YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 5 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 448 views • 5:13

YouTube description: As a little girl, Basma Hameed suffered a painful accident that left half of her face obscured by third-degree burns. She endured hundreds of surgeries and laser treatments to repair... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 477 views • 3:32

YouTube description: A new technique is allowing researchers to study the inner workings of a cuttlefish brain by tracking colour changing cells in their skin. These cell are directly controlled by... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 462 views • 6:19

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 606 views • 8:27

"... The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? ..." This old ant poops and pees, of many colo(u)rs... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 28 views • 2:51

"Think before you ink." YouTube: Why are tattoos permanent? How do you deliver the ink? And how do you remove a tattoo if you no longer want it?

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 86 views • 3:51

YouTube description: Fra Angelico blue pigment extraction. True Lapis Lazuli pigment. Method based on recipe from book "Il Libro dell' Arte" by Cennino d'Andrea Cennini. ©2014 Attila Gazo (masterpigments.com) ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months ago • 273 views • 6:13

The materials collection, at the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA, houses thousands of pigments, including some of the world’s rarest. Dragon's blood, mummy, Indian yellow: these are but a few flashy... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 11 months ago • 642 views • 2:35

Dig those crazy eyes! YouTube: New research shows chameleons actively tune nano-crystals to change their color.

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade ago • 22 views • 5:42

So your cellmate knows your ethnicity.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 8 months ago • 753 views • 4:26