Biochemist to Barista: The New Scoops
Jack Benchakul's journey from science to specialty coffee, which he now serves up in LA's Chinatown
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International Year of Crystallography #5
$63.00
A mathematician with a penchant for graphic design, Simon C Page creates works that are as nerdy as they are visually striking. 2014 marks the International Year of Crystallography, and Page celebrates …
Gift Guides for Particular Tastes
An internet culling of the greatest holiday wishlists for everyone you know, from co-workers to stoners
Cool Hunting Video: Penguin Enrichment
How an iPad keeps the naturally curious birds engaged at a California aquarium
Via sciencedaily.com
Touchable 3D Holograms
Straight from the laboratory of Tony Stark, a newly developed technology is able to produce 3D holographic shapes that can be felt and touched while floating in mid-air. Using ultrasound and haptics …
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Odor-friendly toilets, newly discovered Shakespeare, a monetary celebration of scientists and more in our look at the web this week
Via wired.com
US Currency Redesigned
For his master’s thesis at the Basel School of Design in Switzerland, Travis Purrington re-imagined the dated look of US currency. Passing on the iconic images of past presidents, Purrington drew up …
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Volumes VIII-IX
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Gift a photography enthusiast or collector with these first editions of the early reports on the invention of the daguerrotype—which were published even before Louis Daguerre’s first renditions of the new medium—and …
Christie’s Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites
Magnificent, naturally-formed sculptures from outer space, now up for auction
Dino Pet
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Boasting the ability to put bioluminescence in the palm of your hand, the Dino Pet really is a pretty awesome little toy. The little crystal fella photosynthesizes during the day to light …