Curiosity Cabinet
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3 Curious Embroidered Tapestries
I have been fascinated by the Bayeux Tapestry ever since I first learned about it, not so much because of the story it tells, but by its sheer scale. The Bayeux Tapestry –…
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3 Curious Things that Glow in the Dark
When you think of things that glow in the dark, you probably aren’t thinking about flying squirrels or platypuses, but they are a couple of more than 125 different species of mammals that…
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3 Curious Things About Wildlife
I think I could do a post every month that was just interesting facts or news about wildlife, but I will attempt to mix it up a little. Here are three, not really…
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3 Curious Things About Small Scale Architecture
Since I’m reducing the overall number of posts for this blog going forward, one of the things I want to do is make this part of the blog more robust. Obviously, it’s easier…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #54
Cats think they’re perfect and an evolutionary biologist explains why they might actually be right. Evolutionarily speaking, cats have evolved a set of characteristics that work exactly as they need them to. But…
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Three Things I’m Curious About #53
I love a story about the rediscovery of a species that had been considered extinct. Usually those discoveries don’t happen because a farmer catches a long lost animal in a trap, but that’s…
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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.…
