Mustache styles desktop wallpaper. Perhaps I’ll try a walrus…
Swine flu deaths in the last 300 days compared to other causes of death (via Information is Beautiful)
Viva Calaca! [Probably my favorite Halloween-season videos.]
The digestive system (medium: chewed gum). Kevin Van Aelst does some pretty amazing work that appeals to my science-y side. Check out his website for more.
Open Internet [it’s everyone’s right] (via @ijohnpederson)
Infographic of all the Missions to Mars (via bOING bOING). I didn’t realize there were so many failures.
All the planets (and Sun) captured within one 24 hour period. The sizes are the apparent sizes when viewed from Earth (which is why Venus appears larger than Saturn).
(via Celestron.com)
Graphic detailing where Earthlings have sent spaceships for the last 50 years (from National Geographic).
When Carl Sagan rocks out on Auto-Tune, you know it isn’t dead (though Carl is).
“A visualization of the contiguous United States, colored by distance to the nearest domestic McDonald’s” (via WeatherSealed.com). Turns out the “McFurthest Spot” is in the lonely plains of Northwestern South Dakota: 107 miles as the crow flies from the nearest MickeyD’s.
A child’s first ride on a big roller coaster. His emotional range and dexterity is tremendous.