OMG SPACE is a project by designer Margot Trudell ”to communicate to people what we’ve managed to accomplish in space exploration in simple terms”.
View all (ready to print) planet infographics at silent-t.com/projects/omgspace
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Charging electric cars in New Jersey about to get easier
New Jersey signed a pledge with 9 other states and D.C. to create a network of charging stations so drivers can travel the eastern seaboard.
Despite its name, the maned wolf is not a wolf at all, nor is it a fox, coyote, or dog. It is the only member of the Chrysocyon genus, making it a truly unique animal, not closely related to any other living canid. One hypothesis for this is that the maned wolf is the last surviving species of the Pleistocene Extinction, which wiped out all other large canids from the continent.
Nathan Sawaya Builds N.Y. Library Lions in Legos
“This was a special challenge,” he said. “The lions are so iconic. Everyone who lives in the city has walked past those lions at some point, so there’s this challenge of doing them justice. If I’m creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want and nobody will say it’s wrong. But here, I have to make sure it looks right. There was definitely some pressure there.”
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