September 09, 2008

Colliding hadrons, sinking subways, & more

• Casas de sciencia:
  • The Big Picture features some gorgeous images of the Large Hadron Collider, nearly ready to create a black hole and swallow the world as we know it.  (The dorkiness of their little fire-fighting vehicle could rupture spacetime, too.)
  • Seed shows eerily deserted labs at night.
• Image manipulation isn’t just for political candidates anymore: even the weather isn’t safe.
• No fakery needed: Environmental Graffiti hosts the 30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth.
• The British Library’s Bodies of Knowledge online exhibition is loaded with great imagery, exploring how the body has been viewed through history. [Via]
• The NYT reports on a deep-sea home for subway cars.  I wonder whether global warming will someday make the idea of deliberately flooding subways seem quaint.