If you like intricate watch designs or generally like to find yourself distracted, Arnold and Son has got a watch to keep you entertained. This world time is quite something to look at! Read up on it on winderz.com
Reblogged from what's that.
It takes an artist like Björk to turn the complex process of DNA replication and transcription into something as simple and beautiful as a pop song. For the video of her song “Hollow,” from last year’s app-based album Biophilia, Björk has collaborated with biomedical animator Drew Berry to create a partly-scientific representation of the haunting song.
Reblogged from Medical School
OM NOM NOM.
Defeating Hunger (Games) one Oreo at a time :)
Much credit to the clever artisan who created this.
Reblogged from What the Hell Do I Want to Call This Thing?
Why Old Books Smell Good
“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge in all of us.”- From Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez’s Perfumes: the guide
From the Green Apple Core blog (Green Apple Books).
Reblogged from Just Don't Tell the Squirrels
They Call Me Mr. Glass
Google’s augmented reality glasses have now been officially outed under the name “Project Glass”.
My initial thoughts are basically the same as what they were when the initial reports started coming out. Given Google’s recent track record, I’m skeptical of their ability to execute here, but I find technology projects like this inspiring. Good for Google to trying something completely new and bold.
Is this something we want and/or need? That’s a dumb question, in my opinion. You do great things by anticipating future needs, not by living in the cage of current thinking.
Obviously, I’m generally negative on Google, but I love the entire concept of Google X — er, Google[x]. It reminds me of the Google we first grew to love.
I hope they can pull this off.
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Scientific Ignorance - it’s amazing how many people’s disbelief in evolution boils down to exactly this. :/
Reblogged from Religious Ragings
Powering the Cell: Mitochondria. Together Harvard University and XVIVO developed this 3D animation journey for Harvard’s undergraduate Molecular and Cellular Biology students about the microscopic world of mitochondria. The animation highlights the creation of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) – mobile molecules which store chemical energy derived from the breakdown of carbon-based food. ATP molecules act as a kind of currency, imparting chemical energy to power all the functional components of cellular activity. This piece is the second in a series of award winning animations XVIVO is creating for Harvard’s educational website BioVisions at Harvard.
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