January 14, 2016 at 10:58 am

Picture of the Day: Polished Sphere of Petrified Wood

Picture of the Day: Polished Sphere of Petrified Wood

Petrified wood is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having completely transitioned to stone by the process of permineralization

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January 14, 2016 at 10:27 am

Exploring the Alps with Photographer Lukas Furlan (8 Photos)

Exploring the Alps with Photographer Lukas Furlan (8 Photos)

May cause sudden urge to go hiking in the mountains

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January 13, 2016 at 10:36 pm

Remote Train Station in Japan Remains Open So Student Can Go to School

Remote Train Station in Japan Remains Open So Student Can Go to School

The station will remain open until March when the high school girl is expected to graduate

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January 13, 2016 at 9:19 pm

Guy With 8 Million Instagram Followers Turns on his Notifications

Guy With 8 Million Instagram Followers Turns on his Notifications

And here I am just trying to get 11 likes

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January 13, 2016 at 9:10 pm

Surreal Stop Motion Timelapse of Objects Being Sanded in Half

Surreal Stop Motion Timelapse of Objects Being Sanded in Half

With an edge sander, half a millimetre is sanded off each work piece (wood, walnut, transformer, skull and analogue camera) and photographed. About 650 photos are made into a short film, which contrasts the inner structure of nature and technology

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January 12, 2016 at 11:45 am

Picture of the Day: Meanwhile at a Cleveland Museum’s Insect Exhibit

Picture of the Day: Meanwhile at a Cleveland Museum's Insect Exhibit

Reddit user Muppaphone spotted this miniature VW Beetle on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Entomology Collection

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January 12, 2016 at 11:28 am

A Coffee Table Lagoon Made from Marble and Resin

A Coffee Table Lagoon Made from Marble and Resin

Designer Alexander Chapelin combines cut travertine marble with layers of blue resin to create a coffee table ‘lagoon’

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January 12, 2016 at 10:42 am

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

Author George Saunders On Storytelling

In this rare appearance as a documentary subject, George Saunders reveals the pitfalls of bad storytelling and explains the openness and generosity required to breathe life into great characters

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January 12, 2016 at 9:52 am

Award-Winning Video Captures Single Celled Organism Attacking Its Prey

Award-Winning Video Captures Single Celled Organism Attacking Its Prey

Wim van Egmond’s microscopic video of a Trachelius ciliate feeding on a Campanella ciliate was named the winner of the 5th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition

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January 11, 2016 at 9:36 pm

Amazing Day to Night Photos of US National Parks by Stephen Wilkes

Amazing Day to Night Photos of US National Parks by Stephen Wilkes

Stephen Wilkes takes hundreds of photos of the same location from sunrise to sunset, blending the results into one stunning composite image

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