theater, natural history and conservation, the utterly mundane, and Etruscan 8-tracks
Just how many days would it take to fill USS Enterprise with tribbles? Hodnett et al. have the answer.
We estimated the volume of a tribble to be 3.23⨉10-3 m3. We did this by measuring a replica tribble, and assuming that a tribble is roughly cylindrical.
(via Jennifer Ouellette.)
The Free Universal Construction Kit is a set of plans for 3-d printable thingummies that allow you to connect your Tinkertoy spools to your Lincoln Logs, or your Lego bricks to your K’Nex.
Long-overlooked research explains the nature of Rudolph’s glow, and its fitness for his habitat.
The records for 25 December 1949 indicate a worldwide fog of unprecedented extent. Claus’ adoption of Rudolph and cultivation of a pure-breeding strain facilitated his navigational tasks during the smogs that beset developed countries in the 1950s and 1960s.
An oldie but a goodie, saved from linkrot: Thomas the NJ Transit train.
Featuring (now) full-time colleagues Alex and Maanvi.
And check out the cameo by Stacey at 1:39.
It turns out that here at NPR, we will edit anything, even a cartoon from The New Yorker. This exchange was posted on the 4th-floor bulletin board by the audio engineers’ mailboxes.
Looks like I won’t have to travel as far as L.A.
#isTooAKitty
An oldie but a goodie:
Ooh, when I’m in LA to see the show, I’ll have to stay here.
Oh, I think I need to make it out to Los Angeles some time early next year.
Tommy, you had me from the awful magenta-on-blue script neon logo. Ben Yakas is a lucky man.
Brooklyn has Columbused the only game at Dave & Buster’s that I like to play.
A new season of nature blogging, and I’m thinking I should jazz up the brand a little bit, maybe add a little more sizzle. Something like this:
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