VIDEOUsing dye to visualize the movement of jellyfish. From Katija & Dabiri.
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Some crab species burrow homes into sandy beaches. When large colonies of crabs are active, they can form unintentional but intricate and beautiful patterns.
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Antics Ant Blocks! Each set contains images of ant hills, a queen with her eggs, and a spider, the ant's nemesis.
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Rebecca Ing captures the beautiful collision of two liquid jets of sugar syrup at a low rate of flow (left) and high rate of flow (right).
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FEATUREDThis incredible creature is the Flamboyant Cuttlefish, one of my favorites at the California Academy of Science's Steinhart Aquarium. These stunning cephalopods are both beautiful to look at and fascinating to watch.
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VIDEOCarnegie Airborne Observatory video of Amazon tropical forest structure and biodiversity showing incredible detail.
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Time lapse orchid bloom. Don Dennis captured the Neomoorea irrorata orchid blooming by photographing it 9,211 times for 33 days and 30 minutes.
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A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP.
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Researchers have discovered a unique visual attribute called image defocus that jumping spiders use in attacking and catching prey, proven in part by spiders jumping with deadly accuracy in green light, but fumbling in red.
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FEATUREDWe take a macro-eye view of some of the incredible creatures at the California Academy of Sciences.
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Fascinating new research on the golden mole, the only iridescent mammal may have evolved the iridescent hairs to streamline the moles or repel water, rather than attract a mate.
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Decurate's interview with To Hold ~ fun to see their cute air plant living minis, wearables (earrings!), even suction cup shower plants...
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VIDEOThe Inflativerse, a mobile planetarium developed at the University of Nottingham designed to inflate in 5 minutes and house realistic light projections of the night sky.
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FEATUREDOur sundew has just about finished its insect prey, but you can see the whole process in time lapse through this clip from the Life of Plants.
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An insanely cool species of gliding lizard in Indonesia looks like a (tiny) flying dragon!
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FEATUREDMy carnivorous plant caught a mosquito on its own! Fun to see how it tightly curls up around it...
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VIDEOA look at the creatures under the Sea of the Canary Islands in Winter by Rafa Herrero Massieu.
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VIDEOBeautiful underwater footage of endangered West Indian Manatees in Florida.
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VIDEOIncredible NASA footage of a recent (January 19), M2.6-class Solar Flare which created an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection.
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Envisat image from ESA of a phytoplankton bloom swirling in a figure-of-8 in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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This amazing NASA map shows tree density in the United States.
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Earthflight, an incredible BBC series capturing the world from a bird's eye view.
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VIDEOIncredible footage of carnivorous caterpillars in Hawaii.
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VIDEOFrom the moment we open our eyes it fuels our existence. We are on a mission to remind everyone to never lose your sense of curiosity or wonder. Long live learning!
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Zoo Basel successfully breeds jellyfish! Tiny polyps and free floating medusas!
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NoClean Aquariums™ desktop Betta fish tank is self-cleaning, eco-friendly and only takes about 60-seconds to work! Pour a glass of water into the aquarium and it cleans itself.
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Make your own Tyrannosaurus Rex! He may be cut out of cardboard, but he is still a fearsome guy.
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The Omnijore Joring System by Ruff Wear is ideal for any dog-pulling excursion such as skijoring, mountainboard-joring, skatejoring, bikejoring, or canicross.
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One of 3 birdhouses by Manuela Rammelmeier. To transform the city noise into a better, more relaxed one via helping birds to sing louder, while they’re sitting in their house.
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The incredible diversity of life forms found in a handful of sea floor mud.
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Air Head animal balloons ~ Each animal consists of a balloon on a wand, plus pre-cut colour features which are attached with sticky pads. Also included are colour stickers for eyes and features
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VIDEOUCSD Researchers Create Living 'Neon Signs' Composed of Millions of Glowing Bacteria, E. coli 'biopixels'.
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A sneak peek at The Great Barrier Reef, a new BBC wildlife documentary that starts on New Year's Day.
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Rare lens-shaped lenticular clouds over West Yorkshire.
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New Winter Solstice infographic design by BrainstormOverload - download the free holiday card version.
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VIDEOThe Lexus Fashion Workshop: Four fashion designers create wearable art out recyclable car parts.
