Animated "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane
This is what John Coltrane's landmark tune and solo look like when they come to life on paper
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Russian Experiments : Revival of Organisms, and The Two-Headed Dog
This disturbing 1940 film records the successful experiments in the resuscitation of life to dead animals (dogs), as conducted by Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy.
While such experimentation seems extreme and groteque, these early efforts led to the everyday miracles of modern medicine, e.g. transplantation of arms and legs and hearts and faces.
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Wal-Martians by The Dave Thomas Band
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The Mexican Truffle Huitlacoche, Food of the Gods
Huitlacoche (pronounced weet-la-KOH-chay) is a fungus, called corn smut in the US.
"Before, it was seen as a food of the poor. Now it's the food of the rich," said Raul Nieto Angel, the dean of the crop sciences department at the university, which extensively tests and researches huitlacoche.
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The Great Omar Peacock
Life size reproduction of a peacock inspired by the cover of The Great Omar, a collection of Persian poems known as the most precious volume ever bound. The sculpture was produced for London paper merchants Shepherds Bookbinders using papers from their range, and is currently displayed in their Holborn store.
via behance.net
"Sangorski & Sutcliffe were commissioned to create a most luxurious binding of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the front cover of which was adorned with three golden peacocks with jewelled tails and surrounded by heavily tooled and gilded vines, that was sent on the ill-fated RMS Titanic in 1912. The book, known as the Great Omar, sank with the ship and has not been recovered. Shortly afterwards, Sangorski drowned."
Take a closer look at the jeweled book cover shown above.