NES Mario in Unreal Engine. “If Nintendo’s NES Super Mario Bros was made with Unreal Engine.” A quick little brain-bender clip that reimagines an 8-bit classic as glossy modern 3D. ~ learn more
Banned in California. “If I wanted to build a new car factory, I literally couldn’t paint the cars.” An interactive visualization of the industrial processes effectively banned by California ~ learn more
Naked swim class. “What seemed perfectly normal to one generation often becomes head-shaking at the very least and scarcely believable to later generations.” A writer remembers mandatory nude swimming in mid-1960s high school gym class, and the odd logistics that […]
My lobster lost $450,000 this weekend. An AI agent got a wallet, a Twitter account, and permission to do whatever it wanted, then promptly turned attention into money and money into chaos. ~ learn more
The largest survey dataset on human sexuality in the world. Follow the learn more link for some choice excerpts on X. To explore for yourself click here. ~ learn more
Words with spaces. “English is full of two- and three-word phrases that function as single semantic units effectively “words” but because they’re not fused into one orthographic word, they’re invisible to dictionaries and underappreciated as vocabulary.” The author built a […]
Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums. “the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across […]
Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book. “There is a phrase in Icelandic, “ad ganga med bok I maganum”, everyone gives birth to a book.” Iceland has 300,000 people, and “One in 10 Icelanders will publish one.” […]
Ice made modern cities possible. “On the morning of February 13th, 1806, Tudor departed Boston Harbor, carrying with him over 80 metric tonnes of ice, the first shipment of its kind. The Boston Gazette ran an article that read, “No […]
Blue photons ricochet around. “But blue photons have a tendency to ricochet around a lot.” They get dispersed throughout the atmosphere, so on a clear afternoon you can look almost anywhere and still get blue light coming straight into your […]