This weekend is Baby Tattooville, a retreat weekend in Riverside, California for 100 paying attendees to hang out with a fantastic line-up of pop surrealist artists, participate in various fun… Read the rest of the article: Biskup's limited print for Baby Tattooville

Physicist Elmar Fuchs and his colleagues from Graz University of Technology are investigating why water, when exposed to high voltages, forms this strange liquid bridge as the liquid moves from… Read the rest of the article: Water bridge created with high voltage

Artist Tom Sachs says that "Going to the moon was the best art project of the twentieth century." So he made it into an art installation. Space Program, on view… Read the rest of the article: Moon landing recreation as art

The new issue of the journal Science In Schools presents an interesting project on how to make iron-gall ink, the same ink used by da Vinci, Bach, van Gogh, and… Read the rest of the article: HOWTO make medieval ink

Three years ago, John Wood's leg was amputated after it was injured in a plane crash. He kept the leg and dried it so it could be someday buried with… Read the rest of the article: Man wants shared custody of other man's leg

Researchers are studying the painted sunsets by artists like Turner, Rembrandt, and Rubens to get a sense of how volcanic eruptions may have impacted global warming. The National Observatory of… Read the rest of the article: Studying global warming through old masters' paintings

Last week, San Francisco lost one of the underground art scene's most dedicated supporters. Most recently, Jack Davis was the director of the SomArts Cultural Center, ran the stage production… Read the rest of the article: Jack Davis, supporter of SF underground arts, RIP

Here is an all-too-short clip of the Velvet Underground playing "Venus in Furs" at Andy Warhol's Silver Factory. Also making the scene are Edie Sedgwick and "whip dancer" Gerard Malanga.… Read the rest of the article: Video clip of Velvet Underground at The Factory

The Micropolitan Museum is an incredible collection of images depicting nature's microscopic beauty. Wim van Egmond is the proprietor of this virtual wunderkammer. Seen here, from left to right, Ceriodaphnia… Read the rest of the article: Micropolitan Museum of Microscopy

This fellow appears to be smoking, er, tobacco from a Nintendo 64 controller converted into a pipe. Link Previously on BB and BB Gadgets: • Crown7 Nicotine Delivery Systems Link… Read the rest of the article: Nintendo controller pipe

My friend Sean Ness noticed Karl Marx peering up from his soup spoon. Link Previously on BB: • Face in the clouds Link • Tree with face Link • Daikon… Read the rest of the article: Karl Marx in soup

This two-headed red slider turtle, now living at Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in Pennsylvania, is particularly rare because the heads are on opposite sides of the shell. From The Metro:… Read the rest of the article: Extra-special two-headed turtle

This artwork by infamous Beat author, artist, and firearm enthusiast William S. Burroughs is currently listed for a live auction on eBay. Titled "Eight Bullets," the piece consists of, er,… Read the rest of the article: William Burroughs bullets on eBay

An Austrian provincial judge refused today to declare that Matthew Hiast Pan, a 26-year-old chimpanzee, is a person. Now, animal rights activists intend to take the case to the country's… Read the rest of the article: Can a chimp be a "person"?

Seen here is a Google Earth image of US Navy barracks in Coronado, California. The US Navy has now budgeted $600,000 to cover up the swastika shape through the installation… Read the rest of the article: Navy covering up swastika barracks

A new scientific study on rats suggests that low to moderate drinking of alcohol may actually improve memory. The researchers at the University of Auckland and Ohio State University studied… Read the rest of the article: Drinking good for memory?

This 1951 photograph of a purported Yeti footprint was auctioned off at Christie's London for £3,500. Eric Earle Shipton took the photograph in the Himalayas. From the lot description: 'In… Read the rest of the article: Yeti footprint photo auctioned

Ridley Scott's final retake on Blade Runner, the influential 1982 film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", will be released to select theaters… Read the rest of the article: Interview with Ridley Scott, Blade Runner: The Final Cut

In 2004, University at Buffalo art professor Steve Kurtz, a member of Critical Art Ensemble, called police to his home after his wife died suddenly of a heart attack. When… Read the rest of the article: Art or bioterrorism? RU Sirius interviews Steve Kurtz

Nike is now selling a shoe designed for American Indians. The Air Native N7 will only be available through tribal wellness programs and tribal schools. From the Associated Press: Nike… Read the rest of the article: Nike's American Indian sneaker