Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal – Ethical Conundrums 31 October 2015 0 Hovertext: Also, all of this is a simulation, but the simulated people want to live! New comic!Today’s News: Hey London! We’re bringing BAHFest to you, but we need your proposals! ift.tt/1P9USmV via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal ift.tt/gvqPHa
This Week’s Awesome Stories from Around the Web (Through Oct 31) 31 October 2015 0 ROBOTICS: Robots Can Now Teach Each Other New Tricks Will Knight | Technology Review "The work is part of an effort to figure out how robots might share information in useful… read more The post This Week’s Awesome Stories from Around…
Worth It or Not Worth It: Salt Baking 31 October 2015 0 Salt has long been used as a preservative: Coating something in this moisture-sucking mineral makes it an unfriendly environment for spoilage-causing and potentially harmful microorganisms. This versatile chemical compound can also be used as a cooking medium. The benefits of salt…
Space Photos of the Week: We’ve Got a Chamaeleon Complex 31 October 2015 0 Space photos of the week, October 25-31. The post Space Photos of the Week: We’ve Got a Chamaeleon Complex appeared first on WIRED. ift.tt/1GDCJfX via WIRED www.wired.com
Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible? 31 October 2015 0 The first sports bra was invented in 1977. It was two jockstraps sewn together. ift.tt/eA8V8J via Longform longform.org/
“Let the soul cultivatethe arid desert…” — Caitlín… 31 October 2015 0 “Let the soul cultivatethe arid desert…” — Caitlín Maude, “Pilgrimage” (1941–1982) ift.tt/1PVHPah via BEAUTIFUL MARS ift.tt/1uIlcsI
Photos of Suburban Halloween Decorations from the 1980s 30 October 2015 0 © Cameron Jamie/ Courtesy Edition Patrick Frey In 1984, Cameron Jamie began to document the elaborate Halloween decorations in his old neighborhood in Los Angeles. Every year since, he has returned to photograph the ghoulish front-yard horror scenes. His snaps of elaborately dressed houses,…
The Ancient Greeks Sacrificed Ugly People 30 October 2015 0 An 1864 painting of the Acropolis in Athens, where the pharmakos ritual became an annual event. (Photo: Public domain/WikiCommons) Is the tradition of Halloween tainted by the blood of primeval human sacrifices? The origins of Halloween lie in Samhain, the Celtic…
“Avoid the storms of life and hie ye to the haven, to Hades, as… 30 October 2015 0 “Avoid the storms of life and hie ye to the haven, to Hades, as I, Pheidon the son of Critas, did.” — Leonidas of Tarentum, 3rd century BCE ift.tt/20eP7cC via BEAUTIFUL MARS ift.tt/1uIlcsI
2016 presidential candidates address inequality (sort of) 30 October 2015 0 At last, America’s political leaders indicate that they now feel the pain of the poor and of the millions of working families slipping out of the middle class. Congress had previously paid no attention to the ever-widening chasm between the…
What Kind of Person Loves Scary Movies? 30 October 2015 0 For every person with a season pass to ScareHouse, there are probably five who couldn’t be dragged, even kicking and screaming, into a horror movie. ift.tt/eA8V8J via Motherboard RSS Feed ift.tt/GNVgXA
Infographic: 730 North American Birds In A Single Chart 30 October 2015 0 Pop Chart Labs’ latest looks like it came off the wall of a science class in the 1970s. Whether they’re fat pigeons waddling on the subway platforms or a raven crying "nevermore" on your mantel, America is filled with birds:…
UFO Sightings Inspired These Eerie Photos 30 October 2015 0 When Maria Lax discovered a book written by her grandfather about UFO sightings in her hometown, she knew she had to learn more. The post UFO Sightings Inspired These Eerie Photos appeared first on WIRED. ift.tt/1NDj13w via WIRED www.wired.com
Part Spectacle, Part Controversy: the First International Indigenous Games 30 October 2015 0 A participant at Brazil’s Indigenous Games. (Photo: Valter Campanato/ABr/WikiCommons CC BY 3.0) Folks in vibrant headdresses and ornate body paint stand in a large sandy arena, looking up at blue plastic bleachers. They are competitors in traditional sports games from all over the…
This One GIF Explains How BitTorrent Finds Files 30 October 2015 0 Torrents, how do they work? ift.tt/eA8V8J via Motherboard RSS Feed ift.tt/GNVgXA
“May burning mountains come tumbling down onThat place of… 30 October 2015 0 “May burning mountains come tumbling down onThat place of drowning…This lamentation for Anach Cuain.” — Antaine Ó Reachtabhra, “Annaghdown” (1784-1835) ift.tt/20eLnb8 via BEAUTIFUL MARS ift.tt/1uIlcsI
Source: The Sartorialist 30 October 2015 0 Source: The Sartorialist ift.tt/1ieDro7 via Menswear ift.tt/X86Wt9
Tuesday’s Child 30 October 2015 0 All art from Tuesday’s Child.In early fall of 1989 my friends Craig, Mick, and I tried to summon a demon—Astaroth, the crowned prince of Hell, if I’m remembering right—to the driveway of Craig’s suburban home. Months earlier I’d found a…
VP Joe Biden meets with 2016 candidate Bernie Sanders 30 October 2015 0 WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential campaign of Democrat Bernie Sanders says the independent senator from Vermont has met with Vice President Joe Biden…. ift.tt/eA8V8J via Headlines from the Associated Press hosted.ap.org/
Zadeni Crater 30 October 2015 0 The Dawn description: This image, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows a portion of the southern hemisphere of dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The image was taken on Sept. 22, 2015, and has a…