Science Buzz This is what Narnia looked like before the return of Aslan. The original site is in Russian but if Google translate is at least partially right, this was a winter snow that started to melt and then flash froze into these surreal shapes.
Culture Buzz Winter's finally almost over, and it's perfect scarf weather. Just check out how cool these fashionably warm animals are rocking scarves!
Science Buzz Hey y'all, I found Winter. While the U.S. continues to bask in the warmth of an unusually mild winter, Mother Nature has claimed almost 300 lives from Switzerland to Rome as temperatures plumet up to -22 Fahrenheit across Europe.
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Ice, snow, and live coverage mix to make the perfect storm of humiliation. Hey, at least they get paid for their misery.
Science Buzz Following the shortest day of the year, at 12:03am this morning the Sun was at its greatest distance from the celestial equator marking the solstice and the beginning of winter. Although the days are short, there is good news!
Culture Buzz Winter is coming. The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus asked fellow Canadians to tweet in there tips on how to keep warm, and then (appropriately) used the tweets as vocal warm-ups.
Politics Buzz It's not the Koch brothers. (via andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com)
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Porn and lotion. They're both edible.
A car spun out and burst into flames behind a reporter in Marietta, GA during this morning's snow storm. There's no audio to the video, so a festive soundtrack was added. This is how unprepared the South is for a winter storm. Their vehicles explode upon contact with snow.
As a major snowstorm blankets the South, drivers are learning how to navigate through winter weather and turning the streets into a rodeo.
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Winter can ruin everything, but at least it's pretty.
Some fascinating time lapse footage of yesterday's Snowpocalypsageddon 2010: The Frozening. This was filmed in Belmar, New Jersey. It's why everyone on the East Coast is freaking out and air travel has been colossally screwed. Time to resort to cannibalism.
Wintertime just got a whole lot geekier. Wish we could have made these snowflakes in third grade, although, they look like they probably would require some serious scissor skills. I might just have to stick to the classic pattern this year.
X-rated Christmas? Don't expect mom to get you one of these cute little beanies. By the way, they're all sold out!
…can now be found in Buffalo, New York (after breaking the record previously held by Toronto). The attraction is part of the Buffalo Powder Keg Winter Festival, which also features snow shoveling contests. Father Winter sure can be cruel.
They say no two snowflakes are alike - and that's not a myth. New Scientist features amazing photos taken with a specially-designed snowflake photomicroscope. How do they keep the snowflakes from melting?