Gravity waves in the clouds are just like waves in the sea—something (such as a pressure differential) pushes the clouds up, the gravity pulls it back down, and the waves just keep on rollin’. Amazing video.

As part of the NY Underground Film Fest, Nasty Nets is previewing a new DVD compilation of their best finds. 8:45 at Anthology.

Saw the Cartune Xprez DVD last night and I gotta say, every time I think this psychedelic animation freakout video craze is going to flame out, I see something else that just ups the ante something fierce. Martha Colburn had a funny Osama bin Laden-meets-Wizard of Oz piece (she did this killer vid for Deerhoof a couple of years back that I saw on one of the RES DVDs), and two of my other favorites were Adrian Freeman and Shana Moulton, but I couldn’t find any decent images on the webs. Oh, and Bruce Bickford.

The DVD homepage has links to some of the bigger names as well: Paperrad, Mumbleboy, Dearraindrop, so you know what you’re in for.

Here’s the testing mechanism for parachutes designed to land rovers on Mars. It’s that Y chromosome that makes me love this stuff! Via Ffffound.

Previously, we shared our obsession with record sleeves. Since then, a new source for album artwork of days past has surfaced: Keyboard Masher Sleeve Art Galleries.

Make the jump for a fun video by “Space”

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Times Online either reads Delicious Ghost or we tap into the same zeitgeist. Just like us, they’re obviously interested in how weird internet porn is becoming. Their article really only has one item we haven’t shown you already, “slug girls”. We’ve dug through the fan forums to bring you some of the best images, after the jump. Also, “All about Slug Girls” is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever read. Why do slug girls have names like Greg?

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Got-damn! I love Oobject. Here they take on anechoic chambers—rooms lined in cones to deaden echoes. Above, a chamber for testing radiation tolerance in military gear.

That’s a computer simulation of a tiny part of a rat brain. The methodology: scientists created a virtual model of a rat neuron, then let 10,000 of them do their business without further interference. And holy shit, this happened:

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Thanks to DG superfriend Zack Soto

Completely unreal. Seriously. Sound sucks but find a way and watch it. Now. I SAID NOW!