A diamond mine under a frozen Arctic lake uses 25,000 gallons of fuel a day to excavate 3,150 tons of rock. The resulting product will fill two coffee mugs, but it’s a profitable business.
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How Physicists Make Lunch. A YAG laser beam will do the coffee, and a ten-foor tall Tesla coil cooks the hot dogs! (via Dark Roasted Blend)
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Freaky Christmas Light Photographs. Not a tree or a porch in the bunch. (via Everlasting Blort)
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As a game, it’s a simple run-and-jump maze. As an art project, it will take you to many familiar websites. i made this. you play this. we are enemies. (via Metafilter)
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The science of illusion can give you an out-of-body experience, or even convince you that you’ve switched bodies with someone else. Someone like Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap.
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You be my princess, I’ll be your toad, I’ll follow behind you on rainbow road. The beautifully sincere Mario Kart Love Song.
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8 Surprising College Roommates. Who knew Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore once roomed together?