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The year: 2094. Nuclear war has devastated the planet. Felines have inherited the Earth. One rides on into danger.

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We saw many weird things at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. But we did not see Tablet Man.

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Here’s a vintage ad from a national anti-smoking campaign. What a butthead! (You see, the ends of cigarettes are called “butts.” Ha.) More anti-smoking stuff here.

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A little girl wrote an adorable note to scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation asking for a dragon. So they 3-D printed her a dragon.

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Using scientific detritus–old pins, magnifying classes, scraps of photos–Michael Mapes recreates beautiful paintings by Dutch masters.
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Thomas Zakowski takes gorgeous photos of some very cold lighthouses on Lake Michigan. Thomas Zakowski via My Modern Metropolis

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Kid version of me would probably watch the hell out of a Snow Shark cartoon.

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Andy Lomas, a mathematician and effects designer, created a computer-generated blob that gets more and more complex over time. See a video here.

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This is Mount Everest, as seen from space. Look how small it is! Dumb mountain.