Inspired by Science: 3D Printed Fashion by Iris van Herpen
- Design & Technology, Photography, Society
- December 14, 2011
This is a replica of a blue whale heart, life-sized. An adult can crawl through it with little difficulty. The replica is on display at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Since a real blue whale heart has never been recovered from a dead whale, the builders had to rely on whaler’s records,
READ MOREMost sea-dwellers evade predators by camouflage, a hard shell, or very fast responses. So, it would seem that the thousands of nudibranch’s (or “sea slugs”) wouldn’t have a chance; they’re brilliantly colored, slow and soft. But survive they do: their coloring is thought to warn prey that they are toxic. Sometimes, the warning has more
READ MOREThough it hasn’t been covered with the same amount of enthusiasm by the international press, last week hundreds of thousands of people retook Tahrir Square in a scene reminiscent of the famous “Arab Spring” days of 2011. Their return comes as the current president tries to push through his own constitution and give himself sweeping
READ MOREGrasshoppers have adapted to a lot of conditions, and now they’re adjusting to another: city life. Male bow-winged grasshoppers that live in cities have added louder bass when making their mating calls, while their less urbanized cousins maintain lower sound production. It’s an unusual evolution by an insect, but they have been around longer than
READ MOREMars Science Laboratory (MSL), the car-sized rover affectionately known as Curiosity, only recently begun digging into Martian soil, but it has already turned up something of significant interest. SAM, the Sample Analysis at Mars, is a scoop that had previously been using its instrumentation to search for methane, produced by life on Earth, in Mars’
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