Cool Finds
You Can Now Have Pixar’s Cute Moving Lamp As a Pet
A playful, moving pet robot lamp
There Are More Brainteasers About Crossing Rivers Than You Ever Imagined
Perhaps you've heard the classic puzzle about the fox, the goose and the grain?
Video Games Are Officially Art, According to the MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art bought 14 video games last week to add to their permanent collection - making video games not just interesting anthropological artifacts, but also a form of art
Maybe This Crazy New Sport Can Ease Your NHL-Lockout Blues
Crashed Ice, or "ice cross downhill," is a pretty crazy sport
Watch All of 2012′s Hurricanes in One Video
Today marks the end of hurricane season. Here's the run down on the year, and every storm on one animation
Drivers Keep Crashing Into Feral Pigs on the Fastest Highway in the Country
Colliding into a 400-pound feral pig at 85 miles an hour can do some damage
1 Million Dollars Worth of Rare Dictionaries About to Go on Sale
On December 4, a collection of rare old dictionaries will go on auction at Bonhams in New York City
Amazing Modernist Sandcastles Sculpted by Calvin Seibert
Seifert uses simple tools to craft the details: two plastic putty knives and a five-gallon bucket to fill with extra sand.
NYC Record: No One Shot, Stabbed or Slashed on Monday
It was a "nice way to start the week," says NYPD
Uglier Campaign Fundraising Emails Make More Money
All the rules you expect might apply to sending a perfect fundraising email? Throw them out the window
Being Really, Really Good at Video Games Could Get You a Scholarship
A $1,000 scholarship beckons, if you can display your gaming prowess
In Denmark, Cinderella Wore Galoshes
Cinderella isn't a Disney story, and earlier versions are, well, different
The U.S. Is About To Drop $10 Billion Retrofitting Its Nukes
The military wants to upgrade its 1960s-era nuclear workhorse
Frogfish Might Look Like Sponges, But They’re Super Fast
Frogfish are really good at blending in with their environment - particularly with the sponges that they live on. But they're also crazy fast hunters
There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks
The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of oxygen
Prepare to Be Amazed: Is That a Rubik’s Cube or a Drawing?
From the correct angle, you'd swear that these are three-dimensional objects
A Mysterious Disease Is Killing Hawaii’s Coral
Conservationists and divers alike are on edge over a mysterious disease sweeping through coral reefs in Kauai
Eating Whale Meat Is Going Out of Vogue in Japan
Whale meat elicits a "meh" response from young Japanese these days, but global citizens continue to cry foul
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