12/11 Art: Rio Shanty Art Project

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Winners of the Small World micro-photography contest

In Focus has a selection of winning photos from Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition. The picture featured above is a 40x view of the crystallization of tartrazine (dye primarily used as a food coloring), by Frederic Labaune, Education Nationale, Auxonne, France.

The Galápagos Tortoise

Fair or Foul?

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21576688-unpaid-student-athletes-are-heart-multi-billion-dollar-industry-fair-or-foul   This week’s issue of The Economist looks at American college sports, a multi-billion-dollar industry with unpaid athletes.