What do you get when you wrap a barn in mylar? You get nothing.stpmj via Co.Design
Cyclotron
These kiddos are playing on a machine created by their father—Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the atom-smashing cyclotron.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bug Bike
Look at this electric motorcycle—am I the only one who gets an insectoid vibe from it? Nice looking, regardless.Johammer Motorcycles via designboom
Modern Ark
Designers at Remi Studio created this concept for a building that will float away as sea levels rise. Foolishly, it looks like it could hold at best 1.5 of every species.Remi Studio via Design TAXI
Grand Canyon From Space
I like to imagine an astronaut at a dinner party, where he or she says: "Oh, you just saw the Grand Canyon? So did I—but, you know, from space." Alas, they are probably polite and friendly.NASA
Magnifying Building
Proposed economic monument in China, or giant magnifying glass proposed by supervillain? You decide!Rafael De La-Hoz via designboom
The Oldest Things
Rachel Sussman set out to photograph the world's oldest things, and now she's back with a book that includes stuff like this tree named after a person who set fire to lots of wood.Rachel Sussman via Kottke
Robonaut
This giant astronaut sculpture, planted in southern California for the annual Coachella music festival, is animatronic, meaning it can easily make hand gestures, project videos on its helmet, and freak out people who are high.Poetic Kinetic via My Modern Met
Organ Mirror
This interactive "mirror" going up at the Computer-Human Interaction conference in Toronto imagines what your organs are like—without, like, medical complications.Le Pixel Blanc via Daily Mail
Curiosity's Tracks
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught this photo of Curiosity's tracks on Mars. Good work, little friend.NASA via io9
