Everything is Science

trebaolofarabia: likeafieldmouse: Motohiko Odani - SP4 the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:41:58 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Motohiko Odani - SP4 the Specter: What Wanders in Every Mind (2009)

I need one of these in front of my house…like, I need a modest house, no more than a 800 square feet, and in the yard there will be a gate with no fence, and between the gate and the door will be this statue.

death-by-lulz: disturbingsteve: The floor of a video game...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:52 -0400

death-by-lulz:

disturbingsteve:

The floor of a video game store, it is entirely flat

disturbedesign: Tarin Yuangtrakul

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:28:18 -0400

disturbedesign:

Tarin Yuangtrakul

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Fri, 24 May 2013 15:51:31 -0400

natgeofound: A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family,...

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:14:06 -0400

natgeofound:

A group of scarabs from the Scarabaeid family, July 1929.
Photograph by Edwin L. Wisherd, National Geographic

ilovecharts: Interactive Guide For Comparing the Speeds of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:37:25 -0400

ilovecharts:

Interactive Guide For Comparing the Speeds of Famed Sci-Fi Ships

ilovecharts: Carl Sagan passes on wisdom about the importance...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:16 -0400

ilovecharts:

Carl Sagan passes on wisdom about the importance of understanding the origins of cosmic bodies before you begin baking for the afternoon.

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.”

thenewenlightenmentage: Neurons Could Outlive the Bodies That...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:21 -0400

thenewenlightenmentage:

Neurons Could Outlive the Bodies That Contain Them

Most of your body is younger than you are. The cells on the topmost layer of your skin are around two weeks old, and soon to die. Your oldest red blood cells are around four months old. Your liver’s cells will live for around 10 to 17 months old before being replaced. All across your organs, cells are being produced and destroyed. They have an expiry date.

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milesian: You are made of Ever Morphing Four dimensional...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:09 -0400

milesian:

You are made of Ever Morphing Four dimensional Fractals!

(Vertical progression through the human brain)

klindicative: my submission for coven, the occult artbook that...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:30 -0400

klindicative:

my submission for coven, the occult artbook that hamletmachine organized. i’m very grateful to have been a part of this project. lots of really cool artists participated, and there’s a limited supply so make sure you grab one.

i haven’t seen all the submissions yet, but its seems like “young boy being ravished by demons” was a popular subject.

kolbisneat: Here it is! Now that the Macro & Micro show is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:39 -0400

kolbisneat:

Here it is!

Now that the Macro & Micro show is basically upon us (opening THIS FRIDAY!) I am now willing + able to share the full image in all its battling glory.

So I’m part of the “everything else” category and as such had pretty much free reign over content (avoiding plant, animal, or mineral). I opted to go micro and offer what I’m sure is an entirely accurate depiction of white blood cells fending off a bacteriophage.

Right? White blood cells are tiny space folk with laser hands?

And if you’re so inclined there are prints available at the LGAL shop!

PURCHASE HURRRRRRR.

nothing-without-science: The story behind DNA’s double...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:23 -0400

Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer.

Franklin is best known for her work on the X-ray diffraction images of DNA which led to the discovery of the DNA double helix

nothing-without-science:

The story behind DNA’s double helix

The notorious race to uncover the structure of DNA, the molecule of inheritance, began in 1951, when American biologist James Watson arrived at the University of Cambridge. Here he met Francis Crick, an English physicist and the two began building scale models to test their ideas of what DNA’s appearance might be.

Meanwhile, two scientists at King’s College London called Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin were also studying DNA. They were attempting to crystallise the molecule to make an x-ray pattern of it. They hoped this would provide important clues about its structure.

Although the two institutions were effectively competing against each other, Francis Crick (University of Cambridge) and Maurice Wilkins (King’s College London) communicated regularly. Letters sent from Wilkins to Crick reveal their close personal relationship.

It was Rosalind Franklin’s famous x-ray image, nicknamed ‘Photo 51’, that finally revealed the structure of DNA in May 1952. The pattern appeared to contain ‘rungs’, like those on a ladder, set between two strands. The fuzzy “X” pattern indicated DNA’s helix shape. In early 1953, Wilkins showed Watson the image, seemingly without Franklin’s knowledge.

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mucholderthen: Physiological Color Change by...

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:59 -0400

mucholderthen:

Physiological Color Change
by ~elizabethnixon

Ever wonder how an Anole changes color?
Here’s how! Done in adobe photoshop. ~40+ hours

ANOLES [polychrotidae]
Due to their ability to change color, anole lizards are frequently referred to as American chameleons. Also, because they can run up walls, they are sometimes confused with geckos. Not closely related to either of those groups, in fact, they are more closely related to iguanas.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 16:15:49 -0400

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:37:27 -0400

stellar-indulgence: The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M104 or...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:23:38 -0400

stellar-indulgence:

The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M104 or NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo located 28 million light years from Earth. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero. Astronomers initially thought that the halo was small and light, indicative of a spiral galaxy. But Spitzer found that halo around the Sombrero Galaxy is larger and more massive than previously thought, indicative of a giant elliptical galaxy. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of +9.0, making it easily visible with amateur telescopes. The large bulge, the central supermassive black hole, and the dust lane all attract the attention of professional astronomers.

seafarers: Baikal Lake Ice by Daniel Korzhonov

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:37:21 -0400

seafarers:

Baikal Lake Ice by Daniel Korzhonov

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:37:21 -0400

natureofnature: Confocal micrograph showing the expression of...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:42:36 -0400

natureofnature:

Confocal micrograph showing the expression of different fluorescent proteins in the stem of a thale cress seedling (Arabidopsis thaliana).

toomuchhorrorfiction: Guy N. Smith’s infamous pulp-horror...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:42:22 -0400

toomuchhorrorfiction:

Guy N. Smith’s infamous pulp-horror “classic” Killer Crabs series, Dell reprints from the 1980s.