Category: Daily Links

Curious information about merry-go-rounds [carousels], with glorious pictures of carved merry-go-round animals.

A sceptical look at criminal profiling in the New Yorker.

‘But surprisingly, researchers have found that under some conditions the females will chose a partner of another species from the puddle of possible mates.’

via swissmiss: ‘Lipsticks’ is a series of large-scale photographs of lipsticks near the end of their lives as consumer products, worn away through use.

“Which parts of the human body could you design better?”

Using prisoners to train guide dogs. Which helps both the dogs and the prisoners. Via Metafilter.

A video introducing the new design for the main stadium for London 2012. Not overwhelmingly exciting, frankly.

‘This close up of an active region on the Sun that produced a powerful X-class flare was captured by the orbiting TRACE satellite. Clicking on the image should bring up a movie that shows the evolution of Active Region 9906 over about four hours.’