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lurkerpi:

made rebloggable by request

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wilhelmina-van-royen:

Double Dactyl: it’s a poetry term

look it up

ucresearch:

thedailycal:

UC Berkeley has just installed the world’s first Dreambox 3-D printer. The Dreambox allows students to print everything from models to shot glasses in minutes.

(Source: dailycal.org)

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ianbrooks:

Street Lit

Putting a message on a wall can be a much more effective way to reach the masses than expecting them to go find a book and learn it themselves. Some men just want to watch the world learn, regardless of medium. This collection of street arts details some memorable lines from famous books, hit the pictures to see which author and title, if you didnt already recognize them immediately.

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demeaniac:

demeaniac:

“No homo” I whisper, filled with bewilderment. Indeed, there are only Australopithecine around. It’s the Pleistocene epoch.

Fuck you guys, I read a whole Wikipedia article for this.

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bemeans:

Each morning, like clockwork, they board the subway, off to begin their daily routine amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

But these aren’t just any daily commuters. These are stray dogs who live in the outskirts of Moscow Russia and commute on the underground trains to and from the city centre in search of food scraps.

Then after a hard day scavenging and begging on the streets, they hop back on the train and return to the suburbs where they spend the night.

Experts studying the dogs, who usually choose the quietest carriages at the front and back of the train, say they even work together to make sure they get off at the right stop – after learning to judge the length of time they need to spend on the train.

Scientists believe this phenomenon began after the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, and Russia’s new capitalists moved industrial complexes from the city centre to the suburbs.

Dr Andrei Poiarkov, of the Moscow Ecology and Evolution Institute, said: “These complexes were used by homeless dogs as shelters, so the dogs had to move together with their houses. Because the best scavenging for food is in the city centre, the dogs had to learn how to travel on the subway – to get to the centre in the morning, then back home in the evening, just like people.”

Dr Poiarkov told how the dogs like to play during their daily commute. He said: “They jump on the train seconds before the doors shut, risking their tails getting jammed. They do it for fun. And sometimes they fall asleep and get off at the wrong stop.”

The dogs have also amazingly learned to use traffic lights to cross the road safely, said Dr Poiarkov. And they use cunning tactics to obtain tasty morsels of shawarma, a kebab-like snack popular in Moscow.

With children the dogs “play cute” by putting their heads on youngsters’ knees and staring pleadingly into their eyes to win sympathy – and scraps.

Dr Poiarkov added: “Dogs are surprisingly good psychologists.”

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metallickah:

unrealthings:

batreaux:

this is my linen closet, *shows you some towels*
and this is my lenin closet *shows you communist propaganda*

#Bed Bath and Bolsheviks

#communism works on paper but not on tile or marble

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narfnin:

awesomephilia:

Whiteboards are remarkable.

I HAD TO REBLOG THIS A SECOND TIME BECAUSE I JUST REALIZED ITS A PUN AND NOW I FEEL STUPID

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olvidadas:

yesfuckkk:

extremelylame:

reverse graffiti.

instead of using actual spray cans…some artist are just cleaning dirt off of certain areas to make their masterpieces. and they are calling it reverse graffiti. kind of brilliant.

wow

why is this not happening everywhere?

woah

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thescienceofreality:

This Week in Science - May 6 - 12, 2013:

• ESO & Oxford theories here.
• Medical device inspiration here.
• Pear-shaped nucleus here.
• Meat-eating plant in Japan here.
• Trophy molecule here.
• Ancient DNA here.
• Injectable eye robots here.
• Antarctica deep-sea fish here.
• Methane-based ecosystem here.
• Troubling carbon dioxide levels here.
• Metamaterial here.
• Winged hybrid vehicle here.

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