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"They look as if they were taken on another planet, or at least on the set of a new and very expensive science fiction movie. Yet these pictures are of the Fly Geyser which is very much of planet earth."
posted by Splunge at 11:30 PM PST - 27 comments

Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital now has medicinal meerkats.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 11:11 PM PST - 44 comments

STORIES WE MAKE UP ABOUT OUR CATS
posted by The Whelk at 10:16 PM PST - 61 comments

[M.F.K. Fisher's] "How to Cook a Wolf" reads like an issue of Lady's Home Journal, if the editorial staff were taken over by a philosopher with an empty stomach, a slightly tipsy poet and your mischievous, foxy grandmother who once kept many lovers. (related) [more inside]
posted by Trurl at 9:41 PM PST - 19 comments

"Somehow, we all end up in the same place, chasing the same trends while drinking the same drink while staring at the same app on the same phone." Jonah Lehrer (previously 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) looks at the drive for distinctiveness via a recently published study [PDF] by Jonah Berger and Baba Shiv. "The point is that our most essential desires are weirdly intertwined, which is why it’s interesting that making people think about distinctiveness has such a big impact on how badly they crave food."
posted by cashman at 7:58 PM PST - 26 comments

Meyer paid without leaving Liss any gratuity. He then took his rudeness a step further, by writing at the bottom of his bill, "P.S. You could stand to loose [sic] a few pounds." Understandably hurt, Liss did what anyone would do in this day and age: She took her anger to her computer. She posted a photo of Meyer’s receipt onto her Facebook page and wrote underneath it, "[T]he best part is he was dressed like that gay kid on Glee. Yuppie scum!" [more inside]
posted by 445supermag at 7:13 PM PST - 123 comments

The Invisible Fastball. "Six decades ago, a minor league pitcher accomplished something we'll never see again." (Single page version)
posted by zarq at 6:53 PM PST - 14 comments

Now available for online viewing: the first episode of the new webseries by Felicia Day and her production company Knights Of Good, in association with Bioware -- Dragon Age: Redemption.
posted by hippybear at 5:46 PM PST - 38 comments

Whale Fall (after life of a whale). A video compliment to Radiolab's 'Loops' episode. [Via]
posted by homunculus at 1:28 PM PST - 18 comments

Take 36 mobile phone camera modules and put them in this and throw it in the air and you get this. Action video of Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera (seen at the top of the page). [more inside]
posted by cjorgensen at 1:09 PM PST - 39 comments

Another mind numbing tumblr blog- shit siri says. Apparently Apple Purposely Gave Siri Some Attitude. Here is a cnet demo of siri on youtube.
posted by TheBones at 12:37 PM PST - 77 comments

Underwater methane seeps may host ecosystem that nourishes shark eggs. It has been understood for some time that deep water methane seeps nourish bacteria far from the reach of photosynthesis. As part of the food chain worms and clams eat the same bacteria far from the reach of photosynthesis. Now, underwater photos from two locations on the globe show fertilized shark, ray, and skate eggs nestled in the worms nourished from the bacteria far from the reach of photosynthesis. [more inside]
posted by pandabearjohnson at 11:51 AM PST - 18 comments

It's all 'Moneyball' Now
"You didn’t have to spend the day dancing around the drum circle in Zuccotti Park to see Game 5 of the Yankees-Tigers division series in New York — with its constant cutaways to those slick-suited men hunched over their BlackBerrys in the Legends Suites — as more than just a baseball game."
posted by mecran01 at 10:02 AM PST - 28 comments

Jay Smooth's, Gotnosensitive: What 'Sensitivity' Really Means (previously) [more inside]
posted by Blasdelb at 8:45 AM PST - 62 comments

The tribesman who Facebook friended me
posted by T.D. Strange at 8:35 AM PST - 42 comments

French artist Bernard Pras arranges objects to look like images of other things when viewed from afar. For example, he’s recreated Hyacinthe Rigaud’s portrait of Louis XIV using toilet paper and junk food. You can view his portfolio by clicking on the galerie link on his website.
posted by Jasper Friendly Bear at 7:51 AM PST - 9 comments

Taksim Trio is a super-group from Istanbul composed of Hüsnü Senlendirici, one of the greatest clarinet players alive, Aytac Dogan on qanun (zither) and Ismail Tuncbilek on saz (long necked lute). More of their music that can be found on Youtube. A glowing Album review & some background. Their Myspace.
posted by growabrain at 6:48 AM PST - 6 comments

In the year 1968, at the height of her powers, one of the greatest singers America has ever produced was in Stockholm, where she served up a breathtakingly powerful and characteristically soulful performance that, lucky for us, was filmed by Swedish television. You know who I'm talking about, of course. "Lady Soul" - parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. [more inside]
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:57 AM PST - 19 comments

GUNMAN SEEN OFF WITH MUG --- DEALER SOLD TEA TO COPS --- MICE FORCE PENSIONER OUT OF HOME --- Just another day for the South London Press. [more inside]
posted by Acheman at 3:09 AM PST - 14 comments