UK-based artisan Omid Asadi traded in his boxing gloves and engineering career to focus on his craft since leaving his native Iran: turning large leaves into beautiful carved sculptures. (more…)
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Omid Asadi’s intricate leaf sculptures
A new species of hermit crab with feathery antennae has been discovered off the coast of Japan. What’s especially cool is that they use living corals as shells. (more…)
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Biologists find new hermit crab that uses living corals as shells
From collecting seashells for the inlay, harvesting tree sap for the lacquer, to adding the final touches, creating these stunning lacquer boxes in traditional Korean style takes about a year. (more…)
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Watch how hard it is to make a traditional Korean inlaid lacquer box
Producing hard candy in bulk still required a lot of skill in Victorian times, as Lofty Pursuits demonstrated by making cinnamon hearts on this hard candy press from 1871. (more…)
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Watch hard candies get made on a candy press from 1871
Rio Celeste is a gorgeous Costa Rican river with a length that’s famous for its unusual turquoise waters . After decades of guessing, scientists finally determined the cause was aluminosilicate: (more…)
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Scientists finally discover why this river has such an unreal shade of blue
YouTuber Oxalis shared Ryan Deboodt’s gorgeous footage of the world’s largest cave , Vietnam’s Hang Son Doong. (more…)
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Explore the world’s largest cave, including 360-degree video
The inedible green leaves left behind during pineapple harvesting contain fibers that can be transformed into goods traditionally made from leather, including shoes, bags, and other leather accessories. Pinatex has details. (more…)
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These shoes are made of pineapple leaves
The deceptively simple Collatz Conjecture is one of mathematics’ most difficult puzzles. Alex Bellos shows off a cool rendering by Edmund Harris that looks like a beautiful life form from the sea. (more…)
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Mathematical conjecture generates beautiful lifelike form