Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Saying goodbye to Mary Tyler Moore, architecture in Paris, the world's first hydrogen metal and more in our look around the web

1. Earth’s First-Ever Hydrogen Metal With pressure greater than the force within Earth’s core, two diamonds pressed upon liquid hydrogen and something happened for the first time ever on our planet: the lightest element in the periodic table turned into a small bit of metal. After years of research and experiments, this alchemical creation occurred under the direction of two Harvard physicists—whose paper was published …

Welcome to the Universe

Co-authored by Michael Strauss (a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University), J. Richard Gott (professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University) and Neil Degrasse Tyson (astrophysicist, cosmologist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space), this book about space has some star-power behind it. “Welcome To The Universe” is an introduction to astronomy, but in no way is it …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Housing on Mars, a highly anticipated camera, America's disco ball queen and more in our look at the web

1. Fenghe Luo’s Realistic NYC Souvenirs Fenghe Luo’s prject “WTF NYC” isn’t brand new, but it’s worth taking a look at. Rather than pretty skylines and Lady Liberty, Luo’s take on NYC souvenirs isn’t just funny, it’s (frighteningly) realistic. From snow-globes with garbage bags inside to a subway sound box to a lapel pin stating “Yes that’s piss,” the tchotchkes perfectly illustrate our beloved NYC. …