Dreaming is a symbolic language designed to communicate your inner wisdom to you while you are asleep. The part of your subconscious that processes dreams — your dream self — sends messages as symbols and images, which in turn conveys ideas or situations in a visual language. While many agree about what dreams are, there …

Shop teacher, Thomas Kelley, undoubtedly wishes he’d called in sick the day his student decided to attach a set of clamps to his nipples and turn on the juice. No, he didn’t plug in the clamps or place them on the student, but Kyle Dubois’ parents are claiming in court that the teacher and school …

The heavy-handed retouch team at Rolling Stone mistakingly thought they had a Madonna-sized job on their hands and went over-the-top with the new “Mad Men”-themed cover. Jezebel points out all the noggin-scratching edits that left the hit show’s cast looking like Madame Tussaud’s wax figure rejects: Full-sized image at Jezebel. All the top TV news.

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Mastering the art of geek-chic wear requires walking the fine line of librarian glasses, skinny ties, Threadless t-shirts, and irony. Designer Tina Sparkles perfected the look with her e-waste-chic dress made from 30 pounds of recycled wires. The look, dubbed Systems Supernova, strutted down the runway earlier this month at the Austin Fashion Week. Full …

If you’re in grinch mode today, this story is sure to warm your frigid heart. When somebody abandoned twelve very young puppies in a small town in the Southeast of Brazil, a group of dog rescuers arrived on the scene—but they weren’t the first responders. A spayed stray dog had already found the tiny babies, …

Photographer Tommy Agriodimas is anything but ordinary, but nothing short of exceptional. That’s probably why he can get away with juxtaposing sultry stems with gorgeous, albeit out-of-place, landscapes. Full image gallery at The Coolist. More brilliant photography.

Engineered for survival, insect eggs are typically no larger than a grain of raw sugar. But under the power of a scanning electron microscope, the eggs reveal exquisite beauty and intricate design (or a scene from your favorite Sci-fi flick). NationalGeographic.com explores the microscopic world with a gallery of images, and photographer Martin Oeggerli describes …

A Sumatran tiger faces a camera trap head on in Kerinci Seblat National Park, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, in a May 2007 photo. One of the last havens for the Sumatran tiger — listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) — the park was the site of …

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In less than 200 years, the Inca built an empire stretching 2,500 miles. But a Spanish conquistador and 167 other men brought them down. They couldn’t possibly have taken on a whole empire and won — could they? To understand how 168 men destr­oy­ed an empire of more than 1 million, we first have to …

Check out the totally adorable hand fork and hand spoon. The dining tool duo, designed by Moe Furuya, is the perfect table accesories. After all, cutlery really is just an extension of our hands. Via LikeCool. More yummy foodie tidbits.