via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive – Vintage Fine Art Prints by Dave
March 15, 1933
“New York city views. Financial district from Hotel Bossert”
Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
What’s the origin of “jazz”, or “shyster”, or “Big Apple”? The answers are in Rolla, Missouri, home of Gerald Leonard Cohen, master etymologist… more
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A beautiful bacterium
via Boing Boing by Maggie Koerth-Baker
David Goodsell of the Scripps Research Institute made this lovely watercolor illustration of a cell of Mycoplasma mycoides. This bacterium is the cause of a deadly respiratory disease that affects cattle and other cud-chewing animals.
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One Third of Humanity May Host a Mind-Altering Parasite
via Big Think by Ross Pomeroy
This article originally appeared in the Newton blog at RealClearScience. You can read the original here.
In the opening scenes of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, two Starfleet officers find themselves in quite a perilous situation.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Ever the scientist, Richard Feynman ran experiments on how best to woo women. His finding: being aloof works better than being a gentleman… more
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How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer
via 3quarksdaily by S. Abbas Raza
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Do Interruptions Zap Our Brain Power? Yes. A Lot of It.
via Big Think by Orion Jones
To test whether interruptions like email and text messages come at the expense of getting good work done, scientists at Carnegie Mellon designed an experiment.
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Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate
Devoted to skinny dipping, faddish diets, and vigorous exercise, Samuel Johnson was hardly the awkward, depressive man of letters you think… more
Haunting Photos of Abandoned Planes in the Middle of Nowhere
via Flavorwire by Alison Nastasi
Wired introduced us to the work of Dietmar Eckell, who photographs abandoned airplanes in remote locations. The haunting images of the metal behemoths sinking into gorgeous, deserted landscapes are dramatic and surreal. The series Happy End started when the artist was researching the “visual disruption of nostalgic technology in endless landscapes”, and continued when he drew a connection between the ghostly planes and the shipwreck/marine paintings of the Romantic period. The aircraft Eckell documented are the relics of forced landings in faraway places (some abandoned now for 10 to 17 years), but thankfully everyone on board survived. The artist wants to share the stories he uncovered in a book he’s currently campaigning to fund.
Visit Eckell’s work in our gallery, and head to his Indiegogo page to learn more.
And of the pictures included on Flavorwire I chose this one as an example
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Innovations for a New Old Age - Slow But Coming
via Big Think by Joseph F Coughlin
It is happening...but as the quote often associated with discussions of innovation suggests, “the future is here, it is just not evenly distributed....” For years, I’ve predicted, promoted and pleaded for radical change in the way we think about old age.
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