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A collection of 75 posts

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Inverse universes - Art that glows in the dark

Inverse Universe - Glow in the dark Art from BrainStraining on Vimeo. This painting is made with glow in the dark pigments and acrylic painted onto glass. It is a mini-universe and I like to charge it up with a UV lamp and then sit and meditate in front of

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Can't see a Coelacanth? Me neither

These designs just popped into my head. Will someone please make them for me? Sadly, it turns out that these beasts aren't just ellusive, they are now also really endangered :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth

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Do not adjust your set.

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Flying spaghetti monster photographed for the first time

For those that doubted the existence of the flying spaghetti monster, scientists have managed to photograph him. And the reality is more amazing than you can have imagined.. He really is out there floating in space spanning the whole universe. And even better, do you know what the meatballs are?

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Anatomical Cross-Sections Made with Quilled Paper by Lisa Nilsson | Colossal

Anatomical Cross-Sections Made with Quilled Paper by Lisa Nilsson | Colossal.

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Little girls impression of the MoMA

Little girls impression of the MoMA. I have thought about this in the past.. Consider taking a toddler to the museum.. it doesn’t know any better that the iron grill in the floor is not the interesting thing to look at, or the light switches, or the gilded frames

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Sterile Motherfather Mary and Intergalactic Jesus

http://www.flickr.com/49503002139@N01/83937429/ created on 2006-01-08 13:46:18 Ari MooreCC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Searching through some old emails for reflections on the topic of absurdity..  I found a wonderfully topical article from Dec 2001 edition of the London Review of Books. Jerry Coyne was reviewing

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Charlotte's Web

BibliOdyssey has some absolutely gorgeous scans of the original artwork from Charlotte's Web. BibliOdyssey: Charlotte's Web.

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Aglianico, The flavour of stewed prunes

From a time before Google translate, 1996 was a very year for Aglianico. I will spare you ALL CAPS. This wine is entirely made from Aglianico cultivated in the zone Sannitica on the soil, clayey, calcereous and aged in oak barrels through about six months. Deep ruby red with violet

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Finally, I'm an Official Iron Maiden Fan Club member

Yes, i've chosen to make my favourite tattooed millionaire a little richer. And it's about time too. * They were the band of my teens. * They are my favourite live band * Three of their concerts are in my all time top 10. * This summer I drove 3000

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Hannes Caspar : babydult and other works

I am rather liking Hannes Caspar's photographs http://www.babydult.com. http://www.hannescaspar.com/

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Resistance gallery: Beauty in Decay

A new exhibition of stunning photos of urban decay open tomorrow at the Resistance gallery (265 Poyser Street, London, E2 9RF), to promote a forthcoming book of photos in the same theme. Beauty in Decaymore details at Wooster Collective

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The king's players

At Shakespeare's Globe they take your title very seriously.

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Scientists kill supercute Tasmanian devils with face cancer.

These cute little beasties are biting each other and getting face cancer in the process. Cedric appeared to have natural immunity, so scientists at U. Tasmania deliberately infected him. Sadly, he wasn't immune so they put him down. But they're hoping he hasn't died

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tommorow's meme tooday

OPPS - Very Demotivational - The Demotivational Posters Blog credit to bigmoney

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Richard very Scary

Children's Books All Grown Up.

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PostSecret

PostSecret is my new favourite blog. Not that my puny clicks will add much to the354,708,351 they already have. Which makes me realise that this is yet another meme that i arrived late for. Or maybe, I came early and have conveniently forgotten the fact. Anyway, I'

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Three out. Of three.

[caption id="attachment_982" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="~Nadja ~Max & ~Tessa\'s room"] [/caption] Who needs an octopus to demonstrate publication bias? The door of my spare room has pretty good track record so far. Although, it is more

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FAILE goes Monumental in Lisboa

I don't know the story behind this ruined remixed monument by FAILE in Lisbon but it is utterly fantastic. more here: DFLEKTOR blog » Blog Archive » FAILE Lisboa.

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Unbeatable Eggs!

Unbeatable Eggs? | Skepchick's Flickr.

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Sad but happy!

So it turns out there was a more complicated version of the happiness flowchart Path to happiness gets complicated and confusing I will pass, thank you. I am pretty good at being happy. I think every year of my life has been happier than the last and long may this

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Horizontal version of the leaning tower illusion

The leaning tower illusion won the VSS Illusion of the year contest in 2007. Below is horizontal version of  the same thing. These two photo's are completely identical.. Bloody hell, can’t believe that these are the same… « Richard Wiseman's Blog. Here's the explanation

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Proof that football is a global(ised) game.

Look at this cool visualisation of world cup 2010 footballers, at the top they are grouped country they play nationally for, at the bottom by then country they club football in. 2010 World Now compare it to the same graph for 1994 That's globalisation for you. via Flowing

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Napoleon illusion.

Long before the Margret Thatcher illusion there was this double image of Napoleon the captions read: bu?u?n??? ??nbu?p?q     ??? o? bu?ob ??nbu?p?q ?u?u???? ??nbu?p?q - ????nb ?? ? ?u???? ??nbu?p?q Badinguet Allant a la Guerre - Badinguet Revenant Badinguet Going to

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Atheist scum, 1871 vs 2007

Artist George Cruikshank, 1871 via BibliOdyssey: 1870s Caricatures. Artist Martin Rowson, 2007 via New Humanist magazine