snow

Wistfully reminds me of Snowflake Bentley.  (Still vividly remember how excited Amadea was about that book back in third grade or so!)  More here.  I'm still confused about how snowflakes grow and how the local crystal growth process can lead to such global symmetry.

obsessive compulsion harnessed for the greater good

AMNH has a sweet series of videos about updating their dioramas, the most underappreciated part of their collection.

Word Crimes

New Weird Al Yankovic!

The two faced moon

The full moon tonight is a little closer than usual so i thought you might like to know that our moon is just as weird as one of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.
Here's why.

A Space Odyssey

These incredible pictures are what happens when you take  a long exposure out the window of the space station:

impossible messi

Messi's dominance, in graphs.  Cristiano who?