Icons & Lamps Pop culture for the older, well lit generation.

How 3D printing will rebuild reality.

"I am afraid that the problematic strain within Islam is not the province of a few extremists. It has at its heart a view of religion – and of the relationship between religion and politics – that is not compatible with pluralistic, liberal, open-minded societies. At the extreme end of the spectrum are terrorists, but the worldview goes deeper and wider than it is comfortable for us to admit. So, by and large, we don’t admit it." - (byline) Tony Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Since leaving office, he has founded the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and the Faith and Globalization Initiative.

World Ocean Day Awesomeness. [Via]

World Ocean Day Awesomeness. [Via]

Light Years Away. A scifi webcomic by Ethan Ede and Adam Rosenlund.

The Ballad of Marisol Brook. [Via]

The city of white marble.

A Brief History of Mental Illness in Art. [Via]

Monkey Feet May Be More Common in Humans Than Once Thought.

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.