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September 29, 2014

Climate Change and Aquaman: This makes total sense…

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By Mr. Lovenstein.

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September 27, 2014

New Yorker cartoon artist + Nature Journal = Awesome.

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By Roz Chast in Nature. Via Fresh Photons.

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September 27, 2014

The illustrations for “Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space” are gorgeous!

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Art by Ben Newman. From Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space (amazon), via Brain Pickings

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September 27, 2014

Insects crafted from recycled paper.

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By Soon (for IGEPA Benelux), via Colossal

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September 12, 2014

On coding love with html

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By Akihiro Mizuuchi, via Spoon & Tamago

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September 10, 2014

Underwater biodiversity done in stunning paper craft. The word you’re looking for is “wow.”

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By Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker (link), via Colossal.

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September 10, 2014

This mathematically gorgeous calendar is a wonder to look at.

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By J.P. King, and available for sale here (although currently sold out).

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September 9, 2014

Origami crease patterns: more beautiful than you would expect.

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By Robert J. Lang. He also has a wide range of amazing origami books – available here.

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September 9, 2014

AVES: the deck of cards for the bird lover.

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By Karina Eibatova, and LUX cards. Via Colossal.

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September 8, 2014

The geometry of pasta forms as explained by mathematical formulae.

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By George L. Legendre, via Fresh Photons.

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September 5, 2014

When a dinosaur is left hanging.

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By Mr. Lovenstein

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September 4, 2014

This is what it looks like when you attempt to showcase many many bioluminescent organisms in a single graphic.

It looks stunning!

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By Eleanor Lutz.

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September 3, 2014

Clouds and their shadows (epic when viewed from space) #gorgeous

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By Alexander Gerst, via Colossal

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September 3, 2014

Self Portraits drawn showing the progression of Alzheimer’s: The art of science at its harrowing best.

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By William Utermohlen, via New York Times.

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July 21, 2014

This music video and song are some kind of wonderful. “Moving On” by James. #song4mixtape

Just came out on iTunes in North America too…

By James.

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July 10, 2014

“Friggin’ awesome video” on the TCA cycle. h/t @DrKimlicka

By Wilson Lam, via Lynn Kimlicka.

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July 10, 2014

Holy crap! Stunning paper birds!

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By Diana Beltran Herrera, via Colossal

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July 7, 2014

Love these space themed illustrations by Scott Campbell

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By Scott Campbell.

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July 7, 2014

Paper craft microbial art. #beautiful

Whoa…

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By Rogan Brown, via Colossal.

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July 4, 2014

A brief (scientific) history of weapons. (Also brilliant)

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By Zach Weinersmith, from Medium.

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