BrookynTwang sez, "Check out this video for the Large Hadron Rap, by far the greatest physics rap of all time. The flow is halfway decent, and it accurately covers a… Read the rest of the article: Large Hadron Rap, best supercollider rap ever

David Rees's Get Your War On — absolutely my favorite political comic — has been animated by 23/6, and it's an incredibly successful adaptation, keeping the low-fi look and feel… Read the rest of the article: Get Your War On, the animated series

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we wondered at new MacBook features, loved on Dell's Studio Hybrid mini PC, and listened to a HP support horror story for the ages. Joel… Read the rest of the article: Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets

NASA confirms, beyond any earthly doubt, that water really really really does exist on Mars. Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The… Read the rest of the article: NASA: "We have water" on Mars.

A retrospective art exhibition featuring art from BLAB! is opening tomorrow, August 1, at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan,… Read the rest of the article: BLAB! retrospective art exhibition

The Ridemaster Pro is a £40,000 rocking horse. Sold by Racewood Simulators, the Ridemaster Pro is equipped with sensors, mechanics, and a display for virtual outdoor rides. From The Telegraph:… Read the rest of the article: Horseback riding simulator

I went to Machine Project's fruit jam last year and it was a blast. Sunday August 3rd from 12-3pm brings the return of our favorite summer ritual, jam making with… Read the rest of the article: Public Fruit Jam at Machine Project in LA, August 3

Here's a 1969 video of Smith (with lead singer Gayle McCormick) performing a great version of The Shirelles' 1961 hit "Baby It's You." (The Beatles did it in 1963). (via… Read the rest of the article: Smith: "Baby It's You" (1969)

In 1990, Rosalind Williams, MIT professor of history of science and technology, published a book titled Notes on the Underground: An Essay on Technology, Society, and the Imagination. The book… Read the rest of the article: Rosalind Williams: Notes on the Underground

Loren says: "The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that their former MNDoT emergency response executive, who was fired for hanging out with her boyfriend in NYC instead of coming back to… Read the rest of the article: Fired emergency response exec now at Homeland Security

Jasmina Tešanović: Dragan Dabic Defeats Radovan KaradzicBelgrade: July 29, 2008 photo: Bruce Sterling Despite wise warnings from the American embassy to avoid all large, possibly violent Serbian demonstrations, I was… Read the rest of the article: Jasmina Tešanović: Dragan Dabic Defeats Radovan Karadzic

Annelle of Big Think says: We recently interviewed Columbia professor of environmental health sciences and microbiology Dickson Despommier, the pioneering researcher responsible for bringing national attention to the idea of… Read the rest of the article: Interview with Dickson Despommier, vertical farming advocate

Klaus Pierre, a French/German actor-waiter-whatever, aspires against all odds to become America's next great action hero. In today's episode, he attempts to conquer the greatest challenge ever — his first… Read the rest of the article: BBtv – Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America: Big Party

This image (three combined frames) shows the last total solar eclipse, March 29, 2006. The next one takes place tomorrow. The Exploratorium will Webcast the event live from China. From… Read the rest of the article: Total solar eclipse tomorrow

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona in Spain is now hosting the first museum exhibition devoted to the incredible writer JG Ballard, author of such works as Crash, Empire… Read the rest of the article: JG Ballard exhibition in Barcelona

This tiny alien in a jar is on display in the lobby of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. (Click image to see the full picture.) OK, it's not really an… Read the rest of the article: Monkey from Mars?

I enjoyed the video, "Why America is Fucked," billed as "the expletive-filled new teaser from the upcoming Draplin Project," which is a documentary about genius graphic designer Aaron James Draplin.… Read the rest of the article: Why America is F'cked: funny but true video about graphic design

Here's a three-minute youtube of two guys in zombie outfits reciting haiku (about zombiism) and blowing artistic sax notes — while, in the background, zombie apocalypse unfolds. Thank you, zombie… Read the rest of the article: Zombies reciting haiku

Watch-Cufflinks is the webstore for Etsy seller Edmdesigns, whose work I've featured here before. There's some really lovely stuff here — I'm partial to this wingéd watch movement badge. Makes… Read the rest of the article: Steampunk watch-movement jewelry and accessories

The Guardian's just published my latest column, "Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry" about the insanity of the latest record-company salvo in the copyright wars, a cozy… Read the rest of the article: UK's ISP-record industry deal won't stop infringement, but will make it harder for the record industry to cash in