Gothamist: The NY Times Makes Cute a Science

Twin C

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:07:20 -0500

Please give some props to http://justalittleguy.blogspot.com/ as well. Just as cute, 100 times funnier.

Armin

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:32:31 -0500

Of tangential interest: How does cute translate into products... http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002486.html

detachablepenis

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 01:11:14 -0500

anteater or . . .

Maia

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:46:07 -0500

Um, my favorite animal is the giant anteater. Not particularly cute to most people but f**king cute to me! Of course, as Natalie Angier will attest, the babies are still the cutest. You cannot tell me that's not cute!!! http://bio.sbcc.net/img/anteater333.jpg

fbl

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:55:03 -0500

funny, the first thing i thought when i saw the cover of science times was..."is this why we don't have a cure for cancer yet?" CUTE is on the cover of THE NEW YORK TIMES/ SCIENCE TIMES???!!!

famdoc

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:46:51 -0500

But NYC DOES have pandas of its own! Red Pandas, the tiny cousin of the giant panda, can be found at the Prospect Park Zoo. I'll post some photos and send them to you!

pugsley

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:26:13 -0500

Walt Disney had the same theory. That's why his characters had oversized heads and eyes like babies. The most appalling example are the posters all over barnes and noble stores that illustrate authors with giant heads and big baby eyes. Most of the writers are probably spinning in their graves.

MT

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:43:32 -0500

I saw a special on PBS once about the physiology of attraction. Apparently humans are attracted to symmetrical things. People we consider beautiful will have symmetrical features, etc.

JEB

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:28:34 -0500

And don't forget about Kitten War: http://kittenwar.com

Rocknrope

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:08:46 -0500

I was wondering what took you guys so long to get this up...there's a Panda on it!

blah

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:53:16 -0500

maybe now your appetite for cuteness has been sated, and we can be spared further irrelevant panda articles in 2006.

Trilby

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:40:05 -0500

My favorite part of the article was that humans are so super-sentive to cuteness that even a large round rock on top of a smaller rock ellicits the cuteness reaction. Who knew?!

J

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:33:35 -0500

I also have a theory that animals with lopsided markings on their faces are extra-cute. I saw a dog with a spot over one eye the other day and I nearly melted from the cuteness. One of my cats has asymetrical markings on his face and a random pink spot on his nose, and it's so adorable.