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... »
Cue the shears and hair razor! Things are going to get a bit hairy up in here! I’ve always been a bit fascinated by hair. By age 14, I was dyeing my hair. By age 15, I was cutting my own hair. And I haven’t stopped since. My hair and I have a sort of love/hate relationship. It’s naturally straight and curly, with a bit of wavy thrown in for the hell of it. In it’s natural s... »
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 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... »
Sometimes it seems like the “Age of Synthetic Biology” is actually the “Age of Writing Great Works of Literature Into DNA”. While the tools of synthetic biology increase the potential of genetic engineering by letting us finely control the genomes of experimental organisms, many of the demonstrations of how minutely we can write out DNA sequences have more to do with the we... »
Hey, have you heard about coconuts? They’re delicious! Now they’re nutritious, too, right? Today I will share my journey from a tropical coconut-laden paradise to the thick undergrowth of a dangerous jungle filled with misinformation. I was aware of the fact that coconut was the new fad du jour; a few family members have gotten into coconut oil and coconut water, but I wasn’t really interested in ... »
