Archive for December 2005
Aheda Zanetti's Burqini.
Designer Aheda Zanetti created a new "Islamic bikini" and sportswear she called Ahiida (and everyone else calls "burqini").Link to Herald Sun article | Ahiida...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/29/aheda-zanettis-burqini/Hatena: Caught in the Act of Endosymbiosis.
Noriko Okamoto and Isao Inouye of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, discovered a unique microorganism they called "Hatena".Hatena is unique because it is a snapshot in t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/29/hatena-caught-in-the-act-of-endosymbiosis/Kevin-Helmholtz Wave Clouds.
For more cool pictures of clouds, see: The Cloud Appreciation Society...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/29/kevin-helmholtz-wave-clouds/Jesus in a Nacho Pan.
Workers at the Stadium Club in Jacksonville, Florida, discovered what they believed to be an image of Jesus at the bottom of a nacho warming tray.No words whether it'll end up on...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/29/jesus-in-a-nacho-pan/Christmas Tree Fire at Disney.
Thousands of tourists were evacuated from the Disney's Grand California hotel when a giant christmas tree caught on fire!Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/christmas-tree-fire-at-disney/Heather Jansch's Nightmare I.
Heather makes great artwork out of driftwoods - see her other artworks here: http://www.jansch.freeserve.co.uk/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/heather-janschs-nightmare-i/Dwarf in Ancient Egypt.
Charhira Kozma at Georgetown University found over 50 ancient tombs in Egypt depicting dwarfism. "Dwarfs were accepted...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/dwarf-in-ancient-egypt/No Prostitutes Here.
German towns are preparing to put "No Prostitutes Here" signs over fear of an army of call girls coming for the 2006 soccer World Cup. The idea for the signs came af...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/no-prostitutes-here/Margot Quan Knight's Meat Feet.
For more of Margot's artwork, see: http://www.margotknight.com/margot.html...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/margot-quan-knights-meat-feet/That's a Lot of Silly Putty!
Clay Bavor, who works at Google, ordered 250 lbs of Silly Putty. If you ever wonder what 250 lbs of that stuff looks like, here's your chance: Link (via J-Walk Blog)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/28/thats-a-lot-of-silly-putty/SFPD Controversial Home Video.
Ah, the controversial San Francisco Police Department video... A parody video that features uniformed and plainclothes San Francisco police officers and racist and sexist ster...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/sfpd-controversial-home-video/Jim Creitz's New Year's Guide.
If you're clueless about throwing a New Year's party - check out Jim Creitz's "The Complete New Year's Page" (Thanks Jim!)...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/jim-creitzs-new-years-guide/Nun Bun Stolen!
The "Nun Bun", a cinnamon bun bearing an uncanny resemblence to Mother Theresa, was stolen Christmas morning!The Nun Bun gained worldwide attention in 1996 when a custo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/nun-bun-stolen/Faroe Island's Grindadráp
Faroe Islands, located halfway between Iceland and Norway, is usually an idyllic and very scenic place. Except when it's time for Grindadráp, a controversial whaling eve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/faroe-islands-grindadrp/Minimum Surface Area.
Mathematicians Matthias Weber, David Hoffman, and Michael Wolf discovered a new minimal surface called a genus one helicoid - a structure thought for over 200 years not to be math...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/minimum-surface-area/Menssana Research's Breathscanner 1.0
Menssana Research's Breathscanner 1.0 is a billion times more sensitive than a police breathalyzer, and can be used to check for asthma, ulcers, and trouble with a heart transplan...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/menssana-researchs-breathscanner-10/Levitating Frog.
What happens when you put a frog inside a 16-Tesla magnetic field at the Nijmegen High Field Magnet Laboratory? It levitates!In fact, it is possible to levitate magnetically every...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/27/levitating-frog/Baby Hippo Found an Inseparable Friend.
Owen, the baby hippo rescued after a flood, has found a new friend: Mzee, a 100-year old tortoise in a wildlife sanctuary in Mombasa, Kenya.According to a park official, they slee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/26/baby-hippo-found-an-inseparable-friend/Dictionary + Karaoke = Dictionaraoke!
What do you get when you parody popular songs using "karaoke-style backing music with vocals provided by audio pronunciation samples from online dictionaries"?http://www...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/26/dictionary-karaoke-dictionaraoke/Heidi Taillefer's Multifarious Mona.
For more of Heidi's artwork, see: Link...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/26/heidi-taillefers-multifarious-mona/Mass Produced Nano-Structures Using DNA.
Thom LaBean and Christopher Dwyer of Duke University exploited the self-assembling properties of DNA to create the world's first mass produced nano-structures (here a 4x4 grid...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/26/mass-produced-nano-structures-using-dna/Cute Alert: Sixteen Baby Pandas!
What's better than a baby panda? Sixteen baby pandas, of course! Sixteen panda cubs, shown with their expert caretakers, debuted Friday at the Wolong Panda Research Center...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/26/cute-alert-sixteen-baby-pandas/Creating The World's First Synthetic Lifeform.
Craig Venter, who became famous for completing a privately-owned map of the human genome in 2000, is spearheading the effort to make the first synthetic lifeform. Dr. Venter,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/25/creating-the-worlds-first-synthetic-lifeform/
