Back in the old days, ladies dressed up as appliances. From the 1936 Los Angeles Electrical Exposition. Via Retronaut. Thanks, Amanda U...

Devon Holcolme  from Jacksonville, Florida is a part of  Beard Team, USA . He participated in the  National Beard and Moustache Championshi...

Soft robots make use of pliable structures instead of hard forms like gears, pistons, and hinges. ( Video link ) Engineers can now design...

Is it possible to make a bicycle out of cardboard? This video shows how engineer Izhar Gafni did it, using cardboard for the frame and f...

Here's the scene outside my window (sketched from life).  A guy with a backpack leaf blower is blowing some dust and gravel around...

According to a report in National Geographic , our heads are getting larger. From 1825-1985, the span of the skull has increased by about...

Kentucky Fried Chicken has opened more than 3,000 branches in China, and now the restaurant chain is more profitable in China than in the...

I just completed this little video about the long journey to attend  Spectrum Fantastic Art Live , which ended yesterday. ( Video Link ) ...

If I had to give a prize for the most delightfully weird romance cover, it would have to go to "The Hungry Ones" from 1966. W...

Joe Maurath stores his collection of vintage streetlights in a maze-like museum behind his home in Abington, Massachusetts. Ever sin...

The Forevertron is a scrap metal sculpture in Wisconsin made in the 1980s by Tom Every. It's one of the largest found-object sculptures...

The revolutionary new race car called the Delta Wing had its first track test on its way to Le Mans this summer.  ( Video link ) The ...

A sunny day, a sandwich, a sketchbook, and a stool. Carpe diem! Time to head out in search of a sketch. ---- ....later.... Tom, since ...

It's time to vote for the artist with the best facial hair. The poll is at left. First row:  Aivazovsky, Courbet, Friedrich Second ro...

Brian Switek, of the Smithsonian blog " Dinosaur Tracking ," has gathered up photos of the "Best of the Worst Roadside Dinosa...

Taking nominations for "Artists with best facial hair."  Please include link-URL in your comment. We'll do a poll of the top...

A ghillie suit is a head-to-toe camouflage outfit used to disguise hunters, snipers, wildlife photographers, and paintball enthusiasts. A...

There wasn’t much to do last night so I joined a raid on IKEA with the Norse Hollywood Vikings . One of their customs is the “Valkyrie Pi...

It wasn't easy, but I narrowed the list of interesting and unusual artist's names down to ten finalists. Thanks for all your great s...

In this age of googling artist names, it's a real advantage to have an unique name. But it's hard to beat some of the really cool an...