Cake Wrecks. "When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong." [via]
posted to MetaFilter by kolophon at 4:57 PM on July 22, 2008 (69 comments)

"The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries." Very pretty, eerie, animated interpretations of the fields inhabit Semiconductor's "Magnetic Movie."
posted to MetaFilter by Kronos_to_Earth at 9:29 PM on July 10, 2008 (25 comments)

"My name is a combination of 'take photo' and the letter 'C' for Charlie. How on earth do you pronounce that, you might ask. Well the answer is you don't. You sign it."
posted to MetaFilter by The corpse in the library at 6:17 PM on July 7, 2008 (45 comments)

Friday Flash Java Fun - 'Building Houses With Side Views' Entertaining Java game/exercise/doodad.
posted to MetaFilter by le morte de bea arthur at 7:19 AM on June 13, 2008 (32 comments)

Ever used a slice of bacon as a bookmark? How about a hundred dollar bill? For every reader who has grabbed something close at hand and slipped it into a book, it seems there's a patron of a used book store who has found it.
posted to MetaFilter by CheeseDigestsAll at 8:09 AM on June 9, 2008 (38 comments)

In Buddhist philosophy, how is one supposed to do anything?
posted to Ask Metafilter by phrontist at 8:16 PM on May 18, 2008 (44 comments)

You Walk Wrong. "It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take." [Via]
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 8:50 PM on April 22, 2008 (102 comments)

Scientists have discovered that "endometrial regenerative cells" (ERC's) -- in other words, human menstrual blood -- contains stem cells. ERC-derived stem cells seem to have a number of superior traits to both bone marrow derived and umbilical cord derived stem cells, the previous gold standards: they can give rise to a variety of different cell lines without differentiation, they multiply more quickly than other stem cells, they are able to replicate more times without adversely mutating, and they apparently do not need to be closely genetically matched to the recipient. Now some women have even begun banking their menstrual blood to preserve their stem cells through a company called "C'Elle: Your Monthly Miracle" -- check out their FAQ and online video. This follows last May's announcement that menstrual blood derived cells can pretty much cure Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in mice, a disease for which there is no current therapeutic treatment available.
posted to MetaFilter by Asparagirl at 9:32 AM on April 14, 2008 (59 comments)

"How many brain scientists have the chance to study a stroke from the inside?" In 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor did (previously), and she recently gave a moving TED talk on her experience. If that merely whetted your appetite for more brainy videos, check out the complete archive of UCSD TV's Grey Matters, a series of lectures on the brain. And for dessert, The Parts of the Brain, as performed by Pinky and The Brain. [via Neurophilosophy]
posted to MetaFilter by natabat at 9:44 PM on March 12, 2008 (14 comments)

Martin Puryear : artist, Peace Corps alumni, MacArthur Foundation Award recipient. A retrospective of his artwork (1977-2007) opens at The Museum Of Modern Art today. Also online here.
posted to MetaFilter by R. Mutt at 7:01 AM on November 4, 2007 (8 comments)