August 12, 2006, 3:27 PM CT

Sharpest Manmade Thing

A field ion microscope (FIM) image of a very sharp tungsten needle. The small round features are individual atoms. The lighter colored elongated features are traces captured as atoms moved during the imaging process (approximately 1 second).

Reported by: Rezeq et al., Journal of Chemical Physics, 28 May 2006.........

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August 12, 2006, 3:11 PM CT

Fish Eating Fish

Two fish for the price of one!

Some lucky one can have both.........

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August 12, 2006, 3:03 PM CT

Atomic Bonsai Kit

It's always nice to have some plant life around the house or to freshen up your drab cubicle, but let's face it -- a number of a modern urbanite (or suburbanite, for that matter) lacks a green thumb.

Enter the Atomic Bonsai Kit! A hip, clever, and evergreen alternative to wilting foliage, you simply interlock the cardboard bonsai leaves and branches together -- no scissors or glue (or watering or sunshine!) required. Like its real-life counterpart, the Atomic Bonsai can be pruned into new and unique forms; simply move a few "leaves" from one branch to another, and voilá -- a brand new configuration! Designed by Joji Okazaki.........

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August 12, 2006, 2:57 PM CT

Obsessive complusive cat flushing the toilet

Obsessive complusive cat flushing the toilet.

Watch video

Amazing.........

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August 12, 2006, 2:48 PM CT

Tiny animals on fingers

Please note: I didn't take any of these photographs. Where possible, I have included credits, or at least a link to where the photo is from. I encourage you to send in anything you think is good!

Hmmm........

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August 12, 2006, 2:38 PM CT

Art On The Moon

The only piece of art on the moon (depending, we suppose, on one's definition of art) is a 3?-tall aluminum sculpture titled "Fallen Astronaut".

It was created by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and installed by Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott, along with a plaque bearing the names of the 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the service of space exploration.........

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August 12, 2006, 2:21 PM CT

Tradition vs. Change in 'Lhasa Vegas'

A number of refugees, including the Dalai Lama himself, settled in northern India after China invaded Tibet in 1950. Beijing says Tibet is historically part of China, not an independent nation.

For years, Tibet has been a difficult place to get to for most Westerners, because of visa restrictions -- though these rules may soon be eased to facilitate tourism, as per a recent announcement by a communist party leader in Tibet.

Tourists to Lhasa, the capital and ancient heart of Tibetan Buddhism, might find two very different cities.........

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August 12, 2006, 2:07 PM CT

Whiplash the Cowboy monkey

Whiplash the Cowboy monkey is truly a fan favorite, he is an international star and a true cowboy.

He is an 18 yr old Capuchin Monkey and he is one of the biggest little monkeys in the world. Whiplash has been riding since he was two yrs old and has been a part of our family since he was born.........

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August 12, 2006, 2:00 PM CT

Puzzle Fantastica

What's all this then?.

P.F. #1 has become born and grown and lived and shown its charity and, to quote Whitman, it will forever "be curious, not judgmental." It has not been solved. Near 200 contributions have been made, and near 10,000 people have gandered.

Where do we go from here? We weren't being coy earlier when we said the puzzle was bigger than us. We'd like to say it was now bigger than Sudoku but, as Kerouac would have it (certainly quoting someone else anyhow), comparisons are odious. We've not offered a clue in these sentences, please understand. We dont' seek to be mysterious for mystery's sake. That is sincere.........

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August 12, 2006, 1:53 PM CT

1 hour alphabet

This alphabet was drawn and colored over the course of an hour, just to see if I could do such a thing.

I tried to make the process as quick as possible by skipping the "penciling" phase and using a Photoshop action I've used on other projects for the coloring.

Try it!........

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