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20 Years Of APOD

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Wedge7

Astronomy Picture of the Day is 20 years old today! To celebrate, they’ve digitally re-pixelated and altered the famous painting by Vermeer, using many of the over 5000 APOD images they’ve collected over the years. It’s a brilliant piece, and … Continue reading →

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Artistic Representations Of Physicists

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Wedge7

What if famous physicists, mathematicians, and cosmologists had their own logos? What would these typographies look like? Probably something like this (Perimeter Institute). These 50+ images are awesome! I love the Nikola Tesla one above, as well as the Rosalind Franklin and … Continue reading →

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Images From A Decade Of Mars Exploration

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Wedge7

Humans have sent several robots to explore Mars, and during their time there, these robots have taken some extraordinary photographs. NASA have collected together a decade’s worth of images from Spirit and Opportunity for you to marvel at, and marvel … Continue reading →

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More Science Images Of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Wedge7

Time for some more amazing science images from the past year! BuzzFeed has a collection of the 23 most breathtaking science photos of 2013, and they are utterly brilliant. Ranging from the nanoscale to the galactic scale, and everything in … Continue reading →

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io9 – The Most Amazing Science Images Of 2013

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Wedge7

io9 have compiled a fantastic list of their most amazing science images of 2013. What’s even better though, is that many of them are animated gifs, which can often enhance the original images a fair deal. I’ve mentioned a few … Continue reading →

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A Million First Steps

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Wedge7

The British Library has released over one million images onto Flickr. These digitised images, taken from the pages of 17th, 18th, and 19th century books, cover a wide range of subjects: “There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful illustrations, comical satire, … Continue reading →

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30 Powerful Images

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Wedge7

Over at Bored Panda, they have a collection of “30 Of The Most Powerful Images Ever“. I’m sure everyone will each find a particular image or set of images very powerful for themselves. Personally, I find images 2, 3, 10, … Continue reading →

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Science In 2012

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Wedge7

Another day closer to the end of 2012, another review of some of the awesome science and stuff that has gone on this year! Starting us off today is New Scientist with their picks of the year in life science. … Continue reading →

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366 Days: Nature’s 2012 In Review

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Wedge7

2012 has been a big year for science. Of our many accomplishments, we’ve landed Curiosity on Mars, discovered the Higgs boson, and created the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE). Over at Nature, they have compiled a fantastic list of all … Continue reading →

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