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Nicholas Stathopoulos - Art Inspirited by Architecture and 2001

Nicholas Stathopoulos (Nick Stath) is an artist and architect. His work is full of grand structures that dwarf small, lone astronaut. In an email interview Nick explains that,

I have always had a passion for drawing and film, one of my biggest influences being Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey. I was drawn to the visionary aspect of the film and of course the black monolith - a simple, yet mysterious object that appeared to have so much power, it fascinated me and still does!

Nick’s architectural background helps him capture that large clean design that Kubrick used in 2001. Nick’s art inspires that same sense of awe. You can keep up with Nicholas Stathopoulos’s art on his Instagram Page, or buy prints of his work at Redbubble. Thanks to Ignant.

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Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève: Pontus Lidburg’s Giselle (x)

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Three Family House, Mexico City, Mexico, 1972

(Leonardo Vilchis Platas & Alberto Gonzalez Pozo)

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BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY AND BUZZ ALDRIN WALKED AT MEN'S FASHION WEEK

Science never looked cooler.

By Erica Gonzales for Harper’s Bazaar

In a turn of events no one saw coming but we absolutely won’t argue, Bill Nye and Buzz Aldrin just made their runway debut. The two unlikely models made an appearance at the Nick Graham Fall 2017 show at New York Fashion Week: Men’s.

Though unexpected newbies in the world of fashion, Nye, 61, and Aldrin, 87, were a perfect fit for the presentation, since the theme was “Life on Mars: Fall-Winter 2035.” With motifs of space and the future, why wouldn’t you want a Science Guy and former astronaut in your model lineup?

Nye narrated the show, which we know he does so well, but he walked the runway at the end too, with a signature bowtie and a tailored gunmetal suit. (Look at those finger guns!)

Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon (after Neil Armstrong) was the last to grace the catwalk. Afterwards, he said that walking the show “was as easy as walking on the moon,” which he did in 1969. That metallic bomber is a sleek upgrade from a bulky spacesuit, though.

He even got the “candid model backstage” look down.

After the show, both newly-inducted models had a moment with the designer, where they all did their best alien poses, obviously.

Mr. Nye and Mr. Aldrin, we better see you on the runway again next season.

Source: @harpersbazaar

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Geometry of fruits and vegetables

When sliced in half, the majority of the depicted fruits and vegetables will display a geometric shape or pattern, based on symmetry or platonic solids.

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theinspirationjourney "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking." Carl Sagan Music: Michael Nyman...

Interviewer: Science and technology are propelling us forward at accelerating rates.

Sagan: That’s right. And if we don’t understand it — and, by we, I mean the general public — if it’s something that “Oh, I’m not good at that. I don’t know anything about it…” then who is making all the decisions about science and technology that are going to determine what kind of future our children live in?

Interviewer: What’s the danger of all this?

Sagan: There are two kinds of dangers. One is what I just talked about: that we’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustable mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is gonna blow up in our faces. And the second reason that I’m worried about this is that science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking; a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes ambling along. It’s a thing the Jefferson laid great stress on. It wasn’t, he said, to enshrine, some rights in a constitution or bill of rights. The people had to be educated, and they had to practice their skepticism and education. Otherwise, we don’t run the government; the government runs us.

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Palazzos of Power

Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930 by Joseph E. Elliott, Aaron V. Wunsch

“If it isn’t Electric, it isn t Modern.” Such was the slogan of the Philadelphia Electric Company, developer of an unprecedented network of massive metropolitan power stations servicing greater Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. These once-brilliant sentinels of civic utility and activity were designed to convey ‘solidity and immensity in an age of deep public skepticism. They now stand vacant and decaying, a blight in the eyes of city planners and a beacon to urban explorers. The first book on the buildings and machines that made possible the electrification of the United States, Palazzos of Power offers a visual and analytical exploration of architecture, technology, place, loss, and reuse. With a foreword by David Nye, this collection of Joseph Elliott’s beautiful large-format photographs reveal the urban landscape, monumental spaces, giant machinery, and intricate controls that made up the central station. Aaron Wunsch’s essay provides historical context on the social and political climate.

Get the book here!

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Charcoal Drawings by Levi van Veluw

Since his early childhood, Levi van Veluw has been fascinated by things that are theoretically possible but difficult to imagine. The fantasy about an environment with other laws of nature, a world with a different logic from ours occupies him. 10 years ago, he became fascinated with Science Fiction books by Fred Hoyle, Isaac Asimov and Aldous Huxley.

In his work, van Veluw often reverts to the underlying principles of these stories in which science, technology and the development of knowledge are called into question.“By creating an environment in which everything must be redefined, the visitor loses his hold and grip on reality. His senses and brain become over-stimulated, emotions and feelings are fired up. The visitor is hyper-aware of his surroundings and at the same time invited to become part of it.”

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Vaganova Ballet Academy student Maria Khoreva photographed by Irina Yakovleva.

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Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 now have official names and are included in the periodic table.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), has officially approved the names of four new elements to be added to the periodic table. The new elements, Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson, are now officially part of the periodic table, in spots 115, 116, 117, and 118, respectively.

Back in January the IUPAC, which handles the naming of new elements, officially confirmed that the four new elements had been found. In June, the organization put these four names to a vote. Now those names have been accepted and are going on the periodic table.

Three of the elements, Nihonium, Moscovium, and Tennessine, were named after the places the were discovered, namely Japan (Nihon), Moscow, and Tennessee. The fourth, Oganesson, was named after Russian nuclear scientist Yuri Oganessian.

With the addition of these four elements, the seventh row of the periodic table has finally been completed. Any new elements discovered in the future will require an additional row.