Grist List
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Another reason to save trees: Without them, art looks stupid
One scientist photoshopped all of the trees out of a few famous paintings.
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The amazing peacock spider wants to shake its sexy flaps at you
Here, get a little closer -- they're really tiny
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This video will make you want to either have or be a pet hippo
She gets coffee and head-rubs and then goes to sleep with the dog! It's a pretty sweet life being a pet hippo.
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Is the bikini wax fad threatening to make pubic lice extinct?
The evidence is pretty slim
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Finally your stupid body is good for something: Powering a watch
Scientists have come up with a way to make you useful. They can harness your body heat to power devices. No, you're not going to get paid.
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Hilarious talking porcupine is wearing a party hat, also possibly drunk
I think this is what it's like to live in Narnia.
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Stephen Hawking will now be studying apocalyptic robots
Stephen Hawking has joined the Cambridge Project for Existential Risk, a group that tries to outsmart our eventual destruction at the hands of forces we are not imaginative enough to even anticipate.
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Only vegetarians will be allowed to go to Mars
The plan is to make a sustainable Mars colony, which is a tall order for a place with a 140-million-mile commute.
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Patriotic Vancouver citizens successfully lobby Google to give a park a funny name
It's possible that Canada doesn't have enough problems.
