Link About It: This Week’s Picks

From T. Rex's vegetarian cousin to lab-grown leather and shower-crying, this week's internet reads

1. The Mexican Morrissey Although he’s known to many as the world’s greatest Morrissey impersonator, Jose Maldonado will admit he’s just another fan of the indie rock icon and former The Smiths lead singer. Maldonado spends his days patrolling the beaches of Los Angeles as a lifeguard but, once the sun goes down, it’s full-on Morrissey mode as he takes the stage with his tribute …

Quadmovr’s Supercharged Drone

Specialty drone designer Quadmovr has released a video demonstrating the acrobatics of what looks like the world’s quickest quadcopter. The tweaked drone sports a pretty basic design: just four arms for the blades and what appears to be a rather clunky battery pack strapped to its bottom. But when it starts to move, it really moves. The scary-quick ‘copter shoots straight up, disappearing from sight, …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Honey-covered portrait models, the Hubble turns 25 and a farewell to the real Rosie the Riveter in this week's look at the web

1. Happy Birthday Hubble Today, 24 April 2015, the Hubble Telescope turns 25 years old. During its quarter-century, the Hubble has produced an incredible array of now iconic images, including the famous Hubble Deep Field—where the telescope aimed its lens at a tiny speck in space for 10 days, revealing thousands of galaxies. The Hubble has been an enormous aid to astronomers and has been …