Now There Are Glow-In-The-Dark-Sharks (Cool Weird Awesome 493)
Scientists have spotted three species of sharks near New Zealand that give off a faint blue light while in darkness. Yes, our world is home to glowing sharks.
Debates Can Always Be Worse, Ask The Guy Who Poured Water On The Audience (Cool Weird Awesome 395)
If you've read the negative reviews about last week's debate, know that there are other stories of candidate face-offs gone wrong in the history books - like the one in Arkansas that left the audience all wet.
“Fordite” Is The Gem Made From Paint At Auto Factories (Cool Weird Awesome 393)
Back in the days when auto workers spray painted new vehicles, excess paint would harden and accumulate into a substance that looked like colorful gemstones. Jewelers have been making works of art out of "fordite" ever since.
An Art Project Is Taking Photos Over A Thousand Years (Cool Weird Awesome 373)
Sometimes it's good to rethink how we understand time, like Tahoe Timescape, a project to take photographs over one thousand years.
The Letters of the English Alphabet Weren’t Added in Alphabetical Order (Cool Weird Awesome 306)
Amazingly, the English alphabet added its last letter in 1524, and no, that letter wasn't Z. We'll explain how an Italian grammarian convinced the world to add one more letter to the list.
Michelangelo Knew Human Anatomy Better Than Medical Science Did (Cool Weird Awesome 210)
Michelangelo’s David has been one of the best-known works of art for centuries because of its extraordinary detail. Last week we learned it may be even more detailed than we knew. Plus: Clean the World has been collecting, sterilizing and recycling all those old hotel room soaps into new bars, which are sent to people in need all over the world.
Do Tacos Dream Of Electric Tongues? (Cool Weird Awesome 39)
For this Taco Tuesday we salute the Washington State University researchers behind the latest in electric tongue technology.
Just Promise No Statues of R. Kelly
Looks like Daniel Edwards is back at it - sculpture, that is.