Mad Quickies: parasite specimen, oldest icosahedron, the ancient chicken/egg conundrum and more

Just squeaking in with the Monday Quickies here. If you haven’t yet acclimated to your new week, here- this might help.

• Fighter pilot turned Avenger, Carol Susan Jane Danvers headlines her hundredth issue in the Marvel Universe. Here are Captain Marvel’s 10 Definitive Issues.
• Is this the oldest d20 on Earth? because if it is, that’s damn awesome. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns it. {ht Iszi Lawrence}
• You’ve probably read about her by now, but this is something worthwhile. The New Yorker reports on video game-developer Zoe Quinn’s Depression Quest.With link to the game.
• Artist Nikita Leigh makes geeky stained glass lamps.
• Fore-edge paintings and the secret works of art on the edges of book pages.
• Retail find: Artist Hiné Mizushima created the print “Bioscience”. Only 15 bucks.
• This is a simulation but it’s still really gross. But fascinatingly crafted. Did I mention that it’s really gross? Parasite Specimen at Propnomicon.
• BONUS: Alaskan reporter, Charlo Greene outs herself as head of pot legalization group in the most jaw-dropping way.

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AsapSCIENCE asks:

Which Came First – The Chicken or the Egg?


from the page

It has perplexed humanity from as early as the Ancient Greeks. So which came first, the chicken or the egg? Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown take a crack at this curious conundrum.

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Featured image is an excerpt of Captain Marvel by cover artist Ed Mcguinness.

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