Lapses of the Synapses

Natural history of the edible and poisonous mushrooms 

by G. Sicard

Publication info Paris :C. Delagrave,1883

BHL Collections:

Kama Sutra by Malika Favre

Silver skull vinaigrette, Europe, 1701-1900

All my alphabet as one set

For separate letters and higher resolution see

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

so, the movie Coraline, right?

It’s a stop motion so it already took about 20 months just to film.

but on top of that, did you know that 

Althea Crome hand-knit every single ARTICLE OF CLOTHING FOR EVERY CHARACTER

no one ever even SAW the god-damned socks but she just knit her flipping heart out that woman

i just

Artatomical: 1800s Persian Anatomical Study

Here’s an elegant piece of anatomical art, straight from a 19th-century Persian anatomical study.

I love the skeletons, but I feel like the internal organs and circulatory systems are the real stars here. The artist gives them the lush feel of fresh flowers or fruit.

Doug Perrine, a marine biology photographer, has captured stunning images of bioluminescent waves, in Vaadhoo Island, Maldives. The spot holds a concentrated population of bioluminescent phytoplankton, much to the delight of photographers.

Various species of phytoplankton are known to bioluminesce, and when washed ashore by the tides, their chemical energy is turned into light energy, illuminating waves all over the world.

https://vimeo.com/83805106

Moss Fm, the first radio that works with electricity captures by moss during photosynthesis!