Swans on Tea

I know water polo is a taxing sport, and it’s great that the US took a silver. But watching the players walk along side the pool, I couldn’t help but thinking their headgear looked like baby bonnets, and that they looked like giant infants.

25 Most Colorful Lakes on Earth
via Neatorama

Ten ancient observatories spied from space
Image taken by GeoEye’s Ikonos satellite at 400+ miles above earth.

What they write in their diaries (as opposed to what animals talk about)

The Pop Vs Soda Map
One thing I usually forget when I go on vacation to western New York is that I’m in “pop” country; “soda” means club soda. If it comes up, I make the mistake once, and then I remember … until the next trip. I grew up on the other side [...]

Smoothest surface ever is a mirror for atoms
Metal materials reflect helium atoms much better but are harder to bend precisely into the right shape. Now materials scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid led by Amadeo Vázquez de Parga have combined silicon and metal to make what they say is the smoothest surface ever made.
They [...]