digg:

This is what people asked the library before Google. (via)

archiemcphee:

Colossal, the Department of Incredible Insects recently encountered more photos of the fascinating work of French artist Hubert Duprat and his industrious Caddisflies (previously featured here).

“Right now, in almost every river in the world, some 12,000 different species of caddisfly larvae wriggle and crawl through sediment, twigs, and rocks in an attempt to build temporary aquatic cocoons. To do this, the small, slow-moving creatures excrete silk from salivary glands near their mouths which they use like mortar to stick together almost every available material into a cozy tube. A few weeks later a fully developed caddisfly emerges and almost immediately flies away.”

Since the 1980s Duprat has been collecting caddisfly larvae from their normal environments and transporting them to aquariums in his studio. There he gently removes their own natural cocoons and puts the larvae in tanks filled with materials such as pearls, beads, opals, turquoise and pieces of 18-karat gold. The insects still do exactly what comes naturally to them, but in doing so they create exquisite gilded sculptures that they temporarily call home. If you saw them out of context, you’d never guess they’d been created insects.

Visit Colossal for additional images and video of Hubert Duprat discussing these amazing insects and their shiny, shiny creations.

theatlantic:

A Statistically Representative Climate Change Debate

John Oliver shows a fairer representation of both sides: 97 scientists versus three climate change deniers.

Read more.

nevver:

Found in Translation

Exciting news from Edinburgh! :)

http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2014/apr/28/landlord-student-cooperative-answer

ilovecharts:

What Type Of Climbing Is Right For Me?

rosa-luna:

Mark Hearld

colognecouture:

become a part of the movement » Cologne Couture «

redhousecanada:

sunfell: janimalia:

Interesting Mechanisms

I wish GIFs had existed when I was a kid. I could see myself designing tons of these things.

futurist-foresight:

Just because its robotic awesomeness! (And quite a feet of auto-correction in terms of balance).

sci-universe:

Technology at its cutest — The Bipedal Cycling Robot

In 2011, robot creator Masahiko Yamaguchi demonstrated a robot which can balance, steer and correct itself while riding a fixed-gear bike.

Full video with more information here.

zerostatereflex:

Water Experiment No. 33 Automata

What a beautiful work of craftsmanship.

By: Dean O’Callaghan

cascarano:

Vonnegut makes storytelling seem simple. Really simple. 

awesome!

bookishboi:

Mailman vs. Cat