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Handcrafted 3D Illustrations by Rhea Lelina Manglapus (more here)

Wearable Artificial Kidney Completes First Clinical Trial, Could Free People From Dialysis

Cornell Astronomers Say Alien Contact is Likely 1,500 Years Away

Study Says Making Art Reduces Stress, Even If You Kind Of Suck At It

Researchers found that 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body.

The next time you’re blessed with that familiar, overwhelming sensation of stress — when your anxieties turn from passing sensations in the brain to rude house guests overstaying their welcome — I highly recommend breaking out your construction paper, model clay, glitter glue, feathers and pipe cleaners.

“I’m not an artist!” you might protest, recalling the ambivalent grin your parents flashed while hanging your elementary school masterpiece on the refrigerator all those years ago. But, no matter. Honestly, it does not matter. Science says so.

More specifically, Girija Kaimal, assistant professor of creative arts therapies at Drexel University, says so. Kaimal recently led a study examining the effects of making art on stress-related hormones in your body.

The results, published in Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, titled “Reduction of Cortisol Levels and Participants’ Responses Following Art Making,” found that 45 minutes of creative activity significantly lessens stress in the body, regardless of artistic experience or talent.

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grilled lemon chicken flatbread wraps. 

Robots Can Finally…Plant And Care For Your Garden?

Cook A Pizza On-The-Go In 90 Seconds With This Portable Oven

Anselm Reyle, Untitled, (2007).

City/Light sketch for a thingy

Nebula Images: http://nebulaimages.com/

Astronomy articles: http://astronomyisawesome.com/

Robert Smithson, Four-Sided Vortex, (1965).

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Will Reach Jupiter on July 4th http://futurism.com/nasas-juno-spacecraft-will-reach-jupiter-on-july-4th/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=futurismnews&utm_content=NASA%27s%20Juno%20Spacecraft%20Will%20Reach%20Jupiter%20on%20July%204th

LEMON AND ROSEMARY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES WITH WARM SWEET CREAM

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

i don't like open space

NGC 4631 // Whale Galaxy

Rubik’s Cube-Inspired Touchscreen Display Morphs On Demand

Sculpture by Dan Lam. 

Patrick Dougherty, Shindig, (2015), now at Renwick Gallery. 

For more of the greatest collection of #Nebula in the Universe, visit http://nebulaimages.com/

Richard Artschwager, Exclamation Point (1995). 

Artificial Intelligence Isn’t About Intelligence, but Manipulating Humanity

Fantasy by June Liu

Pae White. 

Argentinian artist Alexandra Kehayoglou designs wool rugs and carpets that mimic textures found in nature, such as moss, sand, water, and trees. 

(Source | Instagram)

Svartifoss, also known as the Black Fall, is a waterfall surrounded by dark basalt columns located in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Because of its unique geographical features, it is a popular tourist destination. 

(Source | Artist) 

A Robotic Monk is Spreading Buddhist Teachings and Answering Questions About Faith

Panasonic’s (kind of creepy) Robots Are Cleared for Hospital Work

Winds a quarter the speed of light spotted leaving mysterious binary systems

"We think these so-called 'ultra-luminous x-ray sources' are special binary systems, sucking up gas at a much higher rate than an ordinary x-ray binary," said Dr Ciro Pinto from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, the paper's lead author.

Astronomers have observed two black holes in nearby galaxies devouring their companion stars at an extremely high rate, and spitting out matter at a quarter the speed of light.

Two black holes in nearby galaxies have been observed devouring their companion stars at a rate exceeding classically understood limits, and in the process, kicking out matter into surrounding space at astonishing speeds of around a quarter the speed of light.

The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton space observatory to reveal for the first time strong winds gusting at very high speeds from two mysterious sources of x-ray radiation. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, confirms that these sources conceal a compact object pulling in matter at extraordinarily high rates.

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Bernard Frize at Galerie Perrotin Paris. 

Nearby Supernova Packed the Same Punch as 100 Million Suns

Nearby Star System May Host an Earth-Like Planet