Over the last few decades, it’s become accepted fact that women get one basket of eggs at birth and that’s that, but those crazy ovaries have a few more surprises in store. It turns out that women in the reproductive time of life have ovarian stem cells, which can produce new eggs capable of being …

Want to foster innovation? Forbes tells you what not to do. Here are just two no-no’s: We’ve always done it that way. When the organizational focus shifts to protecting the status quo, people stop looking for new processes or solutions. When problems arise, people tend to default to the solution that looks most like what …

If you miss the days when your furniture consisted of two folding chairs and a card table, if for nothing other than the convenience come moving time, thanks to designer Robert van Embricqs, you could get back the flexibility without sacrificing a fashionable look. A conscious choice for functionality in design doesn’t necessarily mean one …

Check out this photo tour guide of Silicon Valley. You’ll see the digs of Apple, Google, and Facebook plus an inside look that the garage where Hewlett Packard started. Great stuff, so if you ever visit Silicon Valley, be sure to read this guide.

Who needs Park Place when you could have Facebook, and isn’t the real world just as bad as going to jail? That seems to be the opinion of Make Some Design, the creative minds behind this Web Lovers Edition of Monopoly. After all, there aren’t many Internet users out there who don’t covet a piece …

In 1975, the Muppets targeted a more mature audience with a pilot for ABC titled The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. The half-hour-long variety show parodied the growing amount of bang bang shoot ‘em ups and bam chicka wa waa shown on television. While the TV special carries the “Muppet Show” name, it is definitely …

Finding a huge beetle in an unexpected place is bad enough, but finding one with mechanical parts? That’s a practical joke for the ages. For Arizona-based artist Lindsey Bessanson such creations are no joke, rather the end result of a long appreciation for the beauty of creepy-crawly creatures. While Lindsey started off making insect jewelry …

Need a reminder to make sure you’re living every moment to the fullest? Fiona Krüger ‘s Momento Mori watch is one beautiful way to do just that in a stunningly unique way. According to her website: Memento Mori reinterprets the theme of mortality in horlogery, drawing inspiration from the 17th century skull watch of Mary …

Here on Earth, time always seems to be running short, but that’s far from the case for the universe as a whole. Though things have slowed down since the Big Bang, there’s still plenty of events rockin’ the cosmos, and the action is expected to continue for 10,000 times the stretch from the beginning of …

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A spot of tea and an afternoon read with the Stacked Teacups bookshelf from Etsy merchant Woodcurve. Via Etsy. A roundup of what’s happening on Etsy.

“Glory to the Soviet people – the pioneer of space!” “Fatherland! You lighted the star of progress and peace. Glory to the science, glory to the labor! Glory to the Soviet regime!” “In 20th century the rockets race to the stars, the trains are going to the lands of achievements!” “Our triumph in space is …