Rebecca Escamilla
Lover of books, science, nature, family, justice, music, language, art, love, internets.
Vibrant Watercolor Maps of States in the American Midwest
Levi Mills creates beautiful watercolor maps of states in the American Midwest. Prints of maps of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are available at…
Artist Turns Old Books and Atlases Into Beautiful Works of Art With Intricate Papercutting
Vertebrate Morphology Library of the Infinitesimally Small and Unimaginably Large is an ongoing project by Barbara Wildenboer in which she alters atlases and old books…
A Comic Illustrating the Creative Process and How to Take It One Step Further
“The Creative Processor,” the latest from Grant Snider of Incidental Comics (previously), illustrates his own creative process and how to take it one step further.…
First-Ever Baby Woolly Rhinoceros Carcass Discovered in Siberian Permafrost
Last fall, hunter Alexander “Sasha” Banderov in Russia’s Sakha Republic came across a the carcass of a baby woolly rhinoceros–a species of rhinoceros that went…
Dumplings and Shrimp Explosively Prepared and Cooked in Two Seconds
Dumpling are prepared and cooked in a scant two seconds by being blasted through ingredients and fire in an ad for Japanese mobile phone service…
‘The Katering Show’, A Gut-Bustingly Hilarious Parody Cooking Show
The Katering Show is a hilarious cooking show starring an Australian duo of Kates: Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. McLennan serves as a foodie chef…
AvoSeedo, A Handy Tool to Make Growing Avocado Trees at Home Easier
Growing avocado trees at home sounds like a tricky process, but a new product is in the works to make it a little easier. The…
Charles Darwin’s Children’s Doodles and Paintings on Original Handwritten ‘On the Origin of Species’ Pages
A watercolor on the back of a page of the original On the Origin of Species manuscript A vast collection of digitizations and transcriptions of…
‘The Story of Menstruation’, A 1946 Educational Animated Disney Film Distributed to Health Classes
“The Story of Menstruation” is an animated short film produced by Disney in 1946. It was made to be shown to girls in health classes…
First Official ‘Frozen Fever’ Trailer Offers a Look at the Popular Disney Characters Preparing For Anna’s Birthday
Disney has released a trailer for “Frozen Fever“–the highly anticipated short film featuring the gang from Frozen that tells the story of what happens when…