Beans to Farts Explained

James Turrell's light prints, a $1 microscope, contamination-detecting chopsticks and more in our weekly look at the web

Many may wonder about the link between legumes and gas. Thanks to Men’s Health, Rami Niemi and this wonderful video the knowledge is now easily digestible. There are a lot of scientific facts across the one minute explanation, but the animation is also entirely endearing. It’s long-been one of life’s little mysteries, but thanks to the wonders of the internet, we now know the biology …

City Stream

James Turrell's light prints, a $1 microscope, contamination-detecting chopsticks and more in our weekly look at the web

Chinese painter Lu Xinjian creates mind-bending abstract images of city streets in “City Stream,” a series of urban impressionism paintings that are somewhat reminiscent of Magic Eye puzzles. Using basic shapes and colors, the jumble of geometric abstraction comes to life after a closer look, depicting cityscapes extruded from ariel views of streets and architecture throughout Shanghai. The images are at once 2D and 3D, …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

James Turrell's light prints, a $1 microscope, contamination-detecting chopsticks and more in our weekly look at the web

1. A Mysterious WTC Photographer In his research for the National Geographic Channel documentary “9/10: The Final Hours,” filmmaker Erik Nelson was missing one vital piece. While he had more than enough exterior footage of the two towers, he had very little of what the buildings looked like inside. Thanks to an internet miracle, one of his film researchers discovered a wealth of images on …