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Educative Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition 2012

Microscope images forge an extraordinary bond between science and art, said Hidenao Tsuchiya, Olympus America's Vice President and General Manager for the Scientific Equipment Group. We founded this competition to focus on the fascinating stories coming out of today's life science research laboratories. The thousands of images that people have shared with the competition over the years reflect some of the most exciting work going on in research today – work that can help shed light on the living universe and ultimately save lives. We look at BioScapes and these beautiful images as sources of education and inspiration to us and the world

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23 Dec 2012 15:57:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Found on Flickr: Photo Art by Rosie Hardy

“Drizzle, not a hurricane”. (Rosie Hardy)

“Drizzle, not a hurricane”. (Photo by Rosie Hardy)

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23 Dec 2012 10:14:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Copahue Volcano Eruption Puts Argentina and Chile on Alert

A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500 km southwest of Buenos Aires, of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes on December 22, 2012. The authorities of Chile and Argentina issued yellow alerts due to the eruption of the Copahue volcano, placed in the border between both countries. (Photo by Antonio Huglich/AFP Photo)

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23 Dec 2012 09:25:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Peacock Spider (Maratus Volans)

Jumping spiders are often very colourful spiders. Maratus volans is not an exception. Although tiny, male spiders have an iridescent colouring of red, green and blue.

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22 Dec 2012 12:39:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Batmobile Replica Spotted in Sweden

A Swedish guy built it from a 1973 Lincoln Continental. It took him over $1 million USD and 3.5 years to complete, or some 20.000 hours of work.
It features a lot of gadgets like satellite navigation, voice recognition, reversing cameras, a DVD player, a plasma TV...

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21 Dec 2012 13:27:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Little Girl and Tomcat By Andy Prokh

So to say just stumbled upon amazing Russian photographer Andy Prokh and wanted to share these beautiful images under the series “Little Girl and Tomcat”. Check them out here

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21 Dec 2012 13:14:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Christmas Celebrated with the Chimps in Florida

A chimp motions for Santa to deliver his gift during Lion Country Safari's annual Christmas with the Chimps on Thursday, December 20, 2012. (Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach Post)

A chimp motions for Santa to deliver his gift during Lion Country Safari's annual Christmas with the Chimps on Thursday, December 20, 2012. (Photo by Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach Post)

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21 Dec 2012 10:20:00,post received 0 comments

Disgusting “Scotch Tape” by Wes Naman

Photographer Wes Naman has created portraits of his friends using Scotch Tape to distort their features. The results are similar to Scottish artist Douglas Gordon's 1997 work, Monster, but Wes says he originally got the idea after applying tape to himself to test a lighting rig set-up. Wes Naman has been a self taught photographer of ten years before graduating from commercial photography in his home in North Carolina. (Photo by Wes Naman/Rex Features)

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21 Dec 2012 10:00:00,post received 0 comments