Paper Interior Portraits By Simon Schubert

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“Contradiction” by Hyuro

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Nicht

Timm Ulrichs

 

Cartoons - The New Yorker

“It is not you. It is we.”

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See Stunning Moon Photos from China's Lunar Lander

Now you can see the moon's surface through the keen eyes of Chang'e-3, China's lunar lander.

 

Nick Brandt's 'Petrified'

English photographer and conservationist Nick Brandt has produced this series of fascinating photographs of petrified animals in Tanzania.

 

What Are Groundhogs Really Looking For? Sex, for One

"It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life."
 That's what actor Bill Murray said in the movie Groundhog Day, but that's hopefully not what the famous groundhog Phil will predict when he pops out of his burrow February 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
If Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, tradition says there will be six more weeks of winter.
If he doesn't, there’ll be an early spring. But is Phil—or any groundhog, for that matter—really acting as the Oracle of Spring when he pops out of his hole?
 Not quite, it turns out.

 

Cruz Victory Gives Hope To Despised People Everywhere

Senator Ted Cruz’s stunning victory in the Iowa caucuses is serving as a beacon of hope to despised people across the nation, a number of disliked Americans confirmed on Monday. In interviews from coast to coast, dozens of pariahs said that the Cruz triumph meant that “the sky’s the limit” for widely hated people like them. Tracy Klugian, a real-estate agent from Jupiter, Florida, said that the fact that she has systematically alienated her co-workers, by bad-mouthing them to management and stealing their listings, no longer seems like an obstacle to advancement. “Sometimes, knowing that everyone in the office hates me so much that they won’t even ride in an elevator with me kind of brought me down,” she said. “That’s why this Cruz thing is such a game-changer.” Chuck Greister, a general contractor who has incurred the wrath of hundreds of clients for his shoddy work and flagrant, who-gives-a-crap attitude, said that Ted Cruz’s victory in Iowa has “been nothing short of inspirational.” “Showing up four hours late or drinking on the job site—sure, loads of people hated me for that,” Greister said. “But a little hate never stopped a gentleman named Mr. Ted Cruz.” In the wake of the Iowa caucuses, America’s most unlikeable people were lighting up Facebook with comments in praise of Cruz, bursting with pride that one of their number had a legitimate shot at the White House.
 “There are a lot of despised little kids out there who probably think that they’ll never be President,” Klugian said. “Ted Cruz gives them a reason to dream.”

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Don't let anyone crush your dream.

David Moreno 

 

Diane Keaton by Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton stolen the show on the latest Vanity Fair Hollywood cover.

 

Lavishly Illustrated Medieval Playing Cards

To be good at cards requires more skill than dice but less than chess, both of which were well established by the 14th century when card-playing came to Europe. People from all classes would play cards, though the ones on exhibit at the Cloisters were clearly intended for the rich and wouldn't have been subjected to the roughness a deck meant for actual use would have experienced. The Cloister's exhibit features several decks of cards, whose gilded backgrounds and careful lines make them appear like tiny paintings.

 

Phosphorus Starts With Pee In This Tale Of Scientific Serendipity

The history of science is full of happy accidents — most folks have heard that penicillin was discovered in 1928, when a few mold spores landed on some neglected petri dishes in a London lab. But sometimes serendipity's role is a bit less ... mainstream. Hennig Brand was a German alchemist in the 1660s. I'm not saying he was a gold digger — but he did marry first one rich lady, and then, after her death, a second rich lady. And he used their money to literally try to make gold. Back then, a lot of people thought you could change worthless materials into precious metals. And Brand was convinced he could distill gold from a golden substance that he encountered every day: human urine.

 

Love Picture for Valentine’s Day

Irving S. T. Garp

 

“It’s always February 2nd, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

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That Monday Morning Feeling

Gemma Correll

 

Fortune cookie

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Lightning strikes

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Abstract Iceland From Above By Zack Seckler

American fine art photographer Zack Seckler shot a series of abstract aerial landscapes of Iceland from a plane built by the pilot himself.

 

The Phases of the Moon May Affect How Much It Rains

The moon has long been linked to the ebb and flow of ocean waters—as the gravity of the moon pulls on Earth, the oceans bulge toward it ever so slightly and water levels fluctuate. Now, scientists have discovered another way that silvery body in the sky affects its closest neighbor’s water.
A new study suggests that the phase of the moon changes how much it rains on Earth.

 

Four-legged Knight

Amanda Tromp

 

Scientists have found out which out of our feline or canine friends love us more.

As part of a new BBC2 documentary called "Cats v. Dogs", hosted by animal experts Chris Packham and Liz Bonnin, a neuroscientist has investigated which species prefers humans. We already knew that, like humans, dogs release the 'love hormone' oxytocin. This test has never before been done on cats.The neuroscientist checked the oxytocin levels in both cats and dogs after playing with their owners. He took saliva samples from 10 cats and 10 dogs on two occasions - 10 minutes before a playtime session with their owners and immediately after - and tested both samples for  oxytocin.
The results show the hormone increased by an average of 57.2 per cent in dogs but only by 12 per cent in cats. This means in theory, dogs love their humans more than cats do.

 

The Forest in Your Mouth

The tongue, teeth, and gums are all very different habitats, each with their own fauna.

 

The old city of Venice begins to wake up.

Trey Ratcliff

 

Geometric Sculptures In Nature By Martin Hill

Living and working near Wanaka in New Zealand, Hill creates his site-specific installations together with his partner Philippa Jones, exploring the topic of sustainability since 1992.
The temporary artworks are then preserved through photographs.