"
On August 21 at the US Smithsonian's National Zoo, Mei Xiang gave birth to a beautiful panda cub. You can check out the Zoo's Giant Panda Cams but for an… Read the rest of the article: Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper
Police in Millersburg, Kentucky, pulled over a driver last week after noticing that their license plate looked a bit "off model," as cartoonists say. The individual was also lacking auto… Read the rest of the article: Kentucky driver busted for hand-drawn license plate
In artists Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen's installation "Pareidolia," a computer vision system uses facial recognition software to find faces in grains of sand. Of course, "pareidolia" is a trick… Read the rest of the article: Computer finds faces in grains of sand
Using Europe's largest solar telescope, GREGOR, researchers captured these incredible images of details on the surface of the sun. Above is a sunspot while the image below "reveals intricate structures… Read the rest of the article: Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun
The New York City rats are hungry. That's not a good sign. From the New York Post: "I saw the little pigeon that was hurt and it was kind staggering… Read the rest of the article: Watch Pigeon vs. Rat, a decidedly NYC brawl
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated just 73 seconds after liftoff. The seven person crew included high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian to fly into… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for new docuseries about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Imagine that your jacket changes shape depending on the temperature or your socks can provide additional support with the push of a button. Harvard engineers created a new material using… Read the rest of the article: Programmable, 3D-printed fabric that can "remember" its original shape and transform into new ones
If you must have sex with someone outside of your household or social bubble, dispense with the kissing and consider wearing a mask, says Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health… Read the rest of the article: Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer
Perhaps in preparation for the Mid-Autumn Festival on October 1, this superhero harnesses all her superpowers to make some quite magical Mooncakes. (via Kottke)
Residents of Redding, California are reporting mysterious letters and numbers drawn in the dust on their automobiles. Some people are suggesting that the codes could be the work of sex… Read the rest of the article: Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California
PSA Press is making these clever pinbacks benefiting Black Girls Code and Movement For Black Lives. "Throughout history, athletes and activism have been linked," states PSA Press. "There is a… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic pins remix pro sports logos with Black Lives Matter
My friends in the music industry have produced a fantastic compilation of previously unreleased recordings by the likes of REM, Matt Berninger, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Phoebe Bridgers, Death Cab for Cutie,… Read the rest of the article: "Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy"
A masterpiece by West Chester, Pennsylvania artist Cassius King.
