Animals
November 9, 2017

Adorable Animated Spider Named Lucas Is So Cute, Even Arachnophobes Will Smile

Many people have a fear of spiders, but it’s hard to resist this adorable arachnid named Lucas. Animator Joshua Slice introduced the cute character in a very short film aptly called Lucas the Spider. With such large, glossy eyes, how could you not say “aww” when you see him? What makes the 21-second clip even cuter is the addition of Slice’s nephew, who voices Lucas and brings him to life with a child-like personality.

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Painting
November 9, 2017

Powerful Palette Knife Paintings Capture Vulnerability of Men with Mental Health Issues

Australia-based contemporary artist Joshua Miels captures the emotions of human beings through a series of colorful, multi-layered, large-scale portraits. His most recent work focuses on capturing the vulnerability of men who suffer from mental health issues, which is a subject close to Miels’s heart. The expressive painter starts by breaking photos of subjects down into shapes using computer software.

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Photography
November 8, 2017

Photographer Captures Perfectly Framed Photos of Subtle Coincidences

When we first stumbled upon fine art photographer Denis Cherim‘s Coincidence Project, we marveled at his ability to keenly observe how natural elements align in interesting ways. As the ongoing project continues to move forward, Cherim has further refined his ability to pick out the delightful, curious—and often unobserved—coincidences that swirl around us daily. Cherim first conceived the Coincidence Project almost 5 years ago. What began as a 365 diary project transformed into something special.

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Science
November 7, 2017

100-Megapixel Photo Lets You Observe Rich Details of Craters on the Moon

Most of us spend a good portion of our lives thinking you can only get a good look at the moon through a high-powered telescope, but technology continues to prove us wrong, as NASA places stunning images from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for the public to view and process. Orbiting Earth's moon since 2009, there's plenty of material to dig through and when Seán Doran (a master of processing raw NASA images)

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