Chewbacca hair wars.
By Alejandro Giraldo. Also available as a t-shirt.
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June 26, 2012
June 25, 2012
History of the bicycle in Chinese Matchbox labels.
(Click on image for higher resolution)
From Wackystuff
June 25, 2012
Welcome Image Awards 2012: Isn’t this moth beautiful?
Definitely worth taking a look. The one below is my favourite.
“This false-coloured scanning electron micrograph shows a moth fly (Psychodidae), also known as a drain fly. As its name suggests, the fly’s larvae commonly live and grow in domestic drains; the adult fly emerges near sinks, baths and lavatories. The moth flies’ bodies and wings are covered in hairs, which gives them a ‘fuzzy’, moth-like appearance. The fly is 4-5 mm long, and each eye is approximately 100 microns wide.”
By Kevin MacKenzie.
June 25, 2012
Coral Reef Deck for Phylomon Project now available as a free pdf download.
Sponsored by the fine folks over at the World Science Festival, I must say that this deck looks awesome! Go here for details on the deck (with links to the printable deck pdf), and also keep an eye out for the print-version Beaty Museum Deck which should soon be coming out in the next few months.
(And, if you’re in Vancouver, come out to a Phylo art exhibit and “learn to play” event at the HIVE – facebook page).
For now, check out some of the art for the Coral Deck cards below:
Art above by Joe Kloc, Emilie Clark, and Nadir Balan. From the Phylo Project.
June 23, 2012
When Sodium Formate is mixed with the Lion King.
You get this:
I thought this was very very funny, which I think must say something about my personality.
From Huffington Post.
June 23, 2012
Extinct birds by Brian R. Williams
The a=last three being the Great Auk, the Laughing Owl, and the Imperial Woodpecker.
By Brian R. Williams, via Drawn.
June 23, 2012
This is how chemists propose.
Source unknown (all over the internet). BTW, more on diamond structures here.
June 22, 2012
How to tell the birds from the flowers. A manual of flornithology for beginners. #awesome
These pages from Robert W. Wood’s 1907 quirky little manual, How to tell the birds from the flowers. A manual of flornithology for beginners are pretty delightful. You can take a look at the whole thing at the California Digital Library.
Hat tip to Futility Closet for bringing it to my attention.
June 21, 2012
Brilliant exoplanet infographic
(Click on image to see larger version)
Some of the text reads:
“Most of them are huge because those are the kind we learned to detect first, but now we’re finding that small ones are actually more common. We know nothing about what’s on any of them. With better telescopes, that would change. This is an exciting time.”
From xkcd.
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