jtotheizzoe:

Over a century after being founded as a gunpowder mill in 1802, chemical company DuPont began publishing a promotional magazine that continued throughout the 20th century. The company that gave us nylon, teflon and kevlar also gave us a collection of truly amazing science art via these magazine covers.

So many, many more at this link, including this gem:

Better living through chemistry … and art.

Want more 20th-century science nostalgia? Check out this gallery of awesome pocket protectors.

(via All My Eyes)

futurescope:

Solve for X

Solve for X is a place where people can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems. Radical in the sense that the solutions could help billions of people. Radical in the sense that the audaciousness of the proposals makes them sound like science fiction. And radical in the sense that there is some real technology breakthrough on the horizon to give us all hope that these ideas could really be brought to life.

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