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A Nightmarish Tickle Me Elmo With Its Fur Removed
Ever wondered what #ticklemeElmo looks like without fur ? #tinkering #takeapart @SciTechMuseum #summercamp #mymuseum2017 pic.twitter.com/w6sPwQfnJh — #ScienceMobile (@ScienceMobileEN) April 12, 2017 Exploratek_Cat did some tinkering…
A Startled Red Panda Rears Up on His Hind Legs In an Adorable Attempt to Intimidate a Large Rock
????????????#?????????? #???? #??????? pic.twitter.com/tkrJZmKXLY — ????? (@pro824824824) September 3, 2016 In 2016, a little red panda named JaJa exited his keep at Central Park Safari…
3D Printed Planets of the Solar System in a Bottle
We previously wrote about George Ioannidis of Little Planet Factory and his wonderful line of high resolution miniature planets, moons and solar systems. Since then…
The Graceful But Deadly Beauty of Stinging Jellyfish Captured on a Live Video Stream
For their Open Sea exhibit, the Monterey Bay Aquarium set up a live video stream to capture the gracefully ethereal beauty of the sea nettle,…
Vox Editor Shares His Experience of Giving His Kidney to a Stranger Through Non-Directed Donation
Vox editor Dylan Matthews shared his personal account about donating one of his kidneys through a non-directed living kidney donors program. His donated kidney would…
Google AutoDraw, A Web Based Tool That Quickly Turns Crude Sketches Into Finished Illustrations
Google Creative Lab has introduced AutoDraw, a free web based drawing tool that uses machine learning to quickly analyze crude sketches/doodles and suggest possible matches…
How Domestic Dogs and Cats Came to Have Such a Long History With Humans
In “Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship“, host Dr. Joe Hanson of It’s Okay To Be Smart explained the origins of the very long history…
Dialect Coach Explains the Structure of Six Fictional Languages Constructed for Film and Television
Master dialect coach Erik Singer took a detailed look at the origins and structure of six fictional languages that were solely constructed for film, television…
Dedicated Florida Dairy Farmer Serenades His Beloved Cows With Live Jazz on His Trombone
Great Big Story traveled to Live Oak, Florida to visit with Shenandoah Dairy farmer Ed Henderson who, as part of his daily duties, serenades his…
Why Simon (Steven Ogg) From The Walking Dead Looks So Familiar
Looper sheds some light on why Steven Ogg, the actor currently playing Negan‘s deadly second in command Simon in The Walking Dead, looks so familiar.…