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Incredible series of photos of bioluminescent sea creatures by Edith Widder, which shed light on the dangers of pollution.
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Math meets art with Comali. Give some light to your wall with this lighted frame, holding a tessellation made by only one folded sheet of handmade Japanese washi paper.
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Rare pictures of a bio luminescent lake in Australia caused by the illuminating defense mechanism of microorganisms.
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Biologists from Kyoto University in Japan have turned a crab's shell transparent.
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VIDEOToo cute ~ Singing Christmas Hedgehogs ~ from Birdbox Studios
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Michael Canfield's beautifully edited Field Notes on Science & Nature published by Harvard University Press.
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Naturwall is a vertical green wall that reuses disposable coffee and tea cups as plant pots. Ten or more pieces of used plastic cups were collected and put in a very simple flexible metal holder system.
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VIDEOAbsolutely stunning video capturing the beauty of pollination, featuring hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, bats and more incredible creatures.
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VIDEOInteractive and architectural design project about Buzios’ Coral Reef Park.
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VIDEOAdorable video of a teeny tiny baby octopus
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Can you see it? Cute folded Origami animals.
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Sour Harvest has an interview with Leontine Greenberg and a peek at her new show "Specimens" at Thinkspace
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Bigfoot at Dragatomi for his solo show “Spirits of the Mountain”, Dec 10th. There will be a limited number of resin Fujisan figures available during the show, which is also scheduled to release in vinyl form in Summer 2012.
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VIDEO9Caribou filmed the relocation of bighorn sheep in Nevada - an adventure involving helicopters, shotgun-launched nets, a great deal of vertigo and some very quick sheep! All with a rocking soundtrack!
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SnowXu foldable snowshoes. The most portable full-function showshoes. Light, compact and easiest binding of any snowshoe. When folded a set is smaller than a yoga mat bag (bag is included). Easily fit 2 sets on a single pack.
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Evolution: The Natural History of Animal Skeletons, Stripped Down, a beautiful book by Patrick Gries and Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu.
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SOME SEA ANIMAL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - a print inspired by the marine life that is found in the Pacific Northwest. Including jellyfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, etc.
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Perth Zoo welcomes a baby echidna (a puggle!).
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A step by step tutorial showing how you can make one of these lovely, garden-filled terrarium ornaments of your own.
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Landscapes created out of foodstuff and shot by the german photographer Hartmut Seehuber.
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Amazing baby giant anteater, one of a number of new arrivals at Vienna Zoo.
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Ozark hellbenders have been successfully bred in captivity for the first time in a collaboration between the Saint Louis Zoo and the Missouri Department of Conservation,
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As part of the Hello Wood Festival in Budapest, a group of Hungarian university students created a wood sculpture whose shadow spells out the word 'ebéd' (lunch in Hungarian) at precisely 1pm.
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This unique desk lamp was made by artist Evan Chambers. To create it, he took molds of hawk feet and opium poppies in order to cast them into bronze. Each lamp is numbered and signed.
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FEATUREDZoom Zoo Alphabet Flashcards by Dreamworks Illustrator, Mike Yamada. Adorable animals in retro futuristic cars ~ a la Richad Scarry.
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Paula Hayes' Living Necklaces ~ tiny air plants live in your necklace!
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FEATUREDModerne Wood Animals, designed by Linnea Gits and Peter Dunham exclusive for DWR - Fox, Bear, Horse, Deer, and Bull
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Happy Whoolidays Tree Topper ~ blown glass owl - Handcrafted in Czech Republic by SkLO Studio.
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Blackened iron sculptural Modern Cast Hooks - Antler, Whale Tail, or Bear
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Leather Animal Carafes! Piglet, Armadillo, and Porcupine!
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David Stoupin captures microworlds with beautiful microscopic photography.
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For those who missed this week's Frozen Planet. The incredible 'Brinicle' finger of ice that freezes Antarctic sea floor.
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Interview with conservationist and illustrator Brendan Wenzel on his work in South East Asia and his love for all things furred, feathered and scaled.
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Microscopic life shines in the 2011 Olympus BioScapes competition.
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The most successful snowboard documentary ever made, The Art of Flight hast released a limited pop up, photo book. It is a testament to modern print technology.
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VIDEOSmithsonian 3D Digitization team just got back from field work in Chile. These are raw, uncut time lapses of us doing what we do. We will release more each week. Check it out before editors start editing.
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The Willo Collection is a surprising series of pillow pots for indoor - designed by studio LIBEL. with willo you can decorate your interior house and enrich the environment with new textures.
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Charley Harper + Todd Oldham + Fish's Eddy = an adorable series of trays, cups, plates, mugs and more covered with adorable Charley Harper Fish graphics.
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Beautiful natural play area with as much wildlife as children.
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Flora Grubb Thigmotrope Satellite is a beautiful tool for creating vertical gardens. These steel Thigmotrope Satellites are designed to be screwed into a wall and hold tillandsia air plants
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Astronomers at Arizona State University have used NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to build this high-res topographic map of the Moon.
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ddpstudio has won Expo 2015 prize in the competition “The hand’s thought” sponsored by Bosch and patronised by Expo Milano and ADI with a new kind of watering device called "Rugiada".
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FEATUREDGhosts of Gone Birds ~ in addition to the stunning artwork within this show, the branding ~ from logos to posters to information tags is so fun! "Raising a creative army for conservation" is something we can get behind!
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FEATUREDGhosts of Gone Birds. Art vs Extinction as artists celebrate the species we have lost and raise money and awareness for those we can still save with thier beautiful pieces and limited edition prints.
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FEATUREDA look into the making of (and larger than human sizes) Grenade Bunny and other goodies by Lucky Bunny
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Solid Gray is a lightweight backpack that stands up to heavy use. Cut and folded from a single sheet of copolymer, it makes for an extremely light hardshell.
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Brand new print from Marc at The Tree House Press, 'Heavy Branches'. Giclee print on 315 gsm cotton rag, edition of 20 all signed and numbered.
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Kai & Sunny's 'Migration East' Print Edition from the 'Ghost of Gone Birds' show. Beautiful details on this grayscale swarm!
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VIDEOBeautiful video of a flock of starlings at sea.
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A tutorial for how to grow your own Piezoelectric Crystals - When tested a Rochelle salt crystal can generate a peak charge of 9.6 volts of electricity after being tapped. They can also be used as a laxative and in microphones!
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FEATUREDTattoos & Tentacles ~ a SFW peek into the more NSFW new book from photographer Julian Murray.
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VIDEOWarning: This video will leave you completely inspired, and make you want to scream at the same time!!!! “I Believe I Can Fly” is a trailer for a documentary by the French director Sébastien Montaz-Rosset.
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Screen-Pot by François Clerc for De Castelli is a restyling of the classical flower pot with grates for climbing plants. Thanks to the use of steel and laser cutting, this design has a graphic effect inspired by natural forms.
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Mark your territory the old fashioned way on FourSquare - by peeing!
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Photographer Bo Bushnell captures Los Angeles designer Matt Winter's turn of the century themed wedding at Frank Lloyd Wright Ranch in Malibu, CA.
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Tiny baby cuttelfish at the Tennessee Aquarium.
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Robotic Venus flytraps could run on live insects and spiders, snatching and digesting them for fuel.
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Miscellaneous Adventures hand-crafted outdoor accessories.
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The NYtimes explores how our love of the chambered nautilis may threaten their existence.
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Little Darlings print series from Sharon Montrose featuring gorgeous baby animals.
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Ugly and cute at the same time, here are 7 birds for Twitter.
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Researchers at Rice University working towards creating a synthetic biologically inspired camouflage based on their study of one of nature's best camouflage artists, the squid.
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VIDEODesign, only for humans? Care for Cows by Andreij Nylander is a product that improves the living situation for dairy cattle. The design was awarded the red dot award: product design 2011.
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Beautiful underwater photography by Mark Laita in his latest book, Sea.
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Greenpeace-commissioned artist John Quigley, travelling on board the Arctic Sunrise, made the massive ‘Melting Vitruvian Man’ -- to draw attention to how climate change is causing the rapid melting of sea ice to outstrip predictions.
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Wooden birdhouses shaped like shoes hang over urban power lines like sneakers, giving the birds a place to rest.
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Inspired by darkness, beautiful new work by photographer / adventurer Ondrej Chmel!
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FEATUREDThe HUGE robber crabs of Christmas Island that eat coconuts... and their red crab friends... who migrate by the millions each year... across the forest floor, across roads and bridges, and more!
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Roylco has some fun x-ray flashcards ~ animals, insects, body parts and more!
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FEATUREDAmazingly fluffy teenage boobies on Christmas Island ~ also adorable adult ones, other crazy birds, and a stunningly jagged coastline!
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FEATUREDA peek into Gallery 1988's newest show - Peter Gronquist "The Evolution Will Be Fabulous" - a mix of gilded luxe brands, weaponry, skeletons and taxidermy...
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The first Zoo born rhino. Love this set of photos from Zoo Basel in 1956.
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Japanese folding Higo Knife by Best Made Co.
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'Laorus' outdoor fountain by Patrick Nadeau
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The recently renovated Katikies Hotel in Santorini mixes contemporary design with the preserved white Aegean architecture. Beautiful!
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Alan Friedman has captured solar prominences in all shapes and sizes 2005 to 2009.
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Bon Matin Les Squelettes 3D-Plakat - Humans and animals cavort in three dimensions on this art print using florescent green and magenta.
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Beauty and the Blob, the NYtimes takes a closer look at slime molds.
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The " wake" collection (by Studio Ubico) was inspired by the wake ceremony; Even though we could not reincarnate scrap timber into trees, (the work is 100% reclaimed timber) our design debates the aspirations for what is beyond us.
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'The Evoking Brain Trust' latest work by R.Yuki Agriardi.
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An ant lion captures ant in its jaws. New research from Eric Lambert of the University of South Florida in Tampa.
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Nendo designed this rather clever little 'Non-Slip Birdhouse'.
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FEATUREDTasteologie vs A Rainbow Trout ~ Montage Deer Valley invited us up to Utah to try our hand at fly fishing with delicious results.
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Infographic portraying the possible rejected ad campaigns of the coal industry.
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FEATUREDOperation Window Seat: Monaco - Nice - Munich. First section by helicopter! With video! And then a peek at the stunning alps, the lakes hidden within, the towns and golf courses... and some amazing sail boats!
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Rune Guneriussen is a young Norwegian photographer with a beautiful series of photos of lamps.
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FEATUREDConcrete Cow found while driving in Monaco! It's like a concrete truck + cow... as art? Or mascot? Or logo? Anyone know the story?
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Tel Aviv based artist Maya Landman lovely aquarelle and mixed media works. In her words: 'The essence of my work is the acceptance of human variation through the appreciation of the imperfections in nature and animals.'
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Nasa has released a time-lapse video featuring a unique view of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, captured by the International Space Station as its orbit passed 200 miles above eastern Australia and Antarctica.
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Infographic on scent receptors in different species from the New Scientist.
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Creative imaging portfolio utilizing stereographic projections created by Boston based Photographer Max Gordon.
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VIDEOExtraordinary footage of the courtship of the peacock jumping spider in Australia.
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VIDEOStunning video showcasing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the border of Minnesota and Canada by Carl Martin.
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A rare colored seal was abandoned by his family because of being ginger. The poor thing was waiting for its mother to return to feed him but she never came.
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Scientists have discovered these beautiful dinosaur feathers trapped in amber that show some indication of their original coloration.
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VIDEOAurora Islandica, a Northern Lights time lapse, by Agust Ingvarsson should be watched in HD, full-screen.
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A logo made of moss, for the Green Party of Norway.
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A beautiful portfolio by a Nicolas Dory, a photographer in love with the Yukon !
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For the last 500 years, the locals of Nongriat in Meghalaya, India have grown several hundred bridges across the region’s numerous water channels, using just the roots of local rubber trees.
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VIDEO3 years of travelling through space, time, continuum... by Eran Hakim.
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VIDEODr. Roger Hanlon who studies cephalopod camouflage at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA describes the mesmerizing "passing cloud" pattern displayed by the male Giant Australian cuttlefish.
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VIDEO“Trouble in Lemur Land", an online documentary following primatologist Eric Patel on his quest to save the silky sifaka.
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