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http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/6/58/58006/1359854390-0.jpg Popular wisdom holds that American attention spans have diminished over the past few decades. But cultural critic Terry Teachout thinks that’s just fine: The latest alleged trend to set the world in a tizzy is the Crisis of Shorter … Continue reading →

http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif Can you believe something this beautiful happens 182 days a year? This is an edited, single-shot (not time-lapse) video of the moon rising over Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand two days ago. It was filmed by Australian … Continue reading →

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/7611157/IMG_2946_large.jpg Earlier this month, Aeroscraft — a 36,000-pound airship prototype — successfully lifted off for the first time at its California hangar. Funded by DARPA, NASA, and the US Department of Defense, the 230-foot long lighter-than-air vehicle’s frame is made … Continue reading →

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/Lykov-family-cabin-Lost-in-the-Taiga-500×363.jpg Lykov homestead. photo via Smithsonian Magazine In 1978, Russian geologists surveying for minerals in Siberia stumbled upon a family of five that had been living in isolation for more than 40 years. Karp Lykov, the family’s patriarch, had led … Continue reading →

http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png (Phys.org)—Researchers employing a century-old observational technique have determined the precise configuration of humulones, substances derived from hops that give beer its distinctive flavor. via Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories http://phys.org/news/2013-01-beer-bitter-compounds-brew-medicines.html

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/laughingsquid?d=yIl2AUoC8zA “Eyes on the Stars” is an animated short by StoryCorps about NASA Challenger astronaut and physicist Ronald E. McNair. His brother Carl tells Ronald’s story of when he was a boy and was inspired by the racially integrated series, … Continue reading →

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/drug_Monster-660×509.jpg The names of the most fearsome monsters from classic Dungeons & Dragons can sound an awful lot like prescription drugs used to treat foot fungus or gastroesophageal reflux disease. via Wired: GeekDad http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/drug-or-dd-monster/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredgeekdad+%28Wired%3A+Blog+-+GeekDad%29

http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/852/57/57852/1359379651-0.jpg The dragon jackalope, depicted here by Hontor, is about ten times larger than a regular jackalope. It can fly, has an armored skin and is noted for a tendency to collect treasure that it cannot use. But the dragon … Continue reading →

http://mlkshk.com/r/NJ1F The thing about John Cassaday was that you could just throw anything at him, and it’d work.  So I did, and it did. The overall concept for the PLANETARY covers was that, every issue, the book would simply look … Continue reading →

http://kk.org/cooltools/files/2012/12/061-zeppelin-knot1-e1356669321991.jpg For some reason this amazingly useful knot has been forgotten. Like many knots, it is stronger than a square knot, but it is unique in that it can always be untied easily, even after it has been loaded heavily. … Continue reading →