In 2012, we wrote about Horizons, a steel sculpture by artist Neil Dawson that looks like a floating piece of paper sitting on top of a New Zealand hillside. More recently, vlogger Tom Scott adventured up said hillside on Gibbs Farm. This Kaipara Harbour location hosts a number of large artistic installations from a remarkable…
Fascinating NASA Study on How Space Affects Health Using Data From Astronaut Twins Mark and Scott Kelly
Wired senior writer Robbie Gonzalez had the amazing opportunity to speak with Dr. Francine Garrett-Bakelman who worked on “The NASA Twins Study”. This study took advantage of very rare situation in which twin brothers Mark Kelly and Scott Kelly who also happen to be astronauts. Mark had retired when his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords…
Bewildered Dog Has No Idea What to Do After He Finally Catches His Elusive Tail
My friend’s dog, Max, finally caught its tail, and then didn’t know what to do with itself anymore. pic.twitter.com/Cl2HOZimW0 — Satellite Man Law Man (@omw2innisfree) April 19, 2019 A very silly dog named Max finally caught his tail after chasing it without success. Once said tail was caught, however, Max had no idea what to…
Negativland Warns About Data Privacy in a Dystopian Music Video for the Spoken Word Song ‘More Data’
A rather dystopian video by Ryan Worsley for the Negativland spoken word song “More Data”, warns of data privacy violations within a surveillance state. The lyrics also address the origins of how we got here in the first place. When did online life become a non-stop Turing test? And when did humans become the ones…
Cat Saving Up to Get Other Tattoo Sleeve Done
This cat is going to look really rad when they have enough money to get their other tattoo sleeve done. via Miss Cellania
Freddie Mercury Illustrated as Comic Book Covers
The talented Brazilian artist Butcher Billy (previously) imagined the late, great Freddie Mercury as comic book characters that are featured on the front cover. This illustrated series, quite aptly entitled “Planet Mercury Comics”, features Mercury’s chiseled jawline along lyrics and song titles from Queen. Prints and t-shirts are available through Butcher Billy’s online store. Planet…
An Industrious Mouse Tidies Up a Retired Electrician’s Tool Shed Each Night
Retired electrician Stephen McKears of Gloucestershire, England was puzzled to find the small metal items in his tool shed had been oddly yet neatly arranged with no clues left to explain how they got that way. After a few weeks of this puzzling mystery, McKears and a neighbor decided to first make a mess and…
Courageous Cat Faces Off Against Oncoming Train
An adorable tuxedo cat sat bravely on the bridge to face off against an oncoming garden train. The fearless feline showed as much resistance as possible but wound up jumping out of the way just in time. This is the third video of a really cute series featuring kitties and trains. The first two feature…