Last fall, the Canadian Space Agency asked students to design a simple science experiment that could be performed in space, using items already available aboard the International Space Station. Today, Commander Chris Hadfield conducted the winner for its designers: two tenth grade students, Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner, in a live feed to their school in Fall River, Nova Scotia. And now, we finally have an answer to the age-old question, What Happens When You Wring Out A Washcloth In Space? [more inside]
posted by zarq on Apr 18, 2013 - 63 comments

NYC Past Large-format historical photos of New York City.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Mar 5, 2013 - 13 comments

Weird Vintage - a tumblr of weird ads, illustrations, and photographs of a vintage or antiquated nature
posted by growabrain on Jan 26, 2013 - 29 comments

Released today: the top Google searches of 2012. Also, the top Google searches in the UK. Hungry for more "Best of 2012" collections? Curious about "best of" versus "most popular"? There's much [more inside]
posted by misha on Dec 11, 2012 - 21 comments

NYCbaton is a blog that gives a different Instagram-using New Yorker the chance to post a photo and story of their life in NYC each day. Every day, there's something different from someone else, but it's an interesting view of the city from so many contributors. It is reminiscent of Sweden's national Twitter account, and how a different resident posts each day to that feed.
posted by mathowie on Dec 4, 2012 - 9 comments

"Extremely silly" photos of: "extremely serious" artists - "extremely serious" writers - "extremely serious" historical figures. Also 14 photos that shatter your image of famous people. A few images might be considered slightly NSFW. [more inside]
posted by flex on Oct 29, 2012 - 65 comments

Baturday! - A tumblr celebration of Chiroptera
posted by The Whelk on Oct 4, 2012 - 21 comments

Tumblr of Photos from the Detroit News archives.
posted by klangklangston on Jun 9, 2012 - 23 comments

David Letterman Holding Records (SLT) [more inside]
posted by artlung on Mar 2, 2012 - 27 comments

Coffee & The Newspaper is a menswear tumblr with no product links, no best of lists and no reports from fashion week - just post after post pairing a picture of menswear with a picture of food. Without the Pepsi Blue, it's a fascinating study of color, texture and structure in clothes.
posted by Apropos of Something on Feb 22, 2012 - 39 comments

This is What a Scientist Looks Like
posted by Miko on Feb 2, 2012 - 101 comments

Book lovers never go to bed alone - a tumblr dedicated to bookshelves.
posted by peacay on Nov 8, 2010 - 36 comments

Caught Dead In That. What do you want on your tombstone? [via mefi projects]
posted by Potomac Avenue on Oct 15, 2010 - 144 comments

Many is a collective project exhibiting fine photography found by fine photographers.
posted by chunking express on Nov 25, 2009 - 7 comments