London 1927 in colour.

Masturbation Is at the Root of the Culture Wars. "Tell me how you really feel about masturbation, and I can more or less predict how you'll feel about the more frequently debated 'sex war' issues."

Secret Metafilter highlights discussions that are still active on older Metafilter posts. [Via]

Pygmy marmoset eats a macaroni.

Swearing - it's old. more inside

Patton Oswalt's Star Wars Filibuster - Animation.

Hemp is a Godsend now even for making supercapacitors based on nanotechnology. "Supercapacitors offer a low-cost alternative source of energy to replace rechargeable batteries for various applications, such as power tools, mobile electronics, and electric vehicles." more inside

Kooteninchela deppi was named in honor of Edward Scissors Hand actor Johnny Depp, since it had scissors hands already in the Cambrian Period 500 million years ago.

Macoto Murayama’s Intricate Blueprints of Flowers.

Space Oddity, David Bowie, 1969. Space Oddity, Chris Hadfield, 2013.

Doctor Who? Doctor Jew. "The iconic sci-fi hero is the greatest Jewish character in the history of television."

Project Kronos. "Project Kronos is a documentary film set in the not too distant future, following a mission to achieve interstellar space travel. As the mission unfolds with extraordinary results, the scientists find themselves dealing with a much bigger agenda." [Via]

Write or critique haikus as if tapping on typewriter keys in a monkey sweatshop!

It’s Time to Retire “Boob Plate” Armor. Because It Would Kill You. [Via]

The hypothalamus knows when it's time to die. So it is said to excrete a hormone for initiating mass cell death during times of excess, holding back on it during hard times. (Sensing somehow that the whole herd may go down, the gland tries then keep the individual soldiering on for the future.) But with people, a variety of psychological factors ameliorate that. Because for some reason, individuals actually live longer in the lands of plenty. So Maybe, deep down, we believe we're already standing on the edge of an abyss? more inside

The Madon­nas of Sci­ence. [Via]

Steve & Steve. [Via]

'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong.

Cities Of The Future, Built By Drones, Bacteria, And 3-D Printers. [Via]

Love, sex, betrayal & dead bugs: Ladislas Starevich’s 1912 animated opus, ‘Cameraman’s Revenge’. more inside