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• Stop Motion Sunday: A Boy and His Atom

  
  Who says scientists can’t try their hand at filmmaking? Earlier this week, the scientists from IBM Research unveiled the world’s smallest movie, "A Boy and His Atom", a stop-motion short made using atoms. (Yes, you read that right, ATOMS.)
  May 05, 2013 3 likes

• Analogue Day Activity: Repurpose, Recycle Or Upcycle Something

  
  In celebration of all things analogue, consider this fun offline endeavor today: be creative and innovative as well as clean and green by repurposing, recycling, or upcycling old items into usable things!
  March 31, 2013 2 comments 6 likes

• Alexander Graham Bell & Wife Mabel Kissing Within A Tetrahedral Kite

  
  This geeky snog may have left the man who invented the telephone feeling high as a kite.
  March 14, 2013 8 likes

• Early Photographic Processes: The Daguerreotype

  
  For the first instalment of this mini-series, we’ll take a closer look at the start of the captivating timeline of photography – from silhouettes to camera obscuras, from Niepce to Daguerre – and onto the development of the first photographic process.
  February 11, 2013 1 comment 8 likes

• Preserving History: Daguerreotypes and Nanotechnology

  
  Daguerreotypes are known as the earliest form of photography. Given its cultural and historical impact, it isn’t surprising that surviving samples are handled with great care and precision. However, it has been discovered that some daguerreotypes are slowly deteriorating.
  February 05, 2013 4 likes

• ★ Basics Applied: Belair X 6-12

  
  The Belair has to be one of the easiest cameras to use that Lomography has invented. Even a novice can get good very good shots from it. With a little know-how, you can achieve amazing shots with it.
  January 18, 2013 2 comments 21 likes

• Science!: The Fascinating Similarities Between Cities and Neurons

  
  It’s amazing how the human mind works, both consciously and unconsciously. Just take a look at this side-by-side comparison made by Infinity Imagined, and you’ll understand.
  January 17, 2013 1 comment 9 likes

• Science!: Printing Photos with Bacteria

  
  This might be the one of the most fascinating marriages between science and photography just yet.
  September 20, 2012 2 comments 12 likes

• Science!: Apple Trees and LEDs by Caleb Charland

  
  Portland, Maine-based photographer Caleb Charland captures the beauty of electricity from unconventional sources through his series of long exposure photographs.
  September 11, 2012 2 likes

• The Science of Charitable Behavior

  
  There is nothing wrong with rewarding yourself. Who wouldn't enjoy a nice cashmere sweater or a dining in the finest restaurant in the city. But let's consider the concept of giving to others can make you feel good. Research says that charitable behavior might lead to benefits for the giver.
  August 27, 2012 2 likes

• ★ US CitySlicker sixsixty's Ultimate Lomography DIY: Develop Your Own Film: Part 1

  
  Come with us on a journey through space and time to partake in the ultimate DIY adventure: developing your own film. In part 1 we will cover C-41 color negative and the lomo fan favorite: cross processing.
  August 23, 2012 40 comments 93 likes

• ★ Grass Portraits by Ackroyd & Harvey

  
  Grass will certainly be greener on some sides with enough light and water, as British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey know. These portraits created via photosynthesis are literally the freshest images we've seen today! See how they nurture and grow their art here.
  July 12, 2012 4 comments 13 likes

• Can You Guess These Microscopic Drinks?

  
  William LeGoullon took on the role of photographer and bartender in his latest series, "Fingerprints of Drinkable Culture." Exploring his fascination with man-made beverages, he put the five most popular drinks (hint) under a microscope and photographed them. See if you can guess which is which below!
  June 25, 2012 6 comments 4 likes

• ★ 35mm Film + Hydrochloric Acid = This!

  
  We love all sorts of analogue experiments and this one by a Chemistry and Physics teacher from South Carolina is pretty damn cool. Check out the picture he tweeted of 35mm film dropped into hydrochloric acid! Can you guess what happened?
  June 21, 2012 2 comments 16 likes

• Drops of Jupiter and Other Planets by Markus Reugels

  
  Coldplay says every teardrop is a waterfall, but photographer Markus Reugels thinks every droplet is a liquid refraction! With an elaborate set-up and a lot of patience, he captures spherical representations of photos on globules of water. Get similar effects with the new Fisheye Baby 110 camera!
  June 18, 2012 4 comments 17 likes

• The Last Transit of Venus This Century

  
  Tough luck if you missed the Transit of Venus this year as the next time the planet passes between the earth and the sun will be in the years 2117 and 2125. Take a look at the amazing photos of one of the rarest predictable celestial phenomena in a gallery from TIME.
  June 07, 2012 2 comments 7 likes

• History of The Transit of Venus

  
  Let's take you across the waters that, back when the Transit was first seen via telescope, weren't all charted. Now, sail safely in the seas that astronomers of ages past took to just to observe the Transit of Venus so that they'd answer one of life's big questions.
  June 05, 2012 1 comment 4 likes

• Modern Miracle: New York's Manhattanhenge

  
  If England has Stonehenge, then NYC has Manhattanhenge! It's when the sun sets aligned with the grid of east-west streets in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, a highly photographed phenomenon that occurs twice a year during summer solstice. It happened on May 29 this year. Did you take any lomographs? :-)
  May 30, 2012 2 comments 7 likes

• A Bug's Colorful Life

  
  Check out these amazing photos of translucent ants eating colored liquids! These photos are by Indian scientist Mohamed Babu whose wife discovered that the critters turned white after drinking spilt milk. Another science marvel turned into art!
  April 20, 2012 2 comments 11 likes

• Dazzling Nature Documentaries in 3D Soon!

  
  If you have 5 minutes to be slack-jawed with awe, watch these truly bedazzling short films by Louie Schwartzberg, noted nature cinematographer and filmmaker. He has been shooting high-definition time-lapse videos of flowers blooming, animals moving, and seasons changing for 30 years and the footage he gets teaches us so much about our planet and ecosystems.
  March 21, 2012 3 likes