Hair with Flair: The Science Behind Hair
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... »
Lab Track: Pray
More skeptical hip-hop! I can’t get enough! Today’s lab track also happened to be submitted by (and features!) another rapper who was highlighted in a Lab Track, Marshall “Gripp” Gillson (Go listen to that one, too!). Today’s artist is Jack & The Mad Psyentist, who just released The Five Pillars EP, a musical critique on modern society using the five pillars of Is... »
Mad Quickies 5.6
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!. The Gift: A short, beautiful Sci-... »
Steampunk Costuming: The Embroidered Corset
This is an exciting moment for me. For months, I have not had time to make more than a skirt or a dress. And since I haven’t been making anything particularly interesting, it hasn’t seemed worthwhile to put in the time to write about it here. But this weekend I found myself all of a sudden with lots of reasons to procrastinate, and that meant finally finishing a project that I started ... »
Mad Quickies 5.3
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... »
NASA Wants Your Haikus
On November 13, 2013, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN mission will blast off for the upper atmosphere of Mars. Once there, it’ll make measurements of the atmosphere and ionosphere that will help scientists find clues about the Red Planet’s climatological history. To help spur public support and interest for the mission, the University of Colorado at Boulde... »
