1001
The blue whale, at up to 29.9 metres (98 ft) in length and with a maximum recorded weight of 173 tons, it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. This picture, part of a footage captured in California, gives the scale of a blue whale ow.ly/gCRa30n7yjd
1002
The Trampe (now known as Cyclocable) is a famous bicycle lift in Trondheim, Norway, invented and installed in 1993 by Jarle Wanwik. It covers a 20% gradient slope and its use is free
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1003
Elijah Secrest is an artist from Columbus, Ohio and works mainly in metals. Among the things he makes, there are these impressive mechanical masks
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1004
Tonight while you sleep, you'll be kind of 'brain washed'. Your neurons will go quiet. Blood will flow out of your head, a watery liquid called cerebrospinal fluid will flow in, washing through your brain in rhythmic, pulsing waves [source, read more: buff.ly/2KuDnll]
1005
«I bet you ten bucks you can't get this olive into this glass without touching the olive»: how it's feasible using rotational forces [source: bit.ly/2qNS9f6]
1006
Here you can see a capuchin monkey instructing a female human on how to properly use stone tools. With monkeys learning to use tools and passing this skill down for generations, what do you think future monkeys be like?
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1007
Wildlife photographer Roeselien Raimond photographed 64 foxes from the same angle to allow for easy comparisons, and the result reveals the wildly diverse characteristics of such animals [source, read more: buff.ly/3eeMAwB]
1008
Esper Bionics develops products in the areas of orthopedics and neurology. Their myoelectric hand prosthesis uses Machine Learning approach to recognize situations [seen in action: buff.ly/30VJM0K] [explained: buff.ly/3r4hJGY]
1009
The solvent based paint removers work by breaking the bond between the object and the paint, swelling the paint and weakening the adhesion to the surface. Historically, they used dichloromethane, banned by EU in 2010
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1010
This 20,000 meter high tornado spawning supercell was filmed by Rich Isaacman on May 16, 2022 near Lubbock, Texas
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1011
The peculiar design solutions for vehicles and robots by Dan
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1012
Kitchen countertops like Invisacook have induