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Parting is such sweet sorrow...

This is it, our last post. It’s not you, it’s us. We’re sorry it had to end this way. We’ve had a wonderful time laughing at Pokémon GO memes, learning about cool robots, and getting excited about house plants with you guys here on Tumblr.

If you’ve had fun on this lil’ adventure, feel free to keep following us on Facebook or Twitter! 

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We’ll see y’all elsewhere on the internet! ❤️

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THESE DUMPLINGS ARE...SOMETHING

This restaurant in Hong Kong encourages its patrons to play with their food. 

These comical dumplings would probably make for amazing Snapchats or Instagrams though so we would totally be down to go even if they are kinda out there.

Check out the full video on these dumplings.

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Nine happiness-promoting behaviors that are backed by science

Check out the full breakdown on each behavior in our post.

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TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY: This building in Austria changes shape every hour

Things I’d never thought I’d say: “I like the way this BUILDING moves”. 

This is the Kiefer Technic Showroom, a building whose moving facade was designed by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner. Its wall panels can move automatically or manually in order to control building temperature and sunlight.

Learn more about the building in our full video.

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THESE PLANTS ARE LIVING THEIR BEST LIVES: Rollin’ through life as happy as can be

Oh sh*t, whaddup it’s dat ball.

This whimsical concept was created by William Victor Camilleri and Danilo Sampaio, as a part of the Interactive Architecture Lab's reEarth Project. This ball of plants offsets its own balance to move in the direction of the most happiness sunshine for the plants.

Check out the full video on our site.

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These gorgeous HBO-commissioned ‘Game of Thrones’ posters take 4 days to make after an episode airs

We talked with Robert Ball, the UK-based illustrator behind these beautiful illustrations, about the laborious illustration process behind every one of these masterpieces.

Check out our interview here.

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It’s easy to forget how vast and deep the ocean really is. About 60% of it is actually a cold and dark region known as the deep ocean. And it reaches down to 11,000 meters. Yet, this remote zone is also one of the greatest habitats on Earth, harboring a huge diversity of life, from giant squids and goblin sharks to minuscule animals smaller than a millimeter. How do so many species thrive in this underwater world? Over the decades, intrepid scientists have ventured there to find out. Traveling down through the water column, pressure increases and light begins to wane. At 200 meters, photosynthesis stops and temperature decreases from surface temperatures by up to 20 degrees Celsius. By 1000 meters, normal sunlight has disappeared altogether. Without light, life as we know it seems impossible.

But, plunge deep enough and you’ll find fish with cavernous mouths, spiky teeth jutting from their jaws, and lamp-like structures protruding from their heads, like the anglerfish which entices prey with its misleading glow. What else calls the deep ocean home?

Explore more of the deep ocean in the TED-Ed Lesson The otherworldly creatures in the ocean’s deepest depths - Lidia Lins

Animation by Viviane Leezer

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GROSS BUT HELPFUL: Use this field guide to identify mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus

Mosquitoes may need to suck our blood for their survival but that doesn’t mean that they don’t well, suck. Luckily, we have this handy guide for y’all to identify if that mosquito that just bit you is carrying Zika or not.

Check out our full article for the complete breakdown of each of these mosquitoes.

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What could this mean?!

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Dwarf Planets Collection is for sale on Cosmic Stickies!

http://cosmicstickies.bigcartel.com/

If you have any questions regarding this collection, feel free to send me a message! :)

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WHAT DO YOU SEE?: The number you see in this image says a lot about your vision

Is it a 74 or a 21 in this photo? If you’re at all color blind, you’ll either see a different number than most people or just a weird blob.

Check out our full post to learn more on what the number YOU see in this photo means.

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This micro-library is made of 2,000 recycled ice cream containers

These days it’s all about sustainability but this micro-library takes it to the next level. This small public library in the village of Bandung in Indonesia is made entirely of recycled ice cream containers.

Read more about the design process behind this library in our full post.

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WHY YOU SHOULDN’T SMOKE: Here’s what your lungs look like after just 20 cigarettes

Those scary cigarette commercials are right.

Watch our full video on this harrowing personal health topic.

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OMG TALL: These are the countries where people have grown the most

Learn more about how we got the data in our full post.

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Today is National Coloring Book Day – so why not spend it coloring in some math?

If you’ve ever felt intimidated by math, or consider it a daunting labyrinth of numbers and equations in a textbook, you might think differently once you open up Patterns of the Universe: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty.

Flipping through this new coloring book is a mesmerizing journey. From perfect hexagonal tilings to luscious sine waves to nautilus shell spirals, every line illustration by mathematical artist Edmund Harriss (and a handful of others) brings a hypnotic sense of harmony.

“We think this is something that you can appreciate, knowing nothing about math,” says math writer Alex Bellos, who conceived the idea for the book and worked with Harriss to choose the designs. “To me, it’s like an encyclopedia of amazing mathematical images that can be enjoyed for their aesthetic appeal—but can also be enjoyed to learn stuff.” Learn more here.

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NASA says astronauts in space cannot play ‘Pokémon GO’

Even though it seems like everyone on Earth is obsessed with “Pokémon GO”, the sad thing is that as awesome as astronauts are, they can’t experience the awesomeness of the “Pokémon GO” phenomenon.

Between the crappy Wi-Fi connection and the incredibly fast speed of the International Space Station, it’s just not something that astronauts will be able to experience at least in the near future.

Read our complete breakdown of why astronauts can’t catch ‘em all on our site.

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The new Sandy Hook Elementary School hides high security in beautiful design

Four years ago, a gunman killed 20 children and 6 staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The original Sandy Hook building was torn down to honor those who died.

After four years of mourning, recovery, and rebuilding, the new school, which will open in the fall, features whimsical design but high-tech security. Security checkpoints are put in place at all entrances and landscapes around the school have been designed to keep outside people at a distance.

Read more about the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on our site.