astronomy-to-zoology:

Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)

…is a species of alcid bird native to the coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia. Like other puffins the horned puffin is a pelagic seabird and feeds primarily on fish which it catches by diving, however they will also eat squid and crustaceans as-well. Like other puffin species the horned puffin has a modified tongue that allows it hold large amounts of fish to bring back to its nest.  

Phylogeny

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myampgoesto11:

Mike Pelletier: Lucy Skull

“In 2011 I was invited to create a piece for an exhibition called “Ctrl-Z” curated by 3d artist 

Eric Van Straaten. This was a group exhibition of artworks created by various 3d printing processes. 

The model of the skull was generated from a friend’s dental tomography scan. The form of the object was created by creating an array of copies of the skull, where each successive copy of the skull is scaled, rotated, and moved. The skull starts at life size at the front and ends up rotated 180 degrees and two times larger than life at the back.”

medicalschool:

Open Heart Surgery Explained (click here to view bigger)

isaywordssometimes:

Y’all motherfuckers need Feynman

slowartday:

Tokujin Yoshioka often transforms simple everyday objects into beautiful creations. This is apparent in his piece Tornado that he installed in Miami using 2 million plastic straws. 

Installation artwork translates well to 2-d platforms such as tumblr because it encourages you to imagine how the space must look. So dedicate some time to observing this work slowly.

What do you think about Yoshioka’s installation?

styckywycket:

Your education doesn’t have to stop once you leave school—freedom from the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We’ve put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this fall for our third term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online college-level classes. Let’s get started.

I’m going to be enrolling in basic finance (a brush-up, since it was my weakest subject in undergrad and during my MBA), and basic physics (which I’ve never been great at since it was math-based).  I may also enroll in a couple of the inter-disceplenary courses as well.

Can we tell that I miss being in school?

exhibition-ism:

So Good! 

NYCHOS

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mitchharvick:

This awesome. A Lego recreation of the opening to Casino Royale and it’s so fucking cool. 

nevver:

“You can wake up now, the universe has ended.”