Seeing Double

In the Brazilian village of Candida Godol, there are 44 pairs of twins in 80 families in a 1.5-square-mile area – a rate 1000% above the global average.



More info on the upcoming documentary here.

The Evolution Store, SoHo

How did I not know about this place?

"Evolution sells unique natural history collectibles usually seen only in museums. These include butterflies and beetles, fossils, seashells, skulls and skeletons, medical models, and tribal art."

Of course, I am particularly fond of the fossilized dinosaur teeth, available for $24.


The store looks like a 17th century kunstkammer. They even had a conjoined twin fetal skeleton on display.

The Evolution Store
120 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012

View their website here.

EyeWriter

A paralyzed man draws with his eye!

More about EyeWriter here.

Can you spell "bacteria?"

"Van Abbema created the font by stamping bacteria into paper, and then placing the paper in a jury-rigged incubator, which provided the right humdity and warmth for the organisms. As they multiplied and died, the resulting fonts changed color and shape. As van Abbema says, bacteria 'transforms the image to something new,' creating something that is literally alive, changing every minute without ever being tended."

Via Fast Company*

*where, btw, I had a really bad job interview once.

Dancin in the Dark

I recently attended a lecture at The Bell House , as part of the Secret Science Club series, about sounds black holes theoretically make. I won't bore you with scientific details, nor will I pretend I know enough about astrophysics to explain it, but I thought I'd share some fun sounds!

Click to enjoy:

The progressively closer encounter of two black holes

The chriping inspiral of two black holes


more fun with wav(e)s here.

Mutated Insects

Cornelia Hesse-Honegger makes detailed drawings of insect mutations resulting from radioactive contamination.

Talking Piano

Gefilthy

Further evidence that gefilte fish is the nastiest shit on earth, student Jessica Taylor of London was shocked to find gefilte fish aglow in her refrigerator the day after purchase. This is like the Jewish equivalent of finding an image of the Virgin Mary on your toast! Sorry Catholics, but I think this is so much cooler.

Full Article

England's Best Friend

No, I'm not talking about Simon Cowell. It's this guy!


AKA Equicanigattus.

"The computer-generated picture was created after a survey of 2,000 British pet lovers revealed the nation's perfect animal was 49 per cent dog, 35 per cent cat, nine per cent horse and seven per cent rabbit."

via DailyMail

Spaceman Counter

http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/

Nesting Eggs

Oh Em Geranosaurus

New research at Yale may help us to determine what dinosaurs looked like. I'm so stoked, though I honestly think I'd prefer not to know.

"'Even now many of the fossil feathers of dinosaurs from the Liaoning of China have very well preserved feathers that indicate that they may have had … feather patterns like black and white spots or brightly pigmented patterns within the plumage,' says Prum."


via Neatorama / ScienCentral

Palpable Holographs!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Monkey

A fluorescent rhesus monkey, from a National Geographic article about glowing animals. This little fella had a green fluorescent protein introduced into his DNA to help scientists study Huntingtons Disease (aka that thing the hot chick on House has). You can see more here.