sciencecenter:

Awesome jeweled caterpillar becomes even more awesome moth

If you’re not floored by the fact that the orange moth on the right literally started its life with the body of the even more bizarre caterpillar on the left, then you’re a lost cause for Science.

The moth/caterpillar is the species Acraga coa. It’s from the family Dalceridae, and a google image search shows just how cool all of its cousins look. In fact, I might just post a few more pictures later…

mapauseblog:

Various

a-m-a-z-o-n:

Intent Eyes by Judylynn Malloch on flickr

 

photojojo:

Can you believe these landscape photos were created with miniature set scenes? Using items you wouldn’t normally expect such as feathers and chocolate, Matthew Albanese creates some stunning scenes.

Incredible Landscape Photos Depicted by Ordinary Items

via Behance

ecocides:

Synsepalum dulcificum, also known as the miracle fruit, is a plant with a berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin, which is used commercially as a sugarsubstitute.

The berry itself has a low sugar content and a mildly sweet tang. It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin. When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue’s taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet.

Miraculin works by binding to sweet receptors on the taste buds. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds protons and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste. This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 60 minutes). | source

unknownskywalker:

Following the Beech Avenue… by Pawel Kucharski

enochliew:

Sandworm by Marco Casagrande

Described as “weak architecture” - a constructed form that wishes to become part of nature through flexibility and organic presence.

mysteryofobscurity:

Ebullient by *hummingbird44

unknownskywalker:

deep red by Marco Carmassi

ecocides:

Cherry Blossoms, Washington D.C.| image by SimplySchmoopie