A collection of the year’s best images from neuroscience.

if you find yourself on the brink of hypothermia, knowing what to do at that moment could mean the difference between life and death.

I made a cheat sheet to help me remember how to properly expose using manual mode. All the images are public domain, so I thought I'd share with everyone else. Feel free to download, print, use, and otherwise utilize this sheet to improve your manual control. XD

Seattle Children's Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU)

In my opinion, you can never have too many zipper pouches. I needed a new one for my cutting tools for my upcoming trip to Sewtopia. (Did I mention how I'm really excited to see all my sewing friends again?!?!) :) So I made a zipper pouch out of my selvages. I've been collecting these when I started sewing again. (I have 8 years of selvages!) I love them because they're so versatile & fun! I love seeing them and trying to remember what I used that particular print for. It's kinda like a fabric journal.... So let's gets started. You'll need: 9" zipper 2 pieces of batting = 7.25" x 11.25" 2 pieces of lining = 7" x 11" 2 strips of fabric = 2" x 11" A handful of selvages With a marking pen, draw a line on your batting measuring 1.5" from the bottom. Do this to both pieces. The area above the line will be where you'll sew your selvages. Grab 2 selvage strips and place them together like the photo below. One should be on top of the other overlapping at least 1/4". Now top stitch as close to the edge of the selvage as you can. I highly recommend using a stitch length around 2.0. Now grab more selvages.... and tuck them underneath... and continue to top stitch.... Once you've finish the bottom half, sew the other selvages by placing them on top of the previous strip. No tucking under this time. When you've finished, your panel should look like this. Remember that line we drew? Place the 2" x 11" strip at the line. Attach the strip using a 1/4" seam allowance and quilt it. Now work on your other panel. You can either do the same direction or do the opposite. I'm doing the opposite - simply based on my preference. Attach the selvages the same way we did prior. Your panels should look like these. Now let's give them a haircut. Align your ruler so that the seam lines up at 1.75". Then trim your block to 7" x 11". Here's what they should look like.... Now pick which panel will be the front. Place your zipper face down to the front panel (both right sides together). Your zipper pull should be on the left. Make a zipper sandwich by placing your lining face down to the back of your zipper. Use pins to hold it all in place and sew all 3 layers together. It should look like this. Then, do the same to the other side. Give it a good press away from the zipper. I top stitch on both sides so the lining doesn't ride up and jam my zipper. Now line up your panels to match like this... and here... Use pins to hold them in place. Stitch all the way around using a 1/4 seam allowance. But leave a small opening (about 3") so you can turn it out. Trim your corners and then .... Turn it out.... Pull! Tug! Do it gently... Sew your opening either by hand or machine and that's it. You're done! Here's the front. And here's the back. Look at how much stuff it holds! Those are my large scissors! My rotary cutter is buried at the bottom. That's all folks! Now go make one! ;) Hope you've been inspired to travel handmade. Enjoy! Oxox, Sunny

In a sunny afternoon

Lung science experiment great for middle school students & teachers. Hands on activity + Lesson Plans on Tobacco Prevention for teachers.

Download this Premium Vector about Inner fears and panic concept. Young stressed frustrated man feeling chocked with afraid shadows around vector illustration, and discover more than 15 Million Professional Graphic Resources on Freepik

Digital Artist Ulya Stuzhuk

Light painting is a photography technique which lets you create beautiful sparkler effects. Read my step by step tutorial and try this fun photo project!

Are you looking for (or wondering about) STEM or STEAM activities for kids? If so, you are in the right place, my friends! This is the ULTIMATE resource list for the best of the best Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art), and Math (STE(A)M) activities. My boys have always loved STEM challenges. And I completely understand why!

Purple and yellow foliage shine in this garden design for sun-loving plants

Remember making shrinky dinks when you were younger? That's why we've rounded-up 40 of the most amazing DIY shrinky dink plastic crafts on the planet.

