Linotype machines are awesome
Last night, my husband and I went to the Minnesota State Fair and stumbled upon a demonstration of a linotype machine, a semi-automated, mechanical printing system that was used by newspapers and...
View ArticleMassive canyon hidden below Greenland's ice
Scientists using radio waves to estimate the thickness of the ice sheet that covers Greenland found a canyon — more than 2600 feet deep and almost 500 miles long — buried under the ice. Longer than the...
View ArticleGet your tickets of the Festival of Bad Ad-Hoc Hypotheses
"The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!) is a celebration of well-argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect evolutionary theory" — in other words, it's a festival dedicated to the...
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Amazing snail facts
This snail's shell is not green. Instead, the shell is semi-transparent. It's the snail that's green. Thanks, Nick Crumpton!
View ArticleWhy letting a pregnant woman's heart stop could save both her and her baby
I've been describing this Slate piece as the most awesome thing I really should not have read at 38 weeks pregnant. For decades, doctors thought that a pregnant woman whose heart stopped had pretty...
View ArticleNASA has a plan to just tow an asteroid around space like it's an old car
The crazy part about NASA's Asteroid Initiative isn't so much the part where we land human beings on an asteroid. That's cool and all, sure. But the bit that precedes it is actually a little bit more...
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Your brain is all squishy: An anatomical demonstration
This video was made by the University of Utah Brain Institute to teach medical students about what a brain looks and feels like before it gets preserved in formalin and takes on the texture of a hard...
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Awesome! "Epic" is declining in use (except at CNN)
Good news! The most overused word of 2013 is clearly in decline. Epic became synonymous with dudebro culture thanks to web phenomena like Epic Meal Time and epic fail, leading marketers to pounce on...
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Cat ballet, 1970s-style
I find to my amazement that we haven't posted the legendary Ballet Zoom Cats, spotted doing the viral rounds again lately. Consider the omission rectified! This is, for the record, the second-best cat...
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My sister made a Chewbacca piñata costume
A few weeks ago my good friend John Park created a video demonstration of how to hack the famous Happy Chewbacca mask to trigger your very own audio files. And when my sister Christina told me she was...
View ArticleNothing is worse than "abysmal" and nothing is better than "incredible"
YouGov surveyed Britons to learn how positively or negatively they responded to 24 different words used to indicate levels of goodness or badness. "Fantastic," "superb," "brilliant," and "incredible"...
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Freddie Mercury chocolate cake
IT'S PERFECT. Full image below, click for large size. Christine McConnell wins cake porn internet with this incredible creation: A Freddie Mercury chocolate cake, to honor the singer of 'Queen'. Here's...
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Puppy still figuring out her wee little dog barking voice (SOUND ON!)
You will definitely want to unmute this one. And be prepared to freak out your dogs. “I’m getting bigger and finding my voice,” says @penelopefauxfrenchie. She's a French Bulldog, or a Frenchie. OK,...
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Holiday carols, one-handed guitar, stump duct tape pick
“I was born without my right hand and play guitar with a duct tape pick I made,” says IMGURian abshow. “I play drums too!” Here is the ABShow YouTube channel. This is a clip of my drum cover of...
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Very Good Boy (tap tap tap)
This may be a potty dance, but it's the most adorable potty dance ever. This is a very good dog. Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap (fixed) And here's a more upstream original version, no cropping. Good boy...
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God of Hammers cosplay with LED eyes (don't try this!)
If you were at the Emerald City Comic-Con this weekend in Seattle, you may have seen this amazing cosplay in person. Lucky you. Holy crap, this is some serious dedication or bonkers-ness. Maybe both....
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BIGTIME TOMMIE, an Instagram of pure greatness
I want to thank @mikejonesfl for bringing BIGTIME TOMMIE into my life. He's right, this is the best Instagram. Let's take a look at BIGTIME TOMMIE's Instagram bio. REALITY TV STAR CARFELLAS,...
View ArticlePortland's Unipiper plays Star Wars theme on 2 flaming bagpipes
Unmute the video below. You need this, in all its glory. Brian Kidd, aka the Unipiper, has been featured before here on Boing Boing. He's internet-famous and locally renowned in Portland for for...
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Ever seen a cicada hatch?
Scroll down, now you have! This is amazing. Ever seen a cicada hatch, I'm 37 yrs old 1st time for me. All photos and video by IMGURian D28martin.
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DIY: Feral cat Shelters from coolers
Oh, I am seriously here for this DIY-maker-recycling project that's all about giving street kitties safe homes. Wow this is cool. Making feral cat shelters from an old cooler. Says IMGURian...
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Students build pyramid from 27,434 toilet paper rolls (VIDEO)
A group of high school students in Michigan made good use of their holiday break: they built a toilet paper pyramid. The students belong to a 20-member robotics team, and they plan to sell the...
View ArticleWATCH: shockwave in a tunnel
"Fire in the hole!" shouts an engineer as a detonator sparks. A second later, the shockwave and the thunder--a close shave with the last sight some people ever saw. The video apparently depicts work...
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Bass To The Future: DIY time machine bass guitar
Flux Capacitor fluxing! This 'Back to the Future' themed time machine bass by DONER DESIGNS was auctioned to raise funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, and sold to Arend...
View ArticleJust a ninja master practicing nunchucks
He's awesome. @Natedawg the real og is on TikTok. In addition to being a total ninja martial arts nunchuk master, Natedawg also has Down's Syndrome (also known as Down Syndrome). Being different...
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South Carolina gentleman is backyard ninja [VIDEO]
"Paul Hinton (aka Banjo757) showing off his back yard ninja skills. Paul has been studying martial arts weaponry for almost forty years. He often mixes his martial arts with a little comedy, enjoy!"...
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Tinker the Robot (1966)
Tinker the Robot was created by David Weston in 1966. Weston, an inventor, could control the Robot's actions from a control panel in his garage. The robot had a 200 meter range of motion and contained...
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Watch Philip Bull ride a unicycle, sing, and hoola hoop all at once
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Avid Pro Tools (@avid.protools) Philip Bull is a dude of many talents. He has an instagram page where he posts videos of himself performing acts that...
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I love this animated music video for Deerhoof's "And the Moon Laughs"
I love this animated music video for Deerhoof's song "And the Moon Laughs". This absurdly fun animation was created by Nespy5Euro. There's a great experimental, stream-of-thought feel to the...
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Giant egg sculptures you can visit
Here's an awesome Atlas Obscura list of where you can hang out with giant eggs. Standing next to these larger-than-life sculptures will make you feel like a wee baby chick. If you want to visit the...
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Venera Kazarova created a stop motion of a fabulous costume with an...
Venera Kazarova created a stop motion of a fabulous costume with an arrow-in-heart theme. I love how this video combines costume, sculpture, and stop-motion to achieve the final result. It seems there...
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