Saturday, September 16, 2017
Helping a Little Buddy Cross the Street
A hedgehog is trying to cross a road in Tambov, Russia. A gaggle of geese know that the hedgehog is small and pavement-colored and it's likely that drivers won't see him. So they do the right thing and give him an escort! Notice the one goose that holds her wings out to be more visible. It looks like she is holding traffic back! They make right proper crossing guards, don't you think? (via Tastefully Offensive)
Tweet of the Day
I JUST WANTED A VIDEO OF THE CATS PLAYING AND THEN ?!!!?? pic.twitter.com/j6EGWvCtBt— sarah (@sarahjorden_) June 20, 2017
He must have known he was being recorded. (via Buzzfeed)
Friday, September 15, 2017
After 66 Years, Colorblind Man Sees Colors
William Reed is a bodybuilder, and he's also colorblind. For his 66th birthday, his family all chipped in and got him a pair of Enchroma glasses that help a colorblind person to see colors. Reed suddenly sees the world as it is for the first time in his life. Yeah, it take him sometime to open the gift, so if you can't wait, skip ahead to 2:00. His joy is hard to see under the dark glasses …until he starts sniffing. It's a change we can't imagine unless we've been in his shoes. Reed says the colors make everything look 3D, so being able to see colors as others do must make a difference in depth perception, too. (via Digg)
Maru and the Aquarium
Maru the Japanese Scottish fold cat is ten years old, but he still loves his boxes, no matter what they are made of. His roommate Hana is all grown up, and still taking lessons from Maru. In this video, Maru confronts a see-through box, or what we'd call an aquarium. We can clearly see that Maru, like all cats, takes the shape of his container, and is therefore liquid. (via Tastefully Offensive)
By the way, a study to determine whether cats are liquid, solid, or both at the same time won an Ig Nobel Prize last night. You can read about all the 2017 Ig Nobel winners in this post.
Tweet of the Day
so disappointed after seeing this photo & realizing that's a third llama in the back & not the arm of the right llama ringing a little bell pic.twitter.com/LM1yhbkW0M— Ali Garfinkel (@aligarchy) September 12, 2017
(via Buzzfeed)
The IT Department
One thing you can say about the movie It, it readily lends itself to puns. We've seen that once already, and now the IT department is involved. In this skit from The Late Late Show with James Corden, Corden is Pennywise, or in this case, It. Sure, that one joke plays out pretty quickly, but goes in a different direction as Corden takes it upon himself to be helpful. The poor sap that called for IT help doesn't need that kind of freakout. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Miss Cellania's Links
Your Schedule Could Be Killing You. Scientists, called chronobiologists, at the University of California at San Diego's Center for Circadian Biology are studying how time affects our bodies and our health.
How Tinder Accidentally Exposed Society's Inherent Racism. Snap judgments on a picture give us plenty of data.
The Cassini spacecraft is set to self-destruct today after a 20-year journey to study Saturn. The scientists and engineers who dedicated their careers to the mission talk about what it means to them.
5 Reasons Why Danes Are Happier Than the Rest of Us. The surprise is not the reasons themselves, but the fact that they are common among the population.
Who Would Win in a Competition Between a Science Museum and a Natural History Museum? A game of one-upmanship was played out on Twitter, and readers were the winners.
What Happens When War Is Outlawed. Fifteen nations did just that in 1928, but it didn't last long.
My Three Years in Identity Theft Hell. Proving who you are when someone else is, too, becomes a full-time job with no perks.
Put Away Your Pumpkins, It's Still Summer. Autumn creep is a sign we're becoming divorced from the natural progression of the growing season.
Know Your Hate Groups. An illustrated guide from The Nib.
Inside the World’s Smelliest Factory
My school took field trips to many factories when I was young. The only two I recall were the cheese factory and American Greetings, both because of the smell. The cheese factory turned us all off cheese for a few weeks. American Greeting made scented candles, cinnamon at the time, and the fumes burned our eyes and made our noses run. The workers were used to it. Neither of those experiences compare to a visit to a factory that makes surströmming, or fermented herring. Great Big Story explains surströmming and how it is made. Aren't you glad to be watching a video instead of taking a field trip to this factory?
Thursday, September 14, 2017
How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster
You know that technological breakthroughs only come after a series of failures. The main thing is that you learn from your failures and move on. Elon Musk's company SpaceX has had its share of spectacular failures, every one of which was highly publicized and enshrined on YouTube. That's the way of the world today. Since there's no reason to shy away from their failures, even if they could, SpaceX has released a compilation of their duds, crashes, and explosions on the way to achieving private space flight. Just imagine how many millions of dollars went into these clips. Look closely, and you'll see that their successes are included, too. (via Gizmodo)
Miss Cellania's Links
Bernie Sanders: Why We Need Medicare for All.
The 25 Best Space Movies, Ranked. Sadly, only two of them are based on true stories.
6 Reasons Good People Turn Into Monsters.
How to Harvest Honey. Even if you'd never consider doing it yourself, watch the fascinating way beekeepers do it.
The new iPhone X will use facial recognition to unlock your phone. That raises a question: Can police use your face to unlock it for a search?
The Peculiar Poetry of Paris’s Lost and Found. For over 200 years, the city's Bureau of Found Objects has been dedicated to reuniting possessions with their rightful owners. (via Metafilter)
Productivity Hacks to Rule Kindergarten Like a Silicon Valley Boss. Inspiration, motivation, and industry jargon is the secret to back-to-school! (via Swiss Miss)
A Nun With a Chainsaw Becomes the Symbol Of Post-Irma Cleanup. Sister Margaret Ann's can-do attitude is what Florida needs.
How Alexander Hamilton's House Got Moved. It was hemmed in on all sides, so they raised it up 38 feet!
How to Get Rid of Hiccups
This newsreel from 1960 gives us some sure-fire methods for curing hiccups, such as holding whiskey and pepper against your belly. If that doesn't work, try some remedies from old wives tales. (via Weird Universe)
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Hello World
On September 1, Serena Williams gave birth to a daughter. She and her fiancé Alexis Ohanian, founder of reddit, named her Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Yes, they named her after her father, complete with Junior. Today, they released a video that includes the first public picture of the baby. Congratulations Serena and Alexis! (via The Daily Dot)
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