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The Laboratory at Harvard

Category: Artists & Art

I'm currently attending the Grand Opening of the new Laboratory at Harvard University, "an exhibition and meeting space for student idea development within and between the arts and sciences," for a special colloquium on Art, Science, and Creativity featuring David...

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xkcd channels Tolkein and Tufte at the same time

Category: Artists & Art

In case you didn't see it, the latest xkcd is a visual shout-out to data visualization guru Edward Tufte's favorite map, this 1861 depiction of Napoleon's march on Moscow, by Charles Joseph Minard. Yay! Movie Narrative Charts Charles Minard's 1869...

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Even Hello Kitty's guts are sickeningly cute

Category: Biology

Via Inventorspot: Hello Kitty goes anatomical, and we discover she even has bows on her guts. Yikes! But seriously - the second, faux-ivory Hello Kitty looks a little familiar. According to Inventorspot, you can choose from regular style or...

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Maybe you have a kidney in YOUR wrist. . .

Category: Biology

Okay, so this apron by Aksel Varichon is awesome. Very fun. But what's with the oven mitt? If the premise of the apron is that we're seeing internal anatomy partially revealed on the wearer's body, doesn't the matching mitt...

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It's okay, mom, the razor blade is squishy

Category: Blogosphere

Consumerist.com is concerned about these Singaporean Play-Doh ads: Ummm, well, hmmm. That's kind of creepy, isn't it? According to the Consumerist, These Play Doh ads from Singapore don't seem to be aimed at kids. Then again, the message "safe no...

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Crossdisciplinary communications: Visualizing science and art in new ways

Category: Artists & Art

Okay, if you're anything like me, you don't have time to read the blogs you already follow. But I do recommend that everyone head over to SEED's Revolutionary Minds Think Tank, where Greg Smith is guiding a conversation on...

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At Home with Letterpress

Category: Artists & Art

"It will die, eventually, because no one will know how to do it." But for now, a few miles from here, Firefly Press' John Kristensen is keeping the tradition of letterpress alive, as seen in this beautiful video by Chuck...

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Blue Barnhouse wishes you a Happy Colonoscopy

Category: Biology

Blue Barnhouse Letterpress is simply awesome. I was idly coveting these classy anatomical heart thank-you cards when I discovered they actually have a special card FOR COLONOSCOPIES: No, not even letterpress can make these brutal (and hopefully fictitious) colonoscopy...

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Hidden pictures

Category: Biology

Lovely minimalist poster design from Jordan Michael Gray's flickrstream. via NOTCOT....

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Shadow of a blackbird

Category: Artists & Art

Artist Emmanuel Polanco does amazing collage work reminiscent of Eduardo Recife. I especially like this piece, but he has several more with more overt vintage-science content. See a gallery at Fubiz....

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