Dick Clark: It must be three or four years since Richard began to tell me about the music that you people were making. You don't like to give it a name, David.

David Byrne: No, not really.

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Design studio Studio Drift created "Shylights" that unfurl as they lower from the ceiling, looking more like glowing jellyfish than chandeliers (more…)

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I may not have a few hundred dollars to drop on a crystal crown at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped me from drooling over these beautiful pieces by Elemental Child. Read the rest

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Someone should do punk versions of the songs on Pink Panther Punk (1981). [via]

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Chicago artist and comedy writer Tyler Feder is one of my dear friends, but even if she weren’t I would still be in love with her quirky pop culture drawings. Read the rest

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Okunoshima used to be home of several chemical plants, but now it's a tourist destination for those who love the wild bunnies who live there. Read the rest

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Once a year, some folks get a little crazy about making butter lambs, and the results vary widely in quality, from the cool ones with wool (butter pushed through a strainer), to utilitarian lamb-shaped molds, to Cake Wrecks-level disasters below: Read the rest

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Take a quick tour of how your brain processes patterns by blinking at different speeds while looking at this GIF. You'll probably see concentric circles appearing in different places, and possibly pentagonal lines now and then. Read the rest

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Dennis Hlynsky filmed an enormous flock of starlings at 600 frames per second, revealing the path and "personal space" of individual birds. The result turns complex mathematical order into a beautiful abstract effect. Read the rest

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Fine artist, typographer, and calligrapher Seb Lester recreates iconic logos by hand.

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The 38 year old NYPD detective seen on a now viral YouTube video verbally abusing an Uber driver will be transferred off of an elite anti-terror squad, said New York police chief William Bratton today.

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Depending on who you ask, comedian Patton Oswalt either had a brilliant comedic monologue or a meltdown on Twitter last night. Read the rest

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In his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson explains how we are destroying each other with good intentions Read the rest

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1920s Los Angeles was the heart of Storybook Style architecture. Read the rest

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"It's a different world," governor Jerry Brown told reporters today, announcing the first mandatory water restrictions in California history today. Read the rest

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Looks like Deepwater Horizon all over again. Read the rest

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Mr.Romance's lovely video of master artisans creating ceramics is a super-chill look at the beautiful techniques being practiced in the South Korean city of Icheon. Read the rest

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Through the decades the desire to return to Star Trek's Mirror Universe has remained, enabling the franchise to explore areas it otherwise couldn't and adding possibilities beyond its usual framework. Read the rest

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The Piro-Piro, a key-less input device for Japanese characters. Read the rest

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"Washington State University researchers have found that an unexpectedly high percentage of young people experience 'exploding head syndrome,' a psychological phenomenon in which they are awakened by abrupt loud noises, even the sensation of an explosion in their head."

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