Oscar Diet Countdown
Jessica Alba has 3 weeks to slim down!
Conan O’Brien Gets Last Laugh, Poll Says
And the winner of The Tonight Show debacle is … Conan O'…
Jennifer Aniston’s Blurry Nipple
So hot.
Science Buzz An underwater camera set up to monitor the Great Barrier Reef captures a Tiger shark with a voracious appetite. Nom nom nom… (Via Sea Fever blog)
http://kottke.org/10/02/life-is-but-a-holographic-projection
Weird news, folks - there's a pretty strong chance that our entire world is just a holographic projection. Anyway, feel free to go back about your day. Just FYI.
Weather guy freaks out a little about the blizzard hitting the Baltimore/DC area. 14-22 inches of snow is a big deal around here. Oh boy.
Science Buzz This 1996 sex education video for teens tries so hard to be hip and edgy that it ends up being more irritating than the disease it's warning you about. See more at foundfootagefest.com.
It takes a lot of complicated math to figure out how much lift is needed to make something take off. Safe to say that the numbers don't quite add up here though.
All the facts you need to know, plus some. That last bit of info is a doozy.
Courtesy of Natalie Dee, the Periodic Table of Smellements is a tabular display of different things classified by smell. From pleasant to ewwwwwww - it's all there.
It's either this or abstinence. I doubt that any school that teaches abstinence as a birth control method will be adding this alternative option to the curriculum any time soon.
Science Buzz Food on the go that is cooked by your own body heat and seasoned by your own sweat salt. Yay science!
So that means six more weeks of winter. Luckily, he's only right about 39% of the time, so.
Sometimes it's nice to see an image that reminds you how insignificant your life really is. (Photo by Rob Herr)
It doesn't seem like the science behind this experiment is all that irrefutable. Still beats the baking soda volcano though.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347
I've never felt so big and then so small in such a short amount of time. This thing puts size in perspective.
Scientists for the first time confirmed color in a dinosaur, and it’s reddish-orange. GINGER!
He's gonna feel this one for days. [Ed Note: Nuns are actually sharks' natural enemies, so this happens all the time, but it's rare to get such an accurate depiction.]
The sun bear at the St. Louis Zoo will give you tongue envy. Suddenly, we're in the mood for a Fruit By The Foot. Thanks a lot, bear!
A neat little hierarchy of dead things… it's not as icky as it sounds. Being a bwgan puts me at the top. Ha! Puny humans.
I kind of like hermit crabs because, like turtles, they have shells. But I didn't know they were into recycling. Way to be resourceful, little guy!