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A Fascinating Cut Paper Animation Describing the Unexpected Discovery of a Living Fossil Fish in 1938
In December 1938, South African museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was curiously sifting through a fisherman’s haul for the day when she spotted one particular fish…
An Ingenious 3D Printed Device That Acts Like a Sponge to Soak Up Excess Chemotherapy Side Effects
Researchers at the Balsara School at the University of California, Berkeley and Dr. Steven Hetts of the University of California, San Francisco Radiology Department, have…
Thanos Disappears ‘The Simpsons’ in a Couch Gag
After thinning out the Marvel Cinematic Universe herd a bit in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, a rather entitled Thanos made his way over to The…
Jonathan Mann Releases an Album of His 10 Best Song-A-Day Original Songs From the Past 10 Years
Jonathan Mann, the infamous “Song-a-Day Man”, has been writing a song everyday for ten years now and to celebrate, he’s releasing his first album. The…
A Short History of the Long Necked Theorbo Lute
Musician Elizabeth Kenny of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment played a beautiful Baroque era song on a Theorbo, which she explained is a…
A Quirky Book About Crafting With Cat Hair
Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya and translated from Japanese by Amy Hirschman is an instruction book that shows how to make fun items…
Concerned Shiba Inu Dog Comforts a Crying Baby
While sitting in the nursery, a really alert Shiba Inu immediately jumped to attention when the tiny baby in the rocking cradle began crying.
The Crew of ‘The Muppet Show’ Hilariously Perform as Themselves Without Any Muppets in a 1976 Episode
The crew from The Muppet Show put on the show as themselves without any muppets in at the end of the first season in 1976.
A Visit Inside Artist Doug Meyer’s Fantastically Colorful One Bedroom New York City Apartment
Design editor Wendy Goodman of the New York Magazine series The Cut visited artist Doug Meyer at his Chelsea, New York City one bedroom apartment.…
How the Use of Triangles in Video Game Design Lowers Computational Burden During the Rendering Process
In a triune essay for Vox, developer Cleo Abram explains how triangles are at the root of the beautiful amount of detail in video games.…