Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Miss Cellania's Links

The Amazing Dr. Baker. She saved at least 82,000 lives and still had to buck the good ol' boy system.  

13 Inexplicable Tattoos. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but no one can figure out why.

20 Fascinating Nielsen Ratings Facts. Most striking is how small and fragmented the television viewing audience has become.

Cosplay Does Not Equal Consent. Women dress up for conventions just like men do, but men don't get harassed by other cosplayers for it.

6 rejected Disney theme park rides. I would have stood in line for both Hotel Mel and the Snow Palace.

The Walking Dead Season 3 Visual Effects Reel. Warning: not for the squeamish.

Sexism at the border: A personal account.

Remember the Lykov family, who lived isolated in Russia's forests for 40 years until they were found in the 1970s? VICE visited Agafia Lykov, the only surviving family member, to make a documentary of her life.

Make your own plant clones. Ars Technica has a tutorial on one of my favorite gardening methods because science.

Was the medieval Black Death really plague? Scientists see differences in modern outbreaks that need to be researched.

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