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Yuck: Michael Moore-Style Documentary by 4th Grader on Gross Cafeteria Food
Fourth grader Zachary Maxwell's documentary, Yuck: A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary About School Lunch, compares the "delicious and nutritious cuisine" menu choices advertised to his parents... More
We're One Step Closer to Cloning Humans
With scientists successfully turning human skin cells into embryonic cells — a type of multi-purpose cell that "could go on to differentiate into heart, nerve, muscle, bone and all the other... More
7min: Timer to Help You Perform the Scientific Seven Minute Workout
You've probably read about the scientific seven minute workout, 12 exercises that, when done in sequence over the span of 7 minutes and requiring nothing more than your body and a chair, will... More
The U.S. Army Trains in Fake Afghan Towns in the Middle of the Mojave Desert
On the Edible Geography website, a look into one of the fifteen simulated towns located in the middle of the Mojave Desert that the Department of Defence uses to train its soldiers. Best of all,... More
Calendar Made of Tea Leaves You Can Brew
The Junk Culture website has this gallery for a ready-to-brew calendar made entirely from pressed tea leaves. Best part, you can take one of the dates, drop it into hot water and make yourself a... More
Where to Watch Over 500 Classic Movies Online, For Free
The Open Culture website has this article listing over 500 classic movies -- from Westerns, to Indies all the way to Noir -- that can be watched online, for free. Where to watch free movies... More
ONDU: Beautiful, Handmade Wooden Pinhole Cameras
The This Is Colossal website brings to light these wooden pinhole cameras, crafted entirely by hand by Slovenian designer Elvis Halilović, called ONDU. Forget your camera phone,... More
GeoGuessr: It's "like 'Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?' for computer-bound grown-ups."
You've probably played GeoGuessr when we linked it last week, a game that puts you in a random place using Google Maps' streetview and asks you to guess where you are. Willy Staley of The New York... More
How Fortune Cookies Messages Get Written
On The Week, Karina Martinez-Carter explains how the messages in fortune cookies are made and how their existence is -- unsurprisingly -- missing from China. Best of all, that "Fortunes also are... More
What the Palestinian Smuggling Tunnels Are Used For: Delivering Kentuchy Fried Chicken
Costing a whopping $27 for a bucket of 12 pieces, and brought into Gaza from Egypt using smuggling tunnels, buckets of KFC chicken and soggy fries make their way to waiting customers wishing to... More
How's This for a Government Job: Watching 700 Porn Movies a Week
According to William Wan of The Washington Post, the most bizarre government job can be found in the China. Reportedly, there are officials "in charge of censoring pornography for the southern... More
In 35 Seconds: How to Piss Off Every New Yorker
Amusing video by BuzzFeedVideo giving us a quick rundown of everything you can do to piss off everyone in New York. We're not sorry. More
Plume Mud Guard: Retractable, Beautiful Bicycle Mud Guard
For the devoted cyclist looking for a beautiful mud guard that can survive the test of time and stil look good, this Kickstarter project for the Plume Mud Guard may be exactly what they were... More
Social Roulette: 1 in 6 Chance of Deleting Your Facebook Account
Like a game of Russian Roulette, you can put your Facebook account on the stake with a spin of Social Roulette, a website that will possibly delete your profile if you lose. Considering how... More
Surf in the City with Atypical, an Italian Skateboarding Company
On the Italian Ways website, a beautiful gallery of hand made skateboards created by "a young Milanese company" called Atypical. Its craftsmen make cruiser boards by hand, creating unique... More
"The correlation between unemployment and suicide has been observed since the 19th century." How Austerity Kills
According to The New York Times' David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, M.D., people "looking for work are about twice as likely to end their lives as those who have jobs". While this may seem like "an... More
Play 'Image Breakout' When Searching for 'Atari Breakout' on Google Images
If you go on Google Images and do a search for Atari Breakout, you get to play Google's version of the game aptly titled Image Breakout. More
Steven Spielberg's Techniques and Themes
YouTubber Steven Benedict has put together this short video essay that looks at Steven Spielberg's techniques and success, possibly explaining how this has lead to his success. More
First Taste: Slow Motion Video of Children Trying Foods for the First Time
A brilliant little slow motion video by Saatchi & Heckler for #TEDxSydney 2013, featuring young children trying new foods for the very first time. Love the expressions some of them make. More
Commander Chris Hadfield Leaving (and Singing on) the ISS
Megan Garber of The Atlantic looks at the awesomeness that Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield has been in promoting the final frontier to a new generation of kids. Above, a revised... More
"I therefore decided to stop e-mail. Not just BCC's or CC's, but everything"
On Quartz, a fascinating opinion piece by Lucien Engelen who, after realizing he was spending the vast majority of his day dealing with the 250 to 300 emails he received per day, decided to quit... More
"The difference between photojournalism and photography is ethics."
On Spiegel Online, Matthias Krug and Stefan Niggemeier note that with "mounting competition in the market for news images" photojournalists are forced in having their work digitally enhanced to... More
Global Warming: "atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide hit a new record high."
Phil Plait of Slate notes the report by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration that on May 9th, 2013, atmospheric levels of CO2 hit a new record high. Welcome to the new age of climate... More
Seven Minutes of Uncomfortable Exercise Provides Same Benefits As Prolonged Endurance Training
According to the American College of Sport's Medicine's Health and Fitness Journal, scientists have determined 12 exercises that, when done in sequence over the span of 7 minutes and requiring... More
Ghetto Bullet Time: Matrix Effect Using Ceiling Fan and a Go Pro
Spaceship engineer Mark Rober (honestly, how cool a title is that?) shows how to recreate the Matrix's "bullet-time" effect using nothing more than a ceiling fan, a Go Pro camera and some... More