Curiosity Cabinet
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Three Things I’m Curious About #52
The Pink Fairy Armadillo lives almost entirely underground so scientists know very little about it. It’s so secretive and unusual looking that some people don’t believe it’s real (it is!). Earth, Sometimes I…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #51
I’m currently obsessed with temari, a form of spherical Japanese embroidery, usually done in geometric patterns. Naturally, I had to try to make my own, but mine aren’t yet fit for public viewing.…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #50
These paleoburrows created by Ice Age megafauna such as giant ground sloths. Somehow this really brings home how big these animals were. Birds are pretty cool, with their pretty songs and bright feathers.…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #49
I always think of mind-bending optical illusions when it comes to MC Escher’s artwork, but this work, entitled Puddle, from 1952, is beautiful in a different way – while still bending the rules.…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #48
A zoo in Tennessee welcomed a spotless baby giraffe this week. This pattern is so unusual that the baby is the only known spotless giraffe in the world. Fortunately, her lack of natural…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #47
As a kid, I loved horses, so naturally, I always wanted to go to Sable Island. Today, I’m happy to live vicariously through amazing photographs, like these by Roberto Dutesco. But if you…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #46
Some flowers have coloured nectar such as the Nesocodon mauritianus, a member of the Campanula family. So striking. I love a vintage motel sign. Sadly, these iconic pieces of advertising are becoming fewer…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #45
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to provide us with amazing images like this one of the Ring Nebula. The winners of the Big Picture nature photography competition never fail to impress. Artist…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #44
This Balancing Elephant sculpture by Daniel Firman. I love sculpture that looks like it’s defying gravity. This field guide to common sidewalk flowers. It’s so easy to overlook the everyday plants that are…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #43
These beautiful artistic crosswalks in Montreal created by Roadsworth. This new map of Canada’s mountain ranges from Canadian Geographic. This street art by Candy Chang that is intended to spark conversation about community…
