I’m not sure what to make of this, other than that it’s a worm that somehow feeds on or otherwise inconveniences tigers and monkeys. So […]
This is an artist’s concept of a space probe orbiting Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that might just hide life in the oceans miles […]
This illustration is from an article in Science Gossip on how to set up your own “X-Ray Outfit.” As the author, James Quick, explains: “The […]
As the image description tells it: NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Robert Hines, right, are seen in the in the One […]
This is a scientist operating scientific equipment, or a model posing as a scientist showing off the capabilities of a shiny new piece of informational […]
A prehistoric pet. This is a mesolithic dog, same dog we know today more or less, Canis lupus familiaris, but about 9,300 years old. It […]
These are illustrations from “Notes on Species of Sagitta Collected on a Voyage from England to Australia” by B.B. Gray, as published in The Proceedings […]
Here’s Larus argentatus, one of those wild animals that barely seems wild because it interacts with people so much. Simple line art captures a wild […]
This is from a photographically illustrated advertisement in Hugo Gernsback’s magazine The Electrical Experimenter. The description of this item is as follows: For extreme measurements […]
This is a biological photo that is also a mathematical photo. It’s a ball of worms that Georgia Tech researchers were studying, because, as it […]
This is a glowing hunk of rock, lit from within. The rock was found in the Kelly Mine in Magadela, New Mexico. Smithsonite is a […]
Some rockets are bigger than others. I think this illustration (which I found here, on Wikimedia Commons) is maybe a better depiction of how space […]
This is an educational poster, retouched by Wikimedia Commons user Rawpixel, of birds. It’s taken from Oliver Goldsmith’s book A History of the Earth and […]
Here’s a horned dinosaur, or what’s left of one. I found it on Wikimedia Commons, but it was originally found in Utah, then written up […]
This is an illustration from Nordisk Familjebok, a Norwegian encyclopedia from the turn of the last century. The labyrinth, naturally, is much older. It’s of […]
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