I've always been partial to things with vegetation as hair (Chia Pets, anyone?). Check out these fun........

Download this Free Vector about Break gender norms concept with hands illustration, and discover more than 48 Million Professional Graphic Resources on Freepik. #freepik #vector #genderneutral #gender #peopledesign

Eine neue Generation von afrikanischen Architekten und Designern macht sich bemerkbar. Ihre Arbeiten sind so verschieden wie die Länder, aus denen sie kommen.

Boost Your Photography is a resource for photographers at all levels. We provide instructive content and projects that will inspire and inform.

Welcome to Dale Coulter’s garden in Sutton, Massachusetts. I have always wanted a greenhouse to be my next gardening challenge. I have been an avid gardener for years, starting simply […]

Strawberries grow in the highland of Malaysia where the temperature is averaging 20 degrees C all year round. They grow well in the sunny but cool area of Cameron Highland located about 200 kilometers from where I live. So last month I made a short trip up the winding mountain road, this time I drive not on the bike since I'm taking the kids to see and treats themselves to Strawberry Desert. Looking for young seedling but all I could find are old retired veterans that almost like those time-ex battery chicken. Well something is better than nothing. I got myself a few and these will be the start of another trial. Use my ornamental set to plant these and I am placing them away from direct midday sun, slowly getting these to adapt and hope they will produce new runners and then I can try with young plants. Not an easy thing to do this Strawberry Plants, trimmed most of the leaves leaving it to recover from transplant and climate shock. Hoping to see new leaves for a start, but it is very slow progress. So far it had survive a month in lowland where temperature can reach 40 deg C, watering is not a problem because of the aquaponics set take care of that. I will try adding supplement to get it to grow. Never had any experience with this plant and it is a steep learning curve for me in Aquaponics.

This month's Boost Your Photography: 52 Weeks Challenge - Shooting Modes - has been leading up to this point: full manual mode. Manual mode is far less intimidating than it may appear at first. This post will walk you through the basics of how to use manual mode to your advantage. (Missed out on the earlier shooting mode posts? Catch up by reading about program mode, shutter priority mode, and aperture priority mode.) Manual Mode Manual mode puts you, the photographer, in charge of all of the settings involved in your final image. While this might sound like a lot of responsibility, it is actually only a small step up from shooting in aperture or shutter priority modes. In those modes, you choose two of the three major settings, while the camera chooses the third. (There are, of course, many other settings within your camera, but you can read more about those settings elsewhere in Missed the Shot? Remember Camera Zero.) In manual mode, you choose all three settings: ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. But you are not simply pulling numbers out of thin air. You have two different strategies that you can use when shooting in manual mode: using your light meter or using the 'rule' of Sunny f/16. Each of these options is explained in detail below. Using Your Light Meter in Manual Mode The first option for choosing your settings in manual mode is to rely on your camera's internal light meter. When shooting in any mode other than manual, your camera relies on its light meter to determine the correct exposure for the given composition. When shooting in manual, the light meter still provides an estimation of the correct exposure. (Read more here about correct exposure.) The light meter line graph is visible through your viewfinder when you are shooting. Different camera brands and models will have slightly different displays, but the main idea behind the light meter graph is the same. If the flashing arrow under the line is pointing to zero, it means that the camera's light meter has determined that your composition is correctly exposed. A negative value means that the composition is too dark (according to the light meter) and a positive value means that the image is too bright. This is where you, as the photographer, come into play. You now get to decide how you want to change either the ISO, aperture, and/or shutter speed to get the exposure that you want. You do not have to "agree" with your camera and choose values that will give an exact zero, according to the light meter, but it is a useful guide if you are unsure about which settings to use. Quick Aside about the Exposure Triangle You can find a lot of information and long digressions about the exposure triangle, but the key point is that you can change the exposure value (as recorded by the light meter) for a given picture in one of three ways: you can change the ISO, the aperture, or the shutter speed. (Sound familiar?) Many people picture this as a triangle-shaped graph with all three variables on it, but I have never found that visualization particularly useful. I prefer to think about it situationally. Lets say that your meter says your photograph is too dark by one stop. (Your light meter is pointing to -1.) You can ... Double your ISO (say, from 100 to 200 or 400 to 800), which would increase your exposure by one stop. The trade-off is the possibility of increased noise with a higher ISO value. Open up your aperture (make it wider), say from f/8 to f/5.6 or from f/4 to f/2.8, which would increase your exposure by one stop. The trade-off is a decreased depth of field (amount of the image in focus). Double the time for your shutter speed (say, from 1/250th of a second to 1/125th of a second or from 1" to 2" long), which would increase your exposure by one stop. The trade-off is that a longer shutter speed might not work with a moving subject or a shaky photographer. Some combination of all three. What if you are unsure of where to even start with your settings? That brings us to the other topic I have already mentioned, the "rule" of sunny f/16. Sunny F/16 and Manual Mode Sunny F/16 is such a popular concept in photography, that if you Google it, you can find a plethora of t-shirts and other memorabilia with its diagram. Back in the days of film photographers, you would have to carry around a light meter as an additional piece of equipment, rather than having it handily inside your camera. So this was where the "rule" of sunny f/16 originated. So, here's the rule (or guideline, as it were): if you are shooting on a sunny day, you can set your aperture for f/16 and then set your shutter speed as the reciprocal of your ISO. For an ISO of 100, shutter speed of 1/100th. ISO of 800, shutter speed of 1/800th. Easy. Want to take it beyond sunny days? You can probably guess the rest of the "rules" by the t-shirt above. Somewhat overcast? F/11. Totally overcast? F/8. Bordering-on-dim overcast? F/5.6. Sunset? F/4. And a bonus: super bright snow or sand? F/22. Each of these sets of settings will give you a starting place for your manual photography. But what if you want to shoot outside on a sunny day with a wide open aperture for effect? Rather than do all the math of counting f-stops and converting your aperture changes with how to correspondingly change your shutter speed, may I suggest my favorite method? Guess and check. Switch back into aperture priority mode, dial in your ISO 100 and f/1.8. Hold your shutter down halfway and take note of the suggested shutter speed. Then switch back into manual and dial in those same settings. Now you can tweak your shutter speed as needed, referring to your light meter or histogram as your guide. (Read more about Demystifying the Histogram for help.) Shoot in Manual Mode This week your challenge is to try shooting in manual mode. Take it step-by-step and see how it goes. Find some situations to try out the "rule" of sunny f/16 or one of its counterparts. Try relying on your light meter to get your exposure close and then tweak it to get what you want. You may be surprised at how easy it is to make the jump! Share a link or a photograph in the comments below, or consider joining the BYP 52 Weeks Google+ Community to share your weekly photograph and see what others are capturing. Boost Your Photography: Learn Your DSLR is available from Amazon. Get the most out of your camera with practical advice about the technical and creative aspects of DSLR photography that will have you taking beautiful pictures right away.

my finished product I saw this shelf on Pintrest a while ago and wanted to make it. As soon as my summer vacation began, I started the shelf. I came home from college late on a Thursday night and had the shelf together by Saturday night. On Friday, I drew up various designs based off of pictures of various LOVE shelves that I had seen. Then, I decided how tall I wished the shelf to be and came up with the other dimensions. On Friday evening, I went to the wood store to purchase my wood and the hardware store to purchase screws. On Saturday, my father and I cut the boards and assembled the shelf. The next day, I had to pack for my vacation to Washington State. So, the painting of the shelf had to wait until I returned. Upon my return, I ventured to Walmart to purchase primer and paint. Two days ago, I applied the primer. Yesterday, it rained; so, I was unable to apply the paint. Today, however, I was able to paint it. I am very pleased with how the shelf turned out!!!! I can’t wait to put it in my new apartment at school this coming school year! Materials Wood: untreated / 2x6 or 2x8 for best results Wood Screws: 26, 2.5 - 4 in each Wood glue Paint: be sure you have both primer and the color you intend to use ** It also helps to have a drill or a good saw that is capable of cutting at angles.** Process (before you gather materials): 1 1) Decide how tall you desire to have your shelf. * You need to decide this first so that you know how much wood to purchase. 2 2) Take a look at the dimensions so that you know how much wood you need to purchase. If you choose to use a different height than 5 feet, multiply the height of your choice (in inches) by each of the above percentages to garner the length of wood needed for your project. **NOTE** Due to an error in measurement, the percentage for the bottom of the "L" (shown in this picture as .5) should actually be .4! These are the lengths that I used for my 5 foot (60 in.) tall shelf. **NOTE** There is an error in the picture. The bottom part of the "L" is 24", NOT 30" as the picture specifies. 3 3) Purchase your materials. *Be sure you purchase enough wood. It might also be a good idea to purchase more than you think you will need in case you mess up (The angles on the boards that compose the V can be a bit tricky to cut, and it’s possible that you might make a mistake or two while screwing the boards together.) Also, when you purchase your wood, be sure to examine it to make sure that all your pieces are strait. Process (after you gather materials): 4 4) Cut the wood. Going by the height that I used (5’), you will need about 17 feet of wood. However, remember to purchase extra! * I purchased 3, 2”x6”x8’ boards and ended up using nearly all of it because of a mistake and a last-mini change that I made to the design after I had already cut the boards. So, I needed to cut another set for part of the V and part of the E. * If you chose to use a different height, make sure you adjust the lengths of each board accordingly. You don’t want to end up with any misshapen letters. As a general rule of thumb, take the height you wish you shelf to be in inches and multiply that number by each of the percentages (in decimal form) on the picture below. This should give you a rough idea of how long you should cut each of the pieces. * When you go to cut the boards for the V, remember to cut them at angles. I apologize that I don’t remember the angles that we used. We just guessed and checked (This is one of the points where we ended up using some of the extra wood.). Once you figure out one angle, the other four angles are the same. I would advise cutting one board at a time so that if you mess up and the board ends up too short, you only need to re-cut one board and not two. ** Thanks to a helpful commenter, I now know the angle. According to Christine Godbout, the angle for the "V" is 22.5 degrees. Thanks, Christine! ** This is my father helping me to cut the angles in the wood that were needed for the V. I do not remember the exact angles that we ended up using. We used a guess-and-check method to determine the angles -- we would cut at a certain angle, lay the board down, determine if that was the angle that we desired, and, if it was not, cut at a different angle. Once you have one angle figured out for how you want your self, the other three angles will need to be cut at the same angle so that all the edges lay flat. 5 5) It would be a good idea to lay everything out, now, to make sure that it looks the way you want it. If you accidentally cut a board too long or short, you will hopefully notice it at this point. 6 6) Screw your boards together. * Keep in mind that if you attach the boards a certain way, it will be difficult to maneuver the drill to screw in certain parts. I would suggest screwing the boards together in the order the joints are listed in the below picture. 7 7) Paint your shelf with primer. * Follow the instructions on the can. the shelf after being painted with primer 8 8) Paint your shelf with paint. * Follow the instructions on the can. the shelf being painted 9 9) Decorate and enjoy. I know that this isn't decorated, or even against a wall, but, I will not be displaying it until I move into my apartment in three months. So, for the time being, it will remain undecorated. I only painted one coat of black on top of my white primer so that I could acquire this effect. Feel free to do whatever you want: splatter paint, a solid color, something like what I did. Be creative! And have fun!

designboom spoke with artist soo sunny park about the idea of using light as a material, and transforming space in unexpected ways.

A fun, processed based Fibonacci art project for kids. Great for S.T.E.A.M. learning at home or at school.