Simius Volants (Flying Monkeys.) Curious creatures by Anthony Sieben.

Madame Alberti's science of flight.

Domestikia: The gorgeously surreal animation of Jennifer Linton (nsfw).

Spot the Sniper.

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Zina Lahr. "When 23-year-old Lahr went missing on a trail outside Ouray, Colorado, the world lost an amazing young talent." [Via]

Peacekeepers - 01 - The Long Way Down. "What would you do if you were getting texts from God?" [Via]

Ten billion years ago earlier galaxy clusters existed than we knew, but the European satellites, Planck and Herschel, put the data through. Now Dust and gas from these three billion year old baby super galaxies have flown to hit us as light seen by the (SPIRE) instrument - an older reality than our own dust... more inside

What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun? "Let us imagine a principle. Call it a principle of freedom... Let us imagine it to hold that the free exercise of an entity’s most complex powers or capacities will, under certain circumstances at least, tend to become an end in itself..." [Via]

The Face of God, on St. John's Wort.

Man Photoshops Technology Into 15th Century Paintings, Hilarity Ensues.

Birthright Israel - makes total sense and also slightly creepy. Ick factor....5 or so? and I'd guess a +2 bonus if you know what AIPAC stands for. via this tangential Crooked Timber discussion.