UC Santa Cruz researchers are developing a program that color codes phrases in Wikipedia according to "reliability" based on the the "reputation" of the writer. The software calculates a Wikipedian's… Read the rest of the article: Coloring Wikipedia entries by "reputation"

Seen here, detail of an incredibly strange Renaissance painting inside the Church of San Pietro located in Montalcino, Italy. Painted by the artist Bonaventura Salimbeni (1567-16130), the artwork, titled "Glorification… Read the rest of the article: Save a Renaissance science fiction painting and church

Seen here is a section of the world's largest hand-woven rug. Unveiled this week in Tehran, the soccer field-sized carpet was woven for the massive Sheikh Zayed mosque under construction… Read the rest of the article: World's biggest handmade rug

Biologists have genetically engineered jellyfish to have up to 12 heads. (Seen here is dual-headed specimen.) To alter the organisms so dramatically, the scientists from the Hanover University of Veterinary… Read the rest of the article: Jellyfish engineered with 12 heads

Lyn Jeffery, my colleague at Institute for the Future, says: "My old grad school buddy Steve Kurzman is blogging about the process of getting a new prosthetic leg. He details… Read the rest of the article: Prosthetic leg blog

I dig this "Painkiller Polo" designed by Thomas Han for Kidrobot. "Bright white pills printed with a soft plastisol ink on a 100% cotton polo!" This is the "Nighttime" colorway.… Read the rest of the article: Pill-popper polo

New research from New York University suggests that a combination of three different mental processes our brains use to decode words determine how fast we read. One of the processes,… Read the rest of the article: Science of speed reading

Atsushi Tomura is an expert craftsman of Japanese kigurumi, animal and monster costumes worn by entertainers at malls, amusement parks, and other locations. His incredible creations look like a Jim… Read the rest of the article: Kigurumi: Japanese monster costumes

Turns out that Johnny Ryan — creator of the amazingly absurd and fantastically offensive Angry Youth Comix that tosses political correctness right into a filthy toilet — is also a… Read the rest of the article: Johnny Ryan's Nick Magazine gags

A bomb-squad recently blew up a "suspicious looking box" mounted to a tree near the Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Roanoke, Virgina. Turned out that the "bomb" was actually an amateur… Read the rest of the article: Weather station mistaken for bomb

Spurred by the recent news about drunk astronauts, New Scientist has a "short but frothy history" of alcohol in space. Along with mentions of Buzz Aldrin's taking of communion on… Read the rest of the article: Beer in space

The Neurophilosophy blog has a concise and interesting history of the lobotomy. First performed on people in the 1890s, it involves destroying parts of the brain or, at least, slicing… Read the rest of the article: History of the lobotomy

There have been sex worker 'zines in the United States, but Red Light Despatch is a new prostitution monthly published in Mumbai, India. Edited by sex workers, health officials, and… Read the rest of the article: Magazine for Indian prostitutes

Japanese firm Rocket Craft creates custom stuffed fabric models of cars, motorcycles, and even engines. From Daddy Types: Rocket Craft's crafts are not just off-the-shelf; they're faithful re-creations of your… Read the rest of the article: Plushie vehicles and auto parts

Weirdomatic posted a fine selection of creepy, interesting, and real vintage advertisements. Their server took a hit, so they kindly moved the post to Blogspot for our continued viewing pleasure.… Read the rest of the article: Weirdomatic's collection of odd vintage ads

MIT grad students are designing a system to convert the mechanical energy of people movingh around a building into electricity. Designed for a railways system, Tad Jusczyk and James Graham's… Read the rest of the article: Crowd Farm to collect energy

Odile Crick, the artist who in 1953 first sketched the double helix of DNA, died earlier this month. She was 86. Odile Crick was the wife of Francis Crick who,… Read the rest of the article: Odile Crick, DNA illustrator (RIP)

This fake toe, dated between 1069 and 664 BCE, is likely the first practical prosthetic. The toe, which articulates, is still attached to a mummy currently on display at the… Read the rest of the article: Oldest prosthetic

Audrey Kawasaki, one of my favorite living painters, posted on her blog about a provocative artist I wasn't familiar with: Vania Zouravliov. The image above is a detail view; click… Read the rest of the article: Vania Zouravliov's illustration

This gallery of mostly-Polish vintage movie posters, many for American-made films, is absolutely amazing. At left, "The Golem" (1979). At right, "A Coeur Jole" (1967). Link (via Drawn!) UPDATE: BB… Read the rest of the article: Incredible Polish movie posters