if morgan freeman goes to jail is he just morgan man
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Bat skeleton on barn wall.
Ooh!
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- Operator: 911, please hold.
- Me: Stop murdering me for a sec; we're on hold.
- Murderer: ok
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All Sizes Anatomical Nesting Dolls by designaside
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This furthers my belief that fashion is just one inside joke. Every year they see just what the hell they can get people to wear next.
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Original Lego Patent (1961)
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Tissue Series, Anatomical Cross Sections in Paper by Lisa Nilsson
These pieces are made of Japanese mulberry paper and the gilded edges of old books. They are constructed by a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper called quilling or paper filigree. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles, and later by 18th century ladies who made artistic use of lots of free time. I find quilling exquisitely satisfying for rendering the densely squished and lovely internal landscape of the human body in cross section.
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Spider Silk Is Strong Because It’s Smart
Spider silk, and the intricate shapes of webs, demonstrate how knowing when to be soft and when to be rigid is at the core of its many functions: house, hunting tool, transportation aid.
A spider web provides its occupant with a home and a way to catch prey. It needs to stand up to pesky attackers and sometimes withstand hurricane-force winds. Using computer models of spider silk and experiments on the webs of common European garden spiders (Araneus diadematus), Buehler and his team found a web’s unique skills come from its ability to react differently to different stress levels.
A light wind, for instance, softens the web, allowing it to lengthen but retain its overall structure. If a larger force is applied at a specific location, such as when a particular thread is poked, the silk becomes rigid and breaks.
Studying both the patterns of these webs and the molecular nature of what they are made of could aid everything from redundant network design to super-strong reactive materials like bullet-proof fabric.
Previously: Goat’s milk meets spider silk.
(via Wired Science)
