Movie Monsters, Tallest Buildings in 1896, Solar System Planets and of Course Spaceships: Size Comparison Charts
Size matters. Especially when it comes to starships, giant monsters, buildings, and . . . well, pretty much anything else that you can obsessively categorize using common measurement systems. Here are some of the most outrageously detailed size comparison charts you’ll ever see. Spaceship Comparison Chart by Dirk Loechel Check the chart in full size […]
Jupiter Structural Layer Cake
By cakecrumbs.me: When I posted the Earth cake, I did not expect it to get anywhere near the amount of attention it received. Getting featured on the Facebook pages Think Geek and I Fucking Love Science was a total highlight of my blogging life. I’m big fans of both pages so it was kind of […]
Desktop Backgrounds Designed to Make You Smarter
From Mashable.com: Anyone can throw an image of the periodic table onto a desktop and call it a background, but the creations in the gallery above combine useful information with strong aesthetic appeal. 1. Periodic Table of Typefaces Study the popular, influential and notorious typefaces with this background. Image courtesy of Flickr, Jeff McNeill 2. […]
Stitching the Solar System: Science as Needlepoint, 1811
From The Vault, Slate.com’s history blog: In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, girls in the UK and the US used needle and thread to embroider images and text onto pieces of fabric that were called “samplers.” Samplers, which could be quite intricate, were meant to promote basic literacy and to teach patience and carefulness. […]