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10 Case Reports of Cotard’s Syndrome

Cotard's Syndrome is a bizarre mental disorder that makes you believe that you are dead.  

In 2008, New York psychiatrists reported on a 53-year-old patient, Ms. Lee, who complained that she was dead and smelled like rotting flesh. She asked her family to take her to a morgue so that she could be with other dead people. They dialed 911 instead. Ms. Lee was admitted to the psychiatric unit, where she accused paramedics of trying to burn her house down. After a month or so of a drug regimen, she was released with great improvement in her symptoms.

How to make a peanut butter sandwich...in space!

Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station demonstrates how to make a peanut butter and honey sandwich in space.  I love learning about space food. 

Huge Kinda Scary Balloon Sculpture

Jason Hackenworth created this gigantic balloon sculpture using over 10,000 balloons.  Isn't it amazing?

Batgirl's Psychologist

Andrea Letamendi is a clinical psychologist who runs a blog called Under the Mask where she posts about how psychological issues are depicted in comics and pop culture.  Her most recent post discusses Rick's hallucinations in The Walking Dead.

Link via Mind Hacks.

What really happened to Walt Whitman's brain?

How was Walt Whitman's brain destroyed after his death?  It's a very depressing story.  I feel so bad for that poor lab assisstant.

In the privacy of his journal, about a month after his confession to being peculiar, Cattell fully confessed to the Whitman brain disaster, reflecting: “I am a fool, a damnable fool, with no conscious memory, or fitness for any learned position." 

Link via rebecca skloot.

Beer & Pizza on Mars

Interesting blog written by a woman who is currently living her life on a Mars timeline.

Despite (or because of?) my adventures with Mars day drinking, I’m making some progress adjusting to my prescribed schedule: I’m finally able to sleep past noon! Which is good, considering that my bedtime today is at 11:50 A.M. Until recently, I’d been sleeping through the morning but couldn’t seem to break that midday barrier. At last, on Day 12, my eyelids thumped shut at 11 A.M. and didn’t creek open again until 6 P.M. I woke up feeling like a rock star. A well-rested rock star, no less.

Link via boingboing.

Astronaut bedding

Perfect for dreaming about adventures in space.  For kids only, though.

Frozen trees

Check out these ice covered trees on the shore of Lake Ontario.  Beautiful, aren't they?

Link via this is colossal.

Beetle Dioramas

Cute collection of beetle dioramas.

Going for a joyride on the moon in 1972

Astronauts John Young & Charles Duke taped their drive on the moon in 1972.

Link via coudal.

The Trash We've Left on the Moon

Here's a list of all the trash mankind has left on the moon over the years.  It includes 96 bags of urine, feces, AND vomit.  Nice.

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong alone left more than 100 items on the Sea of Tranquility, some of those being shovels and rakes, one being the plaque announcing to the world -- and the worlds beyond it -- that "we came in peace for all mankind."