Gunther von Hagens’s Plastinated Animal Exhibition
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 15, 2011
Plastination is a technique of preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat components by certain plastics, thereby yieldi...
Cancer Survivor Makes Jewelry Out of Pills to Pay Off Medical Debt
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2011
61-year-old Susan Braig from Altadena is a cancer survivor who takes old pharmaceutical pills and tablets and mounts them on costume jewelry...
Tropical Butterflies Exhibition at London
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2011
A new exhibition, Sensational Butterflies, is being held at the Natural History Museum bringing some of the world's most astonishing spe...
150 Years Old 3D Photos of the Civil War
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 13, 2011
Although 3D appears to be a new technology, it is not quite. 3D or stereo photography first became popular around the time of the Civil War ...
Live Fish and Reptiles Sold as Keychains in China
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 12, 2011
According to a news report on Chinese media, the hottest new fad in China involves selling a live fish, or a Brazilian turtle or a young gia...
Rania Matar: A Girl And Her Room
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 11, 2011
Lebanese photographer Rania Matar photographs young women from around the world in their most private space - their bedroom, giving us view...
Inflatable Plastic Crowd in Movies
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2011
Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) is expensive and extras are difficult to handle, besides costing money. The Inflatable Crowd Company offer...
What’s Cooking? - Cutaway Food Photography by Ryan Matthew Smith
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2011
Ryan Matthew Smith ’s photo series “Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking” is a lovely collection of photographs of different fo...
Ultra Realistic Still Life Paintings by Luciano Ventrone
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2011
Luciano Ventrone was born in Rome in 1942 and moved to Denmark at the age of four, where he hosted by Lady Metha Petersen – a wealthy and m...
Fly Geyser: A Man Made Geyser in Nevada
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2011
Fly Geyser is a very little known tourist attraction, even to Nevada residents. It is located right near the edge of Fly Reservoir and is on...
Marathon des Sables 2011–Race Across The Sahara Desert
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2011
The Marathon des Sables has been described as the toughest race on earth. The race consist of one long walk – 254 km - across one of the hot...
Protestors Take to Streets in Toronto 'Slut Walk'
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2011
Would you walk down the street with a sign saying “I’m a slut”? Well, these women did. More than 1000 women hit the streets Sunday afternoo...
Joe Simpson’s Cinematic Oil Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2011
London based artist Joe Simpson , by utilizing his incredible talent to paint realistically, stages fictitious scenes with a strong hint at ...
Eye Deceiving Wall Murals by John Pugh
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2011
California based artist John Pugh specializes in the art of in ‘trompe l’oeil’, which means 'to deceive the eye’ in French. Pugh uses h...
International Pillow Fight Day
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2011
People across the globe in more than 130 cities participated in the fourth annual International Pillow Fight Day on Saturday April 2, 2011. ...
Photographs of Television Screens the Moment They’re Turned Off
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 5, 2011
German photographer Stephan Tillmans took photos of old Cathode Ray Tube television screens the moment they are switched off and produced a ...
Trees Cocooned in Spider Webs After Pakistan Flood
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 2, 2011
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan last year has been that millions of spiders were driven up into the trees to ...
Garden of the Fugitives: Fossilized Victims of the Vesuvius Eruption
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 2, 2011
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is one of the most catastrophic and famous eruptions of all time. The explosion of the eruption thre...
Brain Lamp by Solovyov Design
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2011
Belarusian industrial designer duo Maria and Igor Solovyov who represent Solovyov Design have created a fluorescent lamp in the shape of th...
Universal Wrapping Paper
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2011
The universal wrapping paper designed by Fabio Milito and Francesca Guidotti contains a word puzzle with hidden messages for different occa...
