You’ve probably seen Adele Enersen’s photography before. She’s the mother and artist who dressed her baby up for naps and set her in various imaginary “dream” settings made out of everyday items. The photos made the rounds a couple years ago and then became a book.

This past summer she did a similar but simpler series with another child, this time snapping pictures of his naps with her iPhone and then quickly sketching his “activities” onto the photo…

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The folks at Nerdist sent Tom Hanks an antique typewriter as a gift with an invitation to join them for an episode of their podcast. Here’s his response, written with his new vintage typewriter…

And here’s the resulting interview.

(via Reddit)

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In this ongoing series from photographer Dave Engledow, we get real insight into what it means to be an amazingly good dad. You may think some of the images show him being something less then exemplary in his parenting, but you’d be wrong and he has the mug to prove it…

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Researchers at Beltsville Agricultural Research Center have gathered samples of snow from around the country and are studying them under a microscope. To keep the flakes in their original shape, they’re viewed on a surface that has been chilled to -170 Celsius, or -224 Fahrenheit. (The microscope they use is understatedly labeled “low-temperature.”)

Here are some of the amazing images coming from their research…

On an interesting side note, man-made snow doesn’t vary in shape like natural snow does, and, in fact, doesn’t even look like natural snow at all when magnified. It’s just little blobs…

(via The Daily Mail)

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