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Don’t Panic: Earth’s Atmosphere is Escaping [Video]
Okay, so, don't freak out or anything, but Earth's atmosphere is escaping. Ridiculously slowly, I should say, and there's no concern that it'll happen at any point soon. We're talking billions of years before it's gone. MinuteEarth breaks...Show More Summary
Is this the best song from this year's Eurovision Song Contest?
The battle of the bands, featuring acts from Ireland to Israel, is underway as we speak. Our Europe Correspondent Leigh Alexander will be filing a report, but not until she's had a bit of a lie down afterward.
Men Throwing Rocks With Their Non-Pitching Arm. [Video]
Isn’t it weird when you see guys throwing things with the hand they’re not used to pitch in? Looks so ghey. – Via I Have Seen The Whole Of The Internet.
Sky Whale
It's a bird... it's a plane... it's... SKYWHALE! The flying cetacean
is a wonderful hot air balloon by sculptor and artist Patricia
Piccinini. View more over at the Sky Whale's official website: Link
Geekolinks: 5/18
Today in Geekolinks: In defense of Justin Bieber, 7 reasons to love Craig Ferguson, and fishing derby insists on lie detector tests for winner.
Associated Press quietly nukes its dumber-than-dumb DRM-for-news system
Do you remember the Associated Press's 2009 announcement that they had discovered a magic-beans technology that would let them stop people from quoting the news unless they paid for license fees (for quotes as short as 12 words, yet!)? Didn't work. Since the launch... we heard absolutely nothing about NewsRight. There was a launch, with [...]
Cat Loves Ice Cream
(YouTube link) Woe unto the man who comes between Korra and her ice cream cone! That man is Mike Reeves, who finally just gave up. Good move. Korra like potato chips, too. I see a weight problem in the future. -via Laughing Squid
Google Media Player FCC Filing Includes Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Reference, Gets Our Hopes Up
We don't know a lot about the Google-built media player, other than the fact that Google made it, and it's a media player, but the device's FCC filing does reveal one interesting tidbit: The model number is H2G2-42. Yeah, you're not seeing things, it's absolutely a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Show More Summary
Nowtoo Sugi lives in Japan and likes to relax by creating...
Nowtoo Sugi lives in Japan and likes to relax by creating awesome and unusually colourful works of latte art. It’s a truly delicious and delightful hobby.
Starting this past February, Sugi began using colored bartender syrups to, as the hobby artist says, “paint” on coffee. Show More Summary
Hey! Fatface! Watch This ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES Teaser
A message from the News Team.
It’s time for another awesome visit to the Department of...
It’s time for another awesome visit to the Department of Unexpected Interspecies Friendship. Back in April 2011 a Canada goose decided to nest in an urn at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, NY. Canada geese are monogamous animals who usually mate for life, but somehow this goose had lost her gander. Show More Summary
A Guide To Classical Composers
[Insert joke about the decline or civilization here] A Guide To Classical Composers is a post from: The Inquisitr A Guide To Classical Composers is a post from: The Inquisitr
Game Of Foams
There’s a beast in every man … and it stirs when you put a foam in his hand. [original] Game Of Foams is a post from: The Inquisitr Game Of Foams is a post from: The Inquisitr
Existential Emergency Phone
Questioning your existence? Doubting the reality of transcendent meaning? Randy Sarafan has designed a phone for your needs: The way that it works is that when you pick up the handset, the telephone makes a call using a custom cellular module to a list of predefined phone numbers. Show More Summary
Obama, Flip-Flopper In Chief
When will the lies stop?! Obama, Flip-Flopper In Chief is a post from: The Inquisitr Obama, Flip-Flopper In Chief is a post from: The Inquisitr
Valve Releases Entirely Community-Made Team Fortress 2 Update
If you haven't played Team Fortress 2, you should really go do that. The team-based shooter video game's found a kind of longevity that publishers and developers that aren't Valve dream about. TF2's received numerous updates over the years, dropped to being a free-to-play game, and even added a third faction of robotic enemies. Show More Summary
Cat Sunglasses
Cat Sunglasses Summer is almost here. Are you a cool cat in need of a new pair of shades? Feast your eyes on the Cat Sunglasses from the NeatoShop. This great pair of party glasses is really the cat's meow. Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more great Eyewear. Link
Pool Water Contains More Poop Than You'd Think
A group of researchers from the CDC sampled water from 161 public and private pools and water parks in Atlanta and found that half of them were contaminated with e. coli, which comes from -you guessed it- poop. The study, published in...Show More Summary
Sun Continues Impressive Activity, Tosses Coronal Mass Ejections at Earth
If you weren't already aware, the Sun's been seeing a whole lot of action of late. Like, it's still being the Sun, but it's also putting out incredible X-class solar flares, complete with coronal mass ejections. The latter doesn't necessarily require the former, though, and that's where we find ourselves at currently. Show More Summary
Yuck: A 4th Grader's Short Documentary About School Lunch
(vimeo link) A child's personal project turned into a documentary Yuck: A 4th Grader's Short Documentary About School Lunch. The film is 19 minutes long and has won several film festival awards. The trailers here are just short clips, but you can find a schedule of screenings at the film site. Show More Summary
- Wars Characters Eat Their Food
- Charles Ramsey
- International Space Station
- David Bowie's Space Oddity
- One World Trade Center
- Syrian Electronic Army
- Commander Chris Hadfield
- Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs
- Star Wars Weekends
- RoboCop Statue
- Hong Kong
- The Great Gatsby
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Abrams Star Trek
- Random Access Memories
- David Foster Wallace
- Arrested Development Season
- Game of Thrones
- Bluth's Original Frozen Banana
