Oxford university professor and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, points out that if our conception of the atom is correct, 99% of the things we touch are not really solid at all.

Take a look at the image again. The "space" an atom takes up is mostly empty.  Not only that, points out Dawkins, but electrons are so widely spaced that they are more  accurately thought of as flies buzzing around football stadiums. 

Our perception that objects are solid is therefore a figment of our imagination and does not conform to how things really, well, are. 

There. We really can walk through walls. Its just a matter of reordering how we see things. Hey don’t take my word for it. Listen to the Ted podcast "Queerer than we suppose".

Marvel as these guys demonstrate their blender by blending oh, magnets. And golf clubs. Dancing princesses.  Light blubs (see the friction generating electricity).

Blending veggies is for woosies. Seriously. This is freaking cool. Tom Dickson is my new hero.

Thanks for the post Chris!

Oh sweet, baby Jesus, make it possible for tiny Mortar to work with the great William Shatner.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier, iFilm  and AOL reveals that the SuperBowl ads have millions of fans. Enough it seems to lure corporate sponsors. Get this, last years ads were viewed 42 million times on AOL.com. Ok. That makes no sense to me at all. Its not like they are that interesting. There really is no hope for us, is there? Read more here. (Journal, Subscription required)