After a short Portland stopover, three rescued cougar orphans will travel to new home in North Carolina. For six weeks, the cubs received care at the Oregon Zoo’s Veterinary Medical Care Centre — via Youtube
When a science-mad AI system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians learn the process behind nuclear fusion in the Sun, and how it differs from fission.
This video was produced by the education & public outreach department of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, focusing on STEM education. It addresses content included in the Next Generation Science Standards, PS1.C: Nuclear Processes
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Centre at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Centre at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA — via Youtube
How to tie an extended two strand Matthew Walker knot — via Youtube
The Very Hungry Rust Monster is a mini-comic dungeongrind made a few years back — via Wil Wheaton’s Tumblr
It is much larger on the inside. This massively over engineered piece of TARDIS jewellery will remind you daily that life is crazy. You have to enjoy it while you can. The spin Doctor is available in sterling silver, 14 karat white and yellow gold as well as platinum. A big and bold ring not for the timid — via Etsy
Melbourne IT announced today that it has entered into an agreement with competitor Netregistry to purchase the company in a deal worth AU$50.4 million.
The payment for the purchase will be made in two parts, with 4.99 percent to 9.99 percent of outstanding Melbourne IT shares offered to Netregistry shareholders, and the remainder paid in cash. This will see Melbourne IT part with 4.3 million to 9.3 million shares and between AU$38 million to AU$45 million in cash, subject to regulatory approval.
The proposed transaction will bring together two of Australia’s leading web services businesses, generating significant benefits for customers, employees, and shareholders of both companies,
said acting CEO of Melbourne IT Peter Findlay — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This specific print is a series of sorts with, The end is near. I hear a noise at the door
and …as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it
as my own little tribute to the great HP Lovecraft. If you’re unable to handle the writhing mass of all three don’t fret — they all look just as lovely alone as together — via Etsy
Office Sunrise and Filtered Sunrise, originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Itty bitty pomposity! — via Spoonflower
Actor and director Harold Ramis, best known for the films Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, has died aged 69.
He died of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, his agent told the BBC.
The star found fame as bespectacled ghost-hunter Egon Spengler in the Ghostbusters franchise in 1984.
But he was also a talented writer and director, whose credits included Caddyshack and Animal House.
His creativity, compassion, intelligence, humour and spirit will be missed by all who knew and loved him,
said his family in a statement.
The star had reportedly been quiet about his illness, which dated back to 2010 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens welcomed a female Sichuan Takin on 12 February. Takin (pronounced TAH-kin
), are stocky goat-antelopes native to China’s remote mountain forests — via ZooBorns
Now you have the power to create your own element! One of the greatest features of our Periodic Table cutting board design is the ability to personalise the 118th element Ununoctium. You may use this power to create an element named specifically for a person you know, or to commemorate a special occasion such as a graduation or wedding anniversary. Our Periodic Table of the Elements cutting board makes the perfect gift for science students and teachers, or anyone who just likes a little chemistry in the kitchen — via Etsy
Located near the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, Desert Breath is an impossibly immense land art installation dug into the sands of the Sahara desert by the D.A.ST. Arteam back in 1997. The artwork was a collaborative effort spanning two years between installation artist Danae Stratou, industrial designer Alexandra Stratou, and architect Stella Constantinides, and was meant as an exploration of infinity against the backdrop of the largest African desert. Covering an area of about 100,000 square metres the piece involved the displacement of 8,000 square metres of sand and the creation of a large central pool of water — via Colossal
2CELLOS Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser playing their arrangement of Thunderstruck by AC/DC BaRock style — via Youtube
It’s one thing to love cats, but it takes a whole new level of obsession to convert your entire home into a cat playground. If you’re going to go over the top for your felines though, you can at least do it in style. The clever remodel of this Goleta, California home shows that living in a cat-oriented home doesn’t have to have all they style you’d expect of a crazy cat lady or an animal hoarder. Trillium Enterprises did the renovation, which cost a whopping $35,000. But, when an animal lover owns 18 cats, it only makes sense that he or she is willing to do whatever it takes to make those pets comfy — via Homes and Hues
This ring is a highly detailed piece with the squid and water/wave design flowing all the way around the ring, leaving no particular part up
. It is a nice 8mm in width, over 2mm thick, and has a delicious weighty feel — via Etsy
Wildlife broadcaster David Attenborough took on a new species to commentate for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics curling — via Youtube
— via deviantART
In his house in Montreal, the very much alive Karl Dupéré-Richer waits crafting. Karl, who blogs atSpécial Karl has just created this awesome lamp sculpture of Cthulhu, made out of the back of one PVC patio chair, 14 chair feet, one flowerpot, one umbrella base, two bike tires, 30 cans, many pieces of PVC pipes, one acrylic globe lights, some car body parts, a few pieces of garden hoses and about 1,000 devoured human souls
— via Neatorama
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