This is easily the clearest and most defined example of a tornado on radar that I've come across. This is from the tornado in Oklahoma that struck Carney not long ago. Started out smallish and grew into a mile-wide wedge shaped tornado.

... for daring to suggest the moon reflects the light of the sun? I'd never heard it before today but it's been around for a while and seems to be making rounds again like 4 years after it happened. Generally this is a red flag that an urban legend is being reiterated, but this one may be legit.

The Merida makeover was pretty bad before but this is ridiculous, Disney.

Not sure when the cutoff is for spoilers, but better safe than sorry.

Retronaut has a neat pair of photos today of a proposed desert crossing vehicle. It was designed in the early 1930s to safely cross Central Asia. I wasn't able to find any additional information about the vehicle that wasn't in German. However, I was struck by how similar it was to the Khetanna, Jabba's sail barge…

Not sure how to push the text down so it all doesn't appear.
Not sure how to push the text down so it all doesn't appear.

In her series entitled Harm Less, artist Sonia Rentsch creatively assembles a variety of plant parts into various handguns and bullets.

Regardless of which end of whatever pond you're on, region blocked content is annoying. Whether you're an ex-pat looking to watch reruns of The Wonder Years, or you're a hankering for a dose of Dr. Who, here's the best (and easiest) way to get that content.

Ice Age Giants is a new three-part documentary series from "anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist and paleopathologist" Alice Roberts. Starting tonight at 20:00 UK time on BBC2 (time zone converter here) with Land of the Sabre-tooth, it continues for the next two Sundays and will be available on the BBC iPlayer…