augustmiller:

Buckminster Fuller’s “Dymaxion Map” turns many of our assumptions about world maps on end, for considerable benefit; landmasses experience the least distortion of any projection, and are almost entirely contiguous. Furthermore, it folds into a perfect icosahedron, for viewing in the round.

The boldness and sensibility that were stifled by convention in cartography are released here, with a long, thoughtful creative process, fueled by a life of practicality.

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border-studies:

Further reading via 

Fukushima Disaster Caused Mutant Butterflies, Study | Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, Technology and Medicine News Updates From Asia

http://www.asianscientist.com/in-the-lab/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-mutation-abnormalities-pale-grass-blue-butterfly-2012/

toothii:

self—pollution:

The Fukushima Disaster Produced Mutant Irradiated Butterflies.

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