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Pilot David Evans was flying between Minco and Tuttle, Oklahoma in June 2021, when he found himself side-by-side with a landspout tornado during its formation
[read more: buff.ly/3UyIgwb]
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You may not believe that your cat was born with a predatory instinct because it's a so playful critter, but it looks like cats are responsible for the global extinction of 33 animal species & responsible for the deaths of 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually buff.ly/2s8mL91
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Less than 200 vessels (across all sizes) suffer from marine accidents and capsize every year out of 80,000+ in total. Ships survive storms thanks to several measures
[read more: buff.ly/3fobhYn]
[📹 __tuglife__: buff.ly/3rXMlNc ]
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The saddleback caterpillar has tubercles that contain threatening hollow spines connected to a gland that secretes venom that, when broken, is released into predators
[read more: buff.ly/3SvSZqe]
#SundayFunday
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It's the only example of cooperative male-male displays ever discovered in nature. Surprising as it may sound, the Blue Manakin dominant male has a team of subordinate males who help him attract females buff.ly/3axr1mT [📹 Kenny Neal: buff.ly/3dCsSZM]
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The great eared nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
[read more: buff.ly/3sOUHIL]
[📷 Jenisha Aggarwal: buff.ly/3BxjkNM]
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The beautiful harmony of Shaolin Kung Fu is captured with an amazing bird-view from above, in this video by BBC Earth
[full video: buff.ly/2HggQXM]
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The Philippine eagle is considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length and wing surface. Being a critically endangered species, killing a Philippine eagle is punishable under Philippine law up to 12 years in prison [read more: buff.ly/2lKrawh]
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A modern version of the Galton Box invented by Sir Francis Galton in 1894, built to demonstrate the Central Limit Theorem - showing how random processes gather around the mean [source, read more: buff.ly/3CyKlzY]
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When humans lose weight, fat is eliminated and leaves the body. But not through the channels you probably think. Believe it or not 80% of the fat is exhaled through the lungs as carbon dioxide
[read more: ow.ly/oGXV30nIUxP]
[source: buff.ly/2KbQTrN]
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The red-capped manakin's "moonwalk" to impress the ladies [source and full video: buff.ly/2uA52f9]
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A gyroscope is probably one of the most fascinating physics toys and one of the most useful applications of conservation of angular momentum in several branches of science and technology [How it works, video by @tweetsauce: buff.ly/2JLMtZ4]
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This Japanese technique to fold shirts in 2 seconds seems to find a secret topology hidden inside clothes
[full video, HD, DaveHax: buff.ly/37sSeXf]
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This photo of Kuala Lampur during a lightning storm is a stack of 32 shots taken over the course of 40 minutes by photographer Fendy Gan in May 2020
[source, more photos: buff.ly/3yA6Ljz]
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This is how a troop of Langur Monkeys show empathetic behaviour as they mourn what they think is a dead baby Langur, which is actually a robotic spy monkey, designed to film the primates. At the point they hug and console each other [full video: buff.ly/2mh8444]
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This is how a geologist collects samples of lava. The footage was filmed at the Kilauea flow on May 31, 2017 [source + full video, USGS: buff.ly/2GXE421]
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Echidnas, instead of having teats like other mammals, have milk patches which excrete milk for their young to lap up. This is why wildlife hospital nurses have to feed a 'puggle' from the palm of their hands, so it can lap milk as it would do in the wild: buff.ly/32U3yJA
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The giant oceanic manta ray is the largest type of ray in the world. It can grow to a disc size of up to 7 m (23 ft) across with a weight of about 3,000 kg (6,600 lb)
[📹 Shiva Selwyn]
[read more: buff.ly/2pBEk41]
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Aircraft pilots oxygen masks are fitted to the face using various suspension harnesses, but they generally use an inflatable harness for quick donning and to be put on in 5 seconds or less using only one hand
[📹 alyssathepilot: buff.ly/3H9Alkw]
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While a toy like this homemade one appears to be precariously balanced, it's designed so that the center of gravity is below the pivot point -> restoring torque -> stable equilibrium
[read more: buff.ly/33h1q3o
[source: buff.ly/3EUggLl]
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The Andromeda galaxy is 6 times bigger in the sky than the full Moon: it's just too dim to see with the naked eye. This composite created by Tom Buckley-Houston shows what it would look like at night if it was just brighter
[read more: ow.ly/EMek50A0CeU]
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There's a giant sculpture in New Zealand that gives the illusion of being a cartoon piece of paper on a hilltop
[read more: bit.ly/2zNG5Ld]
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Meanwhile, inside the box, Schrödinger's cat plans its revenge.
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#MotivationMonday
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The Fourier Transform explained in one sentence [source and read more, by Stuart Riffle: buff.ly/3ILfsdD]
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Some species of porcupine fish use a neurotoxin which is 1200 times stronger than cyanide, but they have a nice smile
[read more: bit.ly/2pASY5q]
[📹 Gotzon Mantuliz: buff.ly/3YgCzF3]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links