Don't ask me how Allen and Patty Eckman did it, but they have a special process that lets you create detailed sculptures out of cast paper: Cast paper sculpture has been around since the 1950's but should not be conf...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/allen-and-patty-eckmans-cast-paper-sculptures/Graphic: Oliver Uberti / National Geographic, source: World Press Freedom CommitteeBiggify here: LinkMost Americans take our freedom of speech for granted - after all, such an idea seems like a basic and universal human...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/where-insults-can-get-you-fined-jailed-or-executed/Recession schmecession. Hipsters never let a little global financial tsunami interefere with fashion! Here's the "Spin Jean" by Daniel Hirst, in collaboration with Levi's. Bold and brash, he teams...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/worlds-most-expensive-jeans/There are dogs ... then there are dogs looking like people. And of course, there are blogs that blog about dogs looking like people: Linkdog, people...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/dogs-looking-like-people/Say what you will, but I think this Wild Jewel Crochet Love Goddess Rainbow Sparkle Jumper by Etsy seller kyecrow is fantastic. Nay, fantastic is too tame a word. What is it that I'm looking for - oh yeah, super...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/wild-jewel-crochet-love-goddess-rainbow-sparkle-jumper/Humans! is a short animation by Reza Rasoli, Greg Gunn and Casey Hunt of Three Legged Legs. It's done in the style of a PSA - and while you may not agree with the gloom and doom depiction of humans as parasites,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/humans-a-public-service-announcement/[YouTube - Link] Here is a really neat PSA from the "International Fund for Animal Welfare" from Germany concerning the trafficking and buying of products made from protected and endangered animals such as the Eleph...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/jumbo-air-landing/Melissa Sue Stanley's Etsy shop is full of creepy plush creations like this armless monster.Toy, etsy, plush, monster...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/plush-toothy-monster-by-melissa-sue-stanley/A 73 pound loggerhead sea turtle seemed to know exactly where to go for a bacterial infection. The turtle was suffering from a bacterial infection and swam to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys, the only such...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/sick-sea-turtle-swims-right-to-hospital-doorstep/These are a great idea and are certain to get children to play with their food -of course, that may not really help get them to eat their veggies. They will be availible on April 10th and are a reasonable $10. Lin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/food-face-dinner-plates/Celebrate April Fool's Day as you like, but what if you were born on April first? Today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss celebrates 15 notable people who happen to have a birthday today. I scored 73%; the average at th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/born-fools/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-qaC-TGoA][YouTube - Link] You don't need a hamster ball to take your hamster out for a "wok" ... Is this video clip funny or cruel? You decide ... From the Upcoming...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/hamster-in-a-wok/After being dug up from hibernation by a burrowing dog, thereby shattering his leg, "Brullie" the frog underwent surgery and was fitted with a tiny steel rod to repair his broken lower leg bone.Do...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/brullie-the-frog-has-surgery-to-repair-shattered-leg/German researchers have used the latest scanning technology to reveal a second face underneath one of Egypt's most famous artistical pieces. Though the inner stone carving indicates that the outer layer was only...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/ct-scan-reveals-hidden-face-underneath-nefertiti-bust/Archaeology is a religion for illuminated individuals, however if you cross the Gods you will suffer the consequences. Many men have risked their lives in pursuit of historical relics, many have never returned. The...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/the-worlds-most-famous-archaeological-underworld/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ako31Qwss][YouTube - Link]It looks like another day in the park until ... snap, the turtle has the pigeon, drags it underwater, and a few token feathers float back to the surface...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/turtle-one-pigeon-zero/Continuing today's special theme: Expedia has announced affordable trips to mars. It’s now cheaper to vacation on Mars than to visit Las Vegas!That's right! Expedia has dropped all booking fees—including fee...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/expedia-now-offering-flights-to-mars/This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is "Attack of the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/tauntaun-sleeping-bag/From NASA's always-amazing Astronomy Picture of the Day: Now, as part of the planned upgrade of the International Space Station, an Expedition 18 astronaut has upgraded her own head. The Human Extended Analog Devi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/01/astronauts-head-upgraded-during-spacewalk/Hey, Michael Jordan, just because you're good at basketball doesn't mean you can swing a bat. And a syrupy sweet voice doesn't make you a poet, Jewel. Oh, and Paul Newman, you're a fine...
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