Hybrid Medical Animation makes awesome 3D animations on various medical topics.
JJ of Hybrid told me:
We developed this 3D animation to hopefully provide a better understanding of the avian flu, such as what the influenza A virus looks like, where infection occurs in the body, and most importantly, why mutations of the virus could be so dangerous.
Because the real-world ramifications of a pandemic are so potentially awful I think that many are tuning this story out. Hopefully this animation makes the scenario easier to understand with informative, compelling visuals.
Link - checkout their other clips too! (Thanks JJ!)
NASA scientists "fire and ice" in samples brought back by the Stardust mission.
"Remarkably enough, we have found fire and ice," said Don Brownlee, a University of Washington astronomer who is the mission's principal scientist.
"We have found samples in the coldest part of the solar system. We found samples that have formed at an extremely high temperatures. So the hottest samples that formed at an extremely cold place."
Micro-heroes are fantastic (pun intended) fan-made avatars, usually of action heroes and comic book characters. These arts are drawn in a very specific style and are often intricately animated.
Link | Checkout also: Lilith von Silver's Star Trek Micros (Thanks Yayo!)
Fore-edge painting is where the page block is fanned and an image applied to the stepped surface. If the page edges are themselves gilded or marbled, this results in the image disappearing when the book is relaxed. When refanned, the painting magically re-appears.
Nova Scotia's Oak Island is for sale. Its price tag of $7 million may be worth the investment considering the island is home to the famous Money Pit.
The Pit was discovered in 1795 by a local boy named Daniel McGinnis who, spotting an unusual clearing in the earth under one of the island's oak trees, was prompted to start digging. The discovery of layered planks, mysterious stone slabs, and mats made of coconut fibers descending deep into the ground turned his casual afternoon dig into an all-out excavation.
What appears to be a complex flooding trap has thwarted efforts to reach the bottom of the Money Pit ever since. Some think the pit was purposely flooded with seawater, via a series of artificial swamps and tunnels, to hide its contents.
Artist Pauline Pratt's neck injury inspired her to do a 10-month residency at the University of Southampton, UK to explore the art in science and medicine.
Over a ten-month period, Pauline was able to spend her days working in close proximity to the scientists she was studying.
They taught her how to use sophisticated microscopes, how to grow cell cultures and how to track the special dyes used to spot cancer cells.
In exchange, they watched her paint and video in their laboratory and got a glimpse into how their work is perceived.
Meet the real von Trapp family, who inspired the movie "The Sound of Music". From the website:
Although most moviegoers' final image is of the von Trapp clan climbing the Alps to escape to Switzerland, in reality the family emigrated to the United States in 1939 and settled in picturesque Stowe, 325 miles north of New York City.
1. Elmer's white glue 2. a container to hold glue solution (I've chosen a film canister) 3. X-acto knife, and/or box cutter. Both if you have them 4. brush to apply glue solution 5. pencil/pen 6. ruler, or other rigid straight edge
Between 1967 and 1979, Gold Key published 61 Star Trek comics. Mark Lookabough and Curt Danhauser have the cover and synopsis of all of them. Link (via Eye of the Goof)
