Barns are painted red because of dying stars. SCIENCE IS SO COOL, YOU GUYS. But what does food look like *from the inside*? I particularly enjoy the liquids. via Brian, Kelly and the internet. Do genetics affect choreography? Our very own Elizabeth answers. Here is today – Possibly my new favorite visulization of human scale, geologic time and the age of the universe. drskyskull makes Chladn... »
Guaranteed to end well: Build your own 80,000 volt Thor Hammer out of a Tesla coil. Make ‘Em Look . Today’s Art Crush: Su Blackwell. Hyper-realistic paper birds. Glowing plants! . “Mythbusters taught me I could do science”. Peacock spiders dancing will never get old.. Jaw-dropping Cosplay of the Week: Seriously amazing Warhammer 40k armor.. DNA Gel Shelves!. »
Insect Snacks and Sustainable Cocktails. I am a food nerd, a design nerd and a sustainability nerd. So this tickles all of my fancies. Some Pinterest Entomophagy boards (I wish Pinterest had been around when I was running a bug-eating event!): Bug Girl’s Entomophagy board; FDLSeeker’s Entomophagy board; Entomovore’s Edible Bugs . A Linnaean Taxonomy of Lego Minifigures. Yes, I Di... »
Broken Butterflies - Artist Anne ten Donkelaar restores butterfly specimens. Or does she reinvent them? Happy 75th birthday, Lois Lane! You matter. Over at The Finch and Pea, they’re highlighting the art of Janice Ho, who makes beautiful metal sculptures showing insect life cycles, chloroplasts and other wonderful things. Stephen Grenade makes your nightmares even worse: Even if you don̵... »
I love anything combining fossil imagery and typography. Andreas Scheiger does exactly that in Evolution of Type. His blog has all sorts of other beautiful eye candy. I particularly like his DIY business cards, repurposing old “boring” photographs found at a flea market. Zoe Tilley Poster is drawing a beast a week. They’re a lovely mix of whimsical and accurate. Ocarina of Time s... »
I am lucky. I look like 90% of the women on the big screen, the small screen, on the covers of novels and in the pages of comic books. I am white, skinny and have learned how to use makeup (as well as a few laser surgeries) to cover the birthmark on my face with which genetics graced me. That doesn’t make me a good cosplayer. In fact, it means that I can be a little more lazy with my costumes than... »
I try a lot of projects. Some of them are unqualified successes. Some of them make me realize that I will pay any amount of money so that I don’t have to count perl 1 knit 2 ever again. And some of them are so simple and rewarding that all I can think is “Why didn’t I do this sooner?” Glass etching is one of the latter. The process is surprisingly simple. And ... »
You know what I can’t stand? Fake nerds. You know the kind, sauntering around a convention like they’re hot stuff, soaking in the attention of hormone-addled and social skill-stunted nerds. Letting the nerds fantasize about them, and then snickering behind their backs after they shoot them down. I know you’re picturing them in your head right now. You can see their smug sm... »
