Nice. One of the things I enjoy most about being owned by a cat is the free purring you get to enjoy. Nothing finer.

I've seen one of these in New Caledonia. My host caught it (VERY carefully), and put it in a steel saucepan with the lid held down with heavy bricks. It released itself over night. A crab to respect...

Mmm... Guinness and Marmite... This would probably make the humble Marmite/peanut butter on toast combo even better. But alcohol-free - where's the fun in that?

Weird but rather lovely: clockwork mechanisms placed inside the bodies of real dead beetles, shown with the wing cases open so that you can see the workings. [via BoingBoing]

You really have to see this video. Vertebrae? Pfft, over-rated in my view.

Favourite measure? One microcentury ~= one lecture [via itotd.com]

Ye Gods. Fizzy celery.

There's nothing like a bit of philosophy employing food and bathroom furniture.