Scientists are observing record growth in the sea ice extending out from Antarctica. Northward winds are driving the annual growth, amounting to an area roughly equal to the size of Connecticut. This Antarctic expansion comes at the same time that the polar ice cap in the Arctic has been shrinking. Robert Lee Hotz from the Wall Street Journal has the details
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Just like Popeye with his spinach, a beaten-down Japanese salaryman finds the perfect pick-me-up in a bowl of ramen noodles. Michael Chen says he was inspired to create this animated short after spending some time in Sapporo, Japan, where he became close friends with a ramen chef. Chen created the work last year while completing a Media Arts Production degree at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. H/T Kuriositas
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Think how much more fun it would be to shop if store mannequins looked like famous people instead of plastic stiffs. H/T Pleated Jeans
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French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard cast his then wife, actress Anna Karina, in Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) — the 1962 drama of a Parisian woman, Nana, and her descent into prostitution. The picture is divided into 12 vignettes that capture Nana’s daily routines: Her boredom with her customers, her double-edged relationship with her pimp, how she spends her free time. But one jukebox dance scene gives a hint of what might have been if Nana had taken a different path in life and shows a glimpse of the young, carefree girl still dwelling inside her.
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Taiwan’s Next Media Animation probes the bizarre wrinkles surrounding CIA Director David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell — the FBI surveillance, the timing of the resignation, the conspiracy theories it has spawned and how all of this might relate to President Obama’s Benghazi boondoggle.
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In his first Afterburner since the election, Bill Whittle weighs in. Now that Barack Obama has been re-elected president, ObamaCare is certain to remain unchanged. Whittle thinks this is the first step towards massive tax increases, socialized health care and a citizenry more dependent on the federal government than ever. So the foreseeable future of our great country looks grim. Hear why Whittle believes patriots must continue to fight the good fight for the duration.
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Out of billions of galaxies and billions of stars, how do we find Earth-like habitable worlds? What is essential to support life as we know it? Ariel Anbar provides a checklist for finding life on other planets. Anbar is a biogeochemist in the School of Earth & Space Exploration at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.
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This just in…Mitt Romney’s supporters are now depressed following his election defeat last week. “In fact, Clint Eastwood has now spent a lot of time talking to an empty barstool,” says Jodi Miller. She also discusses Gen. David Petraeus’ affair, California’s tax hikes and Boeing’s layoffs in this edition of NewsBusted.
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Air New Zealand has partnered with WETA Workshop on a brand-new, Hobbit-inspired safety video for air passengers. The video features cameo appearances, including Sir Peter Jackson. H/T IMAO
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Aliah is a young girl living in the bombed-out rubble of a war-torn town in Afghanistan. She has an active imagination but reality keeps interfering with her dreams, just as her dreams come to shape reality. Valentino Bedini wrote and directed this animated short under the banner of LAB81, a graphic design studio and advertising agency in Italy. H/T Kuriositas
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