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Photography Hundreds of Womxn Are Photographing How They Cope During Quarantine Grace Ebert …made this self-portrait at home at the beginning of the quarantine, with great uncertainty about the future. Khadija Farah (@farahkhad) is a photographer based in Nairobi, Kenya. “Some days I don’t wake up feeling like a wet rag. When this happens, I muster enough energy to do a face mask, paint my nails, and gab with my best friends around the world over non-virus related issues. These days are becoming more frequent and when I feel a bit more of myself coming back.” Laurence Philomene (@laurencephilomene) is a freelance photographer based in Montreal, Canada. “Self-portrait shot while taking a bath… Share this story Tweet Pin It



Design A Gear System Helps Visualize the Magnitude of One Googol, or 1 Followed by 100 Zeros Grace Ebert To celebrate spending one billion seconds on Earth, Daniel de Bruin created a gear system that represents the number googol (that’s the digit 1 with 100 zeros behind it). Every time the first wheel completes 1,000 rotations, which happens in about an hour, the second gear turns 100 notches and the third 10. Each following wheel is reduced by 10, meaning in order to turn the last and 100th one, the system would need a googol of energy, which the Netherlands-based designer says is “a number that’s bigger than the atoms in the known universe.” He tells Colossal that when… Share this story Tweet Pin It



Animation Craft Six-Year-Old Tulip Navigates a Wooly Garden in a New Animation by Andrea Love Grace Ebert …places than one, while maintaining the original story’s themes of risk, adventure and magic,” a statement about the project says. The Washington-based artist is collaborating with illustrator Phoebe Wahl, and the pair are raising money for the project on Kickstarter. They released two snippets from the longer piece that show a bullfrog hopping onto a lily pad sending ripples through the wooly water and another following pink-cheeked Tulip as she moves aside vines and brush. To find out what happens on Tulip’s journey and to get a peek at the creatures she meets along the way, head to Love’s Instagram…. Share this story Tweet Pin It

