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February 25, 2010

Royal Mail celebrates 350 years of the Royal Society

Category: Art

A set of special commemorative stamps is being launched today to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. The stamps feature ten of the most prominent historical fellows, as chosen by leading figures in the society today. How many...

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February 23, 2010

Mysterious photos found in old camera

Category: Art

I was given an antique camera, and discovered a roll of film inside. Here are the developed pics.

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February 19, 2010

Beautiful colorimeter lets you take snapshots of smells

Category: Art

Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a way to compare aromas visually using specially developed inks. Kenneth Suslick and his colleagues used tiny squares of polymer film that hold 36 drops of carefully designed dyes. These pigments...

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February 18, 2010

The Circle of Leaf

Category: Art

Flickr user robherr created this fantastic image, summing up life, death, beauty, youth, age and decay in a handful of leaves....

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February 16, 2010

Real life dragon discovered

Neatorama reports the discovery of a real life (albeit tiny) dragon! While participating in a herpetology study we stumbled across this female laying eggs in a nest. She was found in the Lambusango Forest reserve and was immediately released after...

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February 14, 2010

Geek love on Valentines

Category: General

Valentines is a time to pronounce your undying love to the geek in your life, and what better way than through the medium of maths and science? A true geek knows that Texas Instruments says more than Hallmark ever could....

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February 10, 2010

Man shrugs off 500,000 volts of electricity

Category: Art

Looking every bit like the mythical Silver Power Ranger, the guy in this video is bestowed with similarly impressive powers - the ability to shoot lightning from his hands! So what's really happening here? The lightning is actually being generated...

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February 9, 2010

Gummi Worm Chromosomes

Category: Art

Artist Kevin Van Aelt makes lots of biology-inspired art, including this delicious-looking chromosome chart made out of jelly worms. NOM NOM NOM! Via Serious Eats...

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February 8, 2010

Richard Younger-Ross MP supports the Campaign for Libel Reform

Category: Legal Chill

Some time back I wrote to my MP, Lib Dem Richard Younger-Ross, to ask why he hadn't signed up to Early Day Motion 423 for libel law reform. I'm please to say I've received a reply in a bundle of...

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February 7, 2010

Nifty gallery of spacemen

Category: General

Thanks to Greg Foot for leading me to this delightful gallery of couture space fashion circa 1959 - present. I'd love to know more about the team behind each of these - did they employ seamstresses and tailors as well...

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