Category Archives: science

eidos

Posted on 03/05/2013 by

A group of students from the Royal College of Art in London has developed headsets that allow the wearer to adjust their sight and hearing in the same way they’d control the settings on a TV or radio. Source: Dezeen

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a vixen circle

Posted on 28/04/2013 by

Red fox (above) photographed by Victor Liu Source: Smithsonian A deeper sleep (left) by Fiona Watson

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make like a tree

Posted on 27/04/2013 by

An eastern screech owl is camouflaged in the hollow of a tree. Photographed by Graham McGeorge | Source: The Observer

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seeing stars

Posted on 12/04/2013 by

Untitled photo by Patrick Gonzales Tonight’s Finale: People ask to see stars – my camera does its best in dim light. Our atmosphere glows in the dark. ~ @Cmdr_Hadfield

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crescent earth

Posted on 04/04/2013 by

Low rays of sunlight turn the Southern Ocean between South America and Antarctica golden in this serene view of a crescent Earth, captured by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spaceprobe during its 2009 fly-by. | Source: The Guardian

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florida keys

Posted on 30/03/2013 by

The Florida Keys ~ ‏@Cmdr_Hadfield | via @jmarmaduke

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beetle wings III

Posted on 29/03/2013 by

Detail (above) of a turquoise gown (left) that Charlize Theron wears in Snow White and the Huntsman. It is trimmed with thousands of discarded jewel-beetle wings from Thailand, where the insect is a delicacy. Colleen Atwood, the film’s costumer designer, … Continue reading →

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beetle wings II

Posted on 28/03/2013 by

Beetle Wings Bodice by Mathieu Mirano :: Detail of a silk chiffon gown embroidered with real beetle wings. Its gold halter strap is vertebrae-shaped. Jurassic Fossil Gown by Mathieu Mirano :: A silk organza gown features the species that links … Continue reading →

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rainbow on the horizon

Posted on 27/03/2013 by

A Horizon Rainbow in Paris by Bertrand Kulik Why is this horizon so colorful? Because, opposite the Sun, it is raining. What is pictured above is actually just a common rainbow. It’s uncommon appearance is caused by the Sun being … Continue reading →

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two shakes of a tail feather

Posted on 15/03/2013 by

King Bird of Paradise, New Guinea, photographed by Tim Laman Source: National Geographic

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