::DRAGON SKIN::Austin's been talking about the new Natural Science and Engineering Laboratory at UTD forever -- he got to watch it being built last semester. When he showed it to me Saturday, and I let out a high-pitched sigh of awe, he knew he hadn't oversold it:
The curved walls are covered in foot-long square, layered tiles, which resemble iridescent scales. They turn green, blue, purple, even red depending on the angle of view. I love the way this looks: