exhibition-ism:

Mushroom bombing from Leigh Martin 

As a promotion for a new television show, an artist was commissioned by the UK history TV channel Yesterday to create a series of portraits of important historical figures as they would appear if they lived today. Click on the images to see who’s who.

moshita:

Bruce Pennington

Felt anatomy from Hiné Mizushima’s Unnatural History Museum 

atlasobscura:

Dallol -  Ethiopia 

The Hottest place on Earth!

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Modern science meets traditional craft in these art quilts by Betty Busby available in her Etsy store. Click on the images to see what each quilt represents. 

jtotheizzoe:

Seeing the Brain With New CLARITY

A new brain imaging technique called CLARITY allows neural structures to be reconstructed in three dimensions better than ever before. It does so by turning the brain “transparent”.

Truly understanding the inner workings of the brain means studying not only how individual neurons function, but also how they are wired together. Even with techniques like the beautiful “brainbow”, untangling spaghetti-like long-range connections has proven difficult. 

Stanford University neuroscientists have taken a step in that direction with their new CLARITY method. Neurons and other cells are normally labeled by sticking fluorescent tags on various proteins and other molecules that a researcher wants to study. That way we can literally see where and how they function. But looking into a three-dimensional brain is like peering into murky water: the fatty cell membranes and neuron sheaths just get in the way. 

The Stanford researchers immobilized these mouse brains in a gel, then washed away all the murky muck. This left all the connections and proteins in their right place, free to be labeled in a clear block of brain Jell-O.

For more: Head over to Nature News to read more, and be sure to watch their great, detailed video to find out more about how it was done. If you’re interested, here’s the research paper in this week’s Nature. 

Luminous creatures captured by underwater photographer Joshua Lambus

ianbrooks:

Deep Sea Googly Eyes

There’s a few things that make everything in life universally better: one is peanut butter and the other is googly eyes. And since we have not yet put googly eyes on everything, you can’t deny this claim. At the single-serving tumblr deepseafauna, the sometimes frightening species that lurk in the unfathomable depths get a crafts section makeover, taking the alien-esque horror out of their tentacle-y forms and making them look more like creatures from the Derp Blue Sea.

Frog photography by Nicolas Reusens

chazkeats:

My graduation dress. 2011.

Animal prints by Michelle Doherty from her GreenGirlCanvas Etsy store.

These fun tees from the Sharp Shirter are now available in my Thinx Gifts store.

The Power of Books by Mladen Penev