The Evolution of Lids

IMAGE: Take-out beverage lids, collected in the 90s and early 00s, photographed by sarcoptiform The disposable coffee cup lid falls squarely in the category of random, everyday objects that you might assume are overlooked, but are actually quite the opposite. In fact,...

Mole Jerky

IMAGE: A molecatcher’s gibbet on Malham Moor, photographed by Martyn Gorman as part of a project to photograph every Ordnance Survey grid square of the United Kingdom. There is nothing more likely to raise the blood pressure of a British gardener than a fresh...

Cake in the Mail

IMAGE: William and Kate’s official royal wedding cake. The British fruit cake may not taste quite as delicious as Prince William’s favourite chocolate biscuit cake, but its alcohol-soaked sultanas and rock-solid royal icing give it an impressive shelf-life...

Another Reason Not to Get a Tattoo of Your Local Liquor Store

IMAGE: Anthony Garcia, photographed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, via the Los Angeles Times. 25-year-old gang member Anthony Garcia spent years adding detail to the drawing of a Pico Rivera liquor store on his chest, including a loop of...

Strange and Beautiful Seeds From the Atom

IMAGE: Garden show display advertising “super atomic energized seeds,” photo by Frank Scherschel for Life, 1961, via Pruned At her blog, Garden History Girl, Paige Johnson (by day, a nanotechnology researcher at the University of Tulsa), describes the...