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  • David Pescovitz
    8:48 am Fri, Aug 28, 2020
    This robotic tank will crawl through your gut

    Endoculus is a miniature robotic that can drive through your intestines on treads, streaming video and grabbing tissue samples with its electromechanical forceps. Developed by University of Colorado engineers, Edoculus… Read the rest of the article: This robotic tank will crawl through your gut

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:54 am Thu, Aug 27, 2020
    Hear 99 metal musicians from Pantera, Slayer, etc. cover "99 Bottles of Beer"

    Sing along with members of Pantera, Slayer, Mastodon, and 97 other metal musicians performing the folk standard "99 Bottles of Beer!" Listen here: From Spin: The project was put together… Read the rest of the article: Hear 99 metal musicians from Pantera, Slayer, etc. cover "99 Bottles of Beer"

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:43 am Thu, Aug 27, 2020
    Police raid Oakland's psychedelic mushroom church

    Oakland's Zide Door "Church of Entheogenic Plants" began as a private club where you could purchase marijuana. Then last year, after the City of Oakland decriminalized entheogenic plants, Zide Door… Read the rest of the article: Police raid Oakland's psychedelic mushroom church

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:31 am Thu, Aug 27, 2020
    Graffiti artist paints sports car to look like a cartoon

    Talented graffiti artist Kyle Bryce Monteiro, aka KBMER, painted a Nissan 350Z so it looks like a cartoon. He did it freehand with only spray paint and markers. Don't miss… Read the rest of the article: Graffiti artist paints sports car to look like a cartoon

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:10 am Thu, Aug 27, 2020
    Watch this fantastic "quick change" magic act

    Léa Kyle's performance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us is mystifying. As a YouTube commenter said, "If you slow it down to 0.25x, you can actually see that I have… Read the rest of the article: Watch this fantastic "quick change" magic act

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:54 am Wed, Aug 26, 2020
    Russia just declassified this film of the world's largest nuclear bomb

    On October 30, 1961, the USSR detonated RDS-220, aka the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested. The hydrogen bomb blast yielded the explosive force of around 50… Read the rest of the article: Russia just declassified this film of the world's largest nuclear bomb

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:27 am Wed, Aug 26, 2020
    Optimizing a peanut butter and banana sandwich using machine learning and computer vision

    Ethan Rosenthal is "particularly fond of peanut butter and banana sandwiches." As a data scientist, he wondered if he could "maximize the packing fraction of the banana slices," the amount of banana… Read the rest of the article: Optimizing a peanut butter and banana sandwich using machine learning and computer vision

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:38 am Wed, Aug 26, 2020
    Luxury resort turns magnificent pool into fish farm to make ends meet

    The massive swimming pool at the Aveda Resort and Spa in Kumarakom, Kerala, India is busy with guests these days. The resort is still closed due to COVID-19 and the swimmers… Read the rest of the article: Luxury resort turns magnificent pool into fish farm to make ends meet

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:18 am Wed, Aug 26, 2020
    Watch man at supermarket "hunt" for groceries with bow and arrow

    For one week in 1992, video and performance artist Christian Jankowski visited supermarkets to hunt down his groceries with a bow and arrow. From the description of "Die Jagd /… Read the rest of the article: Watch man at supermarket "hunt" for groceries with bow and arrow

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  • David Pescovitz
    7:08 am Wed, Aug 26, 2020
    Man plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" on a toy piano at truly astounding speed

    "This is sports rather than music," says Hayato Sumino (aka Cateen). From the video description: BPM160: Easy BPM190: OK, I can play BPM220: My fingers will cramp… BPM250: I don't… Read the rest of the article: Man plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" on a toy piano at truly astounding speed

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:54 am Tue, Aug 25, 2020
    Perry Farrell on Survival Research Labs and Psi Com

    Since the 1980s, happy mutant Perry Farrell, now 60, has been waving his freak flag high as the radically creative frontman for Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, and, before all… Read the rest of the article: Perry Farrell on Survival Research Labs and Psi Com

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:19 am Tue, Aug 25, 2020
    What's inside this mysterious safe dropped in a farmer's field?

    This rusty safe turned up on the edge of farmer Kirk Mathes's field in Barre, New York. Apparently a note pasted to the safe said the contents belong to whoever… Read the rest of the article: What's inside this mysterious safe dropped in a farmer's field?

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:56 am Tue, Aug 25, 2020
    An appreciation for the animated food in Studio Ghibli films

    "Anime food is an escape for a lot of people. It has a very soothing effect," says Christina Song, curator of the anime feed Instagram @anime_food. Indeed, food is treated… Read the rest of the article: An appreciation for the animated food in Studio Ghibli films

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  • David Pescovitz
    8:05 am Tue, Aug 25, 2020
    Listen: Descendants of enslaver and enslaved person invite their ancestors to an imaginary dinner party

    BLK SHP is a conspiracy of radically creative folks—successful entrepreneurs, authors, emerging artists, philanthropists, freaks, designers, musicians, social activists—working collaboratively on initiatives to make the world a better place. On… Read the rest of the article: Listen: Descendants of enslaver and enslaved person invite their ancestors to an imaginary dinner party

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  • David Pescovitz
    1:09 pm Mon, Aug 24, 2020
    Dead woman not dead

    Yesterday in Southfield, Michigan, the parents of a 20-year-old woman found their daughter at home in cardiac arrest. They called 911 and paramedics performed CPR and attempted to save her… Read the rest of the article: Dead woman not dead

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  • David Pescovitz
    12:23 pm Mon, Aug 24, 2020
    Mycologist Merlin Sheldrake and the megascience of mushrooms

    Biologist Merlin Sheldrake is an evangelist for the "neglected megascience" of mycology, the study of fungi and all the wonder within them. According to Sheldrake, fungi are the future—containing clues… Read the rest of the article: Mycologist Merlin Sheldrake and the megascience of mushrooms

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:19 am Mon, Aug 24, 2020
    Soundgarden's Chris Cornell: biopic now in production

    Black Days is a forthcoming biopic about Chris Cornell, the lead singer of seminal Seattle band Soundgarden who died of suicide in 2017. Cornell was an incredible talent, as evidenced… Read the rest of the article: Soundgarden's Chris Cornell: biopic now in production

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  • David Pescovitz
    11:01 am Mon, Aug 24, 2020
    The first 3D animations of a human face are wonderfully creepy

    While a graduate student at the University of Utah in the early 1970s, computer graphics pioneer Frederic Parke created some of the first 3D models of human faces. The research… Read the rest of the article: The first 3D animations of a human face are wonderfully creepy

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  • David Pescovitz
    10:32 am Mon, Aug 24, 2020
    Incredibly realistic embroidered food

    Japanese artist Ipnot creates incredibly realistic fabric food and other items using embroidery techniques.

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  • David Pescovitz
    9:34 pm Sun, Aug 23, 2020
    Kellyanne Conway quitting the White House; George Conway quitting The Lincoln Project

    Top Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway announced tonight that she's leaving the White House at the end of the month. Minutes earlier, her husband George Conway tweeted that he's departing from… Read the rest of the article: Kellyanne Conway quitting the White House; George Conway quitting The Lincoln Project

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