Dallas architect and artist Jacob Haynes went all out for his “microscopic universe” themed Christmas tree this year. His laser-cut micro-organism ornaments are amazing, but his pipe cleaner DNA garland really completes the look:
Posts marked holiday
Periodic Table of Elements Cubes from the ElementsCubed Etsy store.
Santa has entered the space age with these fun retro ornaments from the Thinx Gifts store. They’re perfect for sitting around the tree while listening to the Bobby Helms Christmas classic Captain Santa Clause (And His Reindeer Space Patrol):
With the holiday season soon approaching, I’m excited to announce my new Cafe Press store opening today. It’s filled with t-shirts, mugs, bags and other fun stuff I’ve designed. Check it out for all kinds of “smart” gift ideas.
If you can’t find something for that special somebody there, I’ve also created an Amazon store filled with many of the items and artists I’ve featured on my blog. Happy shopping and enjoy the holidays!
Build your own geodesic dome gingerbread house. Click here for instructions.
Whether you’re looking for silver and gold decorations or concerned about which side of the naughty/nice binary you’re on, there’s a beautiful handmade ornament for you at the verymere Etsy store.
Holiday gift alert! This lovely Nobel Ladies of Science bracelet is available at the Geekatrix Etsy store.
Your moons are rubbish, astronomer tells Christmas card artists:
Peter Barthel, who studies quasars and active galactic nuclei at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, belongs to that group of scientists who notice things that most of us, through ignorance or lack of pedantry, are happy to overlook. Things like Christmas cards depicting penguins cavorting with polar bears, or designer snowflakes that “corrupt nature”.
For Barthel, the last straw was a Unicef Christmas card in 2010 that showed three bobble-hatted children decorating a tree on a snowy hill beneath a waning crescent moon…
Holiday decor from the Moda Industria Etsy store
Every year men’s skin and hair product maker Aesop chooses a new theme for their holiday gift kits. This year the theme is Daring Cases in Favour of Science:
This year our sought-after gift kits have been created around the theme of science. This is a topic about which Aesop is passionate and which has daily significance for our company. Since our inception, we have worked with talented scientists from many disciplines, and listened with respect as our understanding of their expertise grew.
Every product that Aesop offers has benefited from the discoveries of agronomists, botanists, chemical scientists and biophysicists. Each of our 2011–2012 science-themed kits is dedicated to a particular theory that captivates our imagination and has laid the foundations for countless achievements that have followed. From the Theory of Special Relativity to the Laws of Motion, we pay homage to the men and many unacknowledged women who have applied themselves to disciplined inquiry.
Best of all, the sturdy zipped cases can be reused well after all the products inside have been used up. This begs the question: Would it be wrong to give this to my husband as a gift and then steal the bag later? Just asking.
The New Mexico Biopark Society puts on an awesome annual holiday light show
This year’s theme for Bergdorf Goodman’s holiday windows is “Carnival of the Animals”.
Christmas is a time of joy and happiness, so why not pay tribute to the brain chemicals responsible for your holiday pleasure this season? In addition to ornaments embroidered with the chemical symbols for serotonin and dopamine, the What. No Mints? Etsy store has plenty of other fun science themed holiday decor to celebrate the season with.
This shiny and bright neuron ornament is available in the Anatomology Etsy store
Visit the Thinx site