Move over, Matrix – astronomers have done you one better. They have created the first realistic virtual universe using a computer simulation called ‘Illustris.’ Illustris can recreate 13 billion years of cosmic evolution in a cube 350 million light-years on…

If you feature cats, they will come. That’s what Australian marketing executive, Rach Aslett discovered when she created the Tumblr titled Cats That Look Like Pin Up Girls. The original intention was to promote a Hurly Burly, a new rockabilly…

For every 100 videos watched in its “Big Dick” category, Pornhub will plant a tree. This ends soon, so get watchin’! IT’S FOR NATURE. ift.tt/eA8V8J via Grist ift.tt/1n3SEq4

Forty years ago, Richard “Dick” Balzer saw his very first magic lantern – an early image projector invented in the 1600s. This encounter would prove to be the start of an intense preoccupation with early animation technology. Following this discovery, …

New England artist and 2009 Guggenheim Fellow Cheryle St. Onge makes large-format photographs about science, observation, and knowledge. Her pictures express the states of learning, looking, and wondering. Of her work, she writes, “When my children find a frog, put it…

As if CAFOs weren’t disgusting enough already, now they’re spraying manure out of sprinkler systems, and it’s contaminating neighbors’ homes. ift.tt/eA8V8J via Grist ift.tt/1keQ50y

Fuel Design bringen ein neues Buch basierend auf ihrem Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive raus, inklusive Deutungen der Tattoo-Codes durch Arkady Bronnikov, „Russia’s leading expert on tattoo iconography“. Vorbestellen kann man das Teil per Kickstarter. A […] ift.tt/eA8V8J via Nerdcore ift.tt/QOX4WQ

Directed by Eva Franz and Andy Goralczyk, “Omega” is an animated short that combines stop motion puppetry with CGI to paint the portrait of a bleak wasteland inhabited by mechanical animals and a mysterious force named Ohm. The mechanical life…

Batshit brilliant video for freak-of-the-week Brooke Candy by Steven Klein and Nicola Formichetti, featuring  New York club legends Ryan Burke and Jarrett Edwards (among others). Stop what you’re doing and WATCH NOW! The makeup will knock you out. The wigs…

Not on App Store is a sticker, designed to look like the typical “available on the App Store” badges from Apple, that’s meant to serve as a reminder of all the things not available in any kind of App Store,…

Seven episodes in, Robert Rodriguez finally reveals his Satanico Pandemonium in From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series. And you can get a look at her in this new clip. The episode, simply titled “Pandemonium,” introduces the headlining stripper/ancient indigenous vampire,…

Like many of us, artist Anna Gensler joined the social media app, Tinder. Like many women who are on there, she received crude, objectifying messages from men. Her way of retaliating against this unacceptable behavior was to draw the message…

In 1850, Walter Potter was 15 years old when he first began experimenting with taxidermy. By the age of 19, Potter had already created his best-known taxidermy tableaux, “The Death and Burial of Cock Robin” which was displayed, along with…

In his magical series Un regard, Kinshasa-based photographer Kiripi Katembo Siku has made a beautiful, dream-like series on Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, by taking pictures of the reflections of his city in garbage-riddled pools of water in…

You want to know why we lived like footloose gypsies traveling the world in a camper van? From Adbusters #112: Blueprint for a New World, Part 1: Psycho STILL FROM PROJECT WILD THING Four years ago, my husband and I…

Considering how much time we spend thinking about the opposite sex and their desires, we stink at predicting them. My husband likes to squeeze onto what I’ve been taught to call my “muffin top,” the bit of “extra” flesh just…

If you’re short on artistic ability but still have that craving to create something awesome, maybe you should try coloring. It’s not just for kids anymore when you’re talking about a coloring book like Between the Lines. Artist Peter Deligdisch has…

Making the most of a tiny apartment is all about smart use of space, organization and multi-purpose furniture. Here are 24 examples of clever small-space hacks … ift.tt/eA8V8J via WebUrbanist ift.tt/1h7cMCO

Russian photographer Constantin Mashinskiy currently living in Paris, is documenting his experience by taking and posting stunning black & white pictures of Parisian strangers for his blog 365 Parisiens every day for a year. images by Constantin Mashinskiy submitted via…

Turning taxidermied animals into a compelling curiosity was Walter Potter’s specialty, and his wondrous animal creations allowed the once lively animals to play on for the rest of their afterlives. Walter Potter became interested in taxidermy at an early age,…