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I wish I could tell you how beautiful you are. I wish I could open your eyes to what I see. I wish I could open your ears to the words I speak about your abundant beauty.

Little Lace Light (via littlelacelight)

Miss our alarm clock.

Cat Dog alarm clocks are actually the best alarm clocks.

CORDOLIUM

[noun]

heartfelt grief; sorrow of the heart.

Etymology: from Latin cor, “heart” + dolor, “pain, sorrow”, dolere, “to ache”.

[Jean Osborne - Grief]

Today the Department of Phenomenal Papercraft explores the work of Istanbul-based paper artist Nermin Er, who creates layered, backlit dioramas with a wonderful and sometimes whimsical narrative feel. Er also works with animation, which may explain why so many of her pieces feel like glimpses of a bigger story just waiting to be put into motion. Her delicate circular designs depicting cityscapes and dreamy forest scenes remind us of the work of Hari & Deepti (previously featured here).

Click here and here to check out more of Nermin Er’s beautiful illuminated papercraft creations.

[via Laughing Squid]

Epigenomics starts to make its mark

Analysis of chemical patterns on DNA shows promise for explaining disease, but few results have yet been replicated.

Obesity may be written not only in the genes, but also on top of them. One of the largest studies so far to probe the human epigenome — the collective name for the patterns of chemical groups that adorn DNA sequences and influence their activity — has found some tags that are linked to differences in body mass index (BMI).

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Some of you never spent all night totally engrossed in an epic fanfic only to find out it’s incomplete and was last updated in 2009 and it really shows