Science-Art Scumble #31

Source: Scientific American

Kalliopi Monoyios is a scientific illustrator at the University of Chicago and the illustrator of two popular science books, Neil Shubin’s Your Inner Fish, and Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True. Glendon Mellow is a fine artist and illustrator inspired ...
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Moondust and zero-gravity memories? So far they remain promises

Source: Bakersfield.com

But some industry watchers are concerned that the hype sometimes flies higher than the spaceships themselves. That's not to say the private space race isn't hugely significant. It is. Even critics agree there's a revolution under way -- fueled ...
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Everett Ortner, a Leader in the Restoration of Brooklyn Brownstones, Dies at 92

Source: The New York Times

John Sotomayor/The New York Times Evelyn and Everett Ortner at their Park Slope home in 1980. Everett Ortner who, with his wife, Evelyn, was an early leader in the movement to restore the splendor of 19th-centur ...
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Exclusive: Talking ‘Men in Black 3′ With Rick Baker

Source: Original Signal: Movies

Now playing in theatres everywhere is the third installment in the popular science-fiction franchise Men in Black, entitled Men in Black III. The film stars Will Smith (Ali, Bad Boys) as Agent J and Oscar-winner ...
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TEFI Awards Handed Out in Moscow

Source: Hollywood Reporter

MOSCOW – Late on Friday, May 25, a ceremony for TEFI, Russia’s main television awards, was held at Moscow’s Novaya Opera theater. Channel One’s entertainment show Prozhektorparrishilton, whose title plays on the name of the U.S. socialite and a title ...
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Sweating The Small Stuff: Sotheby’s Selling Original Steve Jobs Note About Atari Circuit Improvements

Source: Crunch Gear

Biggs is the East Cost Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in ...
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Friends of Everett H. Ortner, Park Slope Preservationist, Remember His Legacy

Source: Park Slope

Everett H. Ortner, a writer, editor, photographer and preservationist of Park Slope, died in New York Methodist Hospital on Tuesday, May 22 due to complications after a bad fall, according to close friends. As many people know, Park Slope was not alwa ...
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Simple Project of the Month: Make Your Photos Into Comic Strips With Speech Bubbles

Source: Popular Science

The closer we can make life to a comic strip, the better off everyone will be. Here's an easy way to make homemade speech bubbles. Affix a piece of chalkboard contact paper to black foam board. Draw speechbubble ...
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On Alfas, Miatas and Memories

Source: MSN Autos

I vividly remember the first time I drove an Alfa Romeo Spider. I mention this only because I also vividly remember the first time I drove a Mazda Miata. These memories are similar but vastly different. The former is a classic Italian roadster built ...
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