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    smithsonianmag: Photo of the Day: Wool Providers of the High Andes Photographer note: A Quechua woman from the village of Qenqo herds the town’s llamas, alpacas and sheep home for the night from grazing in the Peruvian highlands. Photo by Erika Skogg (Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA); Qenqo, Peru From our 13th Annual Photo Contest. Winners…

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    smithsonianmag: Photo of the Day: Life on a Track Edited photographer note: This family resides alongside a railway track. The mother is shielding her child from the sound of the passing train. Photo by Jayanta Sinhababu (Kolkata, India); Kolkata, India From our 13th Annual Photo Contest. Winners announced in the spring! Source: smithsonianmag.com

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    nationalpostsports: A dog invaded the pitch during a Copa Libertadores match in Venezuela and had THE BEST time. Click though for video.

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    brooklynmuseum: This Mother’s Day, in honor of mothers around the world, we will explore our collection and exhibitions through the lenses of women’s history, feminism, motherhood, and family. Gather the women in your life and join us for a free tour! Here’s the schedule for Sunday, May 8: 3:00 pm: Love and Lust in Art…

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    fuckyeahfluiddynamics: Mixing cornstarch and water creates a fluid called oobleck that has some pretty bizarre properties. Oobleck is a shear-thickening, non-Newtonian fluid, which means its viscosity increases when you try to deform it with a shearing, or sliding, force. But as the Backyard Scientist demonstrates above, striking oobleck with a solid object produces some spectacular…

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    itscolossal: Egor Nikiforov 

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