LEGO artist Dave Kaleta made this model of a frog dissection for MOCpages, an online community of LEGO builders. You can view seven more pictures at the link.

Link via Geekologie | MOCpages

In Hamburg, Germany, artist Ralf Schmerberg made an igloo out of refrigerators. There's an electric meter outside that displays how much electricity it consumes. Schmerberg intends for the exhibit to serve as commentary on consumption and waste.

Link via DudeCraft | Artist's Website | Photo: Inhabitat

Until very recently, biologists believed that once a virus enters a cell, a person's immune system cannot combat that virus because antibodies cannot enter cells. But researchers at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, have uncovered evidence that antibodies can, in fact, enter cells. This opens up the possibility of attaching antiviral components to antibodies that can kill viruses inside cells:

Once inside the cell, the presence of the antibody is recognised by a naturally occurring protein in the cell called TRIM21 which in turn activates a powerful virus-crushing machinery that can eliminate the virus within two hours – long before it has the chance to hijack the cell to start making its own viral proteins. "This is the last opportunity a cell gets because after that it gets infected and there is nothing else the body can do but kill the cell," Dr James said.

"The antibody is attached to the virus and when the virus gets sucked inside the cell, the antibody stays attached, there is nothing in that process to make the antibody to fall off.

"The great thing about it is that there shouldn't be anything attached to antibodies in the cell, so that anything that is attached to the antibody is recognised as foreign and destroyed."

Leo James, the lead researcher, speculated that this discovery could lead to effective treatments for cold viruses, among others.

Link via DVICE | Image: Clipart.com

(YouTube Link)

There are at least five distinct and substantial mistakes in the opening minute of this newscast by the ABC affiliate in San Diego. It was time for them to call "Do over!" and start over again.

via Deadspin

Bitplay is a Japanese design firm that tries to make ordinary household objects into fun games. Pictured above is "Bang!", a lamp turns on and off by pressing the trigger on its gun-shaped remote control. When you pull the trigger, the lampshade tilts.

Link via CrunchGear

Ed Del Grande, a plumber, has an advice column in The Seattle Times. He responded to one query about home toilets by describing how the color of a toilet may indicate its vintage:

1920s: Rich pastels like autumn brown reflected fashion trends, and the surplus of beige left over from World War I found its way into our homes.

1930s: As the home became the focus of more activities, cozy neutrals like peach blow gave way to rich colors like dark green and maroon.

1940s: During the war years, the fashion and plumbing industries restricted the number of new colors. Some soil-hiding colors like olive green did appear.

Link via J-Walk Blog | Photo by Flickr user TheGiantVermin used under Creative Commons license

(Video Link)

Popular science educator Steve Spangler made this video to demonstrate laminar flow, which the Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology defines as:

A type of fluid flow in which adjacent layers do not mix except on the molecular scale.

Spangler did so by injecting a container of transparent corn syrup with portions of colored corn syrup. He then rotated the container to mix it up. Next, Spanger rotated the container in the other direction, and colors separated almost completely.

via Geekosystem | Spangler's Website

Previously: Smiling, Frowning President on Dollar Bills

Mehmet Ali Uysal, a professor of art at Middle East Technical University created this giant clothespin sculpture. It was built for the Festival of the Five Seasons in Chaudfontaine Park, which appears to be in a town on the outskirts of Liège, Belgium.

Link via Make | Artist's Website | Exhibition Website | Photo by the artist

(Video Link)

YouTube user UtahAerials attached a ghost-like object to a remote controlled helicopter and used it to chase trick-or-treaters that came to his house. A camera mounted on the helicopter captured the scene.

via Geekologie

Mathieu Deflem, a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina, is offering a class on Lady Gaga:

The synopsis for the course reads: "The central objective is to unravel some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga".

Prof Deflem, 48, who has met the singer, real name Stefani Germanotta, on a number of occasions, said: "We're going to look at Lady Gaga as a social event. Other people say that Gaga's the new Madonna. I see it more like there's people who have this very individual thing. Frank Zappa had it. Prince had it. Miles Davis had it. Jimi Hendrix had it. And Lady Gaga has it."

Link | Professor's Website | Photo: Flickr user kate_xo used under Creative Commons license

Previously: The 15 Strangest College Courses in America

(Video Link)

This video appears to be viral advertising for Neil Pryde, a bicycle manufacturer in Germany. It shows people riding bicycles in a parking garage while their tires are on fire.

via Nerdcore | Company Website

Artist Julian Berthier made this sculpture. It looks like a capsizing boat, but there's no hull beneath the waterline:

the floating sculpture is made from a large sailboat that has been modified to appear as if it is capsizing. despite its battered appearance the boat is fully functional and able to move around thanks to a built-in motor. to create the piece a 6.5 meter yacht was cut in half and a new keel was added to allow the boat to remain upright in the sinking position. since its construction berthier has taken the boat out on numerous trips inside harbours like canary wharf in london and in normandy, france.

At the link, you can view several more photos and a video.

Link via DVICE | Artist's Website | Photo: Design Boom

The Allure of the Seas, a new $1 billion cruise liner built in Finland, passed under a bridge in Denmark with only 20 inches of clearance:

Hans Nilsen, an official at the Korsoer Naval Station, said the passage at 2.20pm went well after the Allure had lowered its telescopic smokestacks.

He said there was about 20in (50cm) clearance between the bridge and the top of the ship - but swell adn weather conditions brought that margin of error down to 1.5in (4cm).

Any sudden movement and it would have been a very different story.

He said traffic on the bridge did not have to be stopped during the passage because the voyage was made during daytime, reducing any risks.

At the link, you can view several large photographs of the ship.

Link via Gawker | Photo: AFP/Getty

(Video Link)

The model builders at Yokosuka Dry Docks built a model of the Federation starship Enterprise as a remote controlled submarine. At their YouTube channel, you can see similar submersible models from Space Battleship Yamato, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Wars.

Link (Google Translate) and YouTube Channel via technabob

Previously: RC Enterprise Plane

83-year old Leo Clark makes tiny model guns out of corn stalks. Some of them feature moving parts and can be loaded with tiny cartridges, also made completely out of corn. They're incredibly detailed, right down to the crosshairs in the scopes. You can watch a local news video about Clark at the link. Note that the news story appears to be at least three years old.

Video Link via Everyday, No Days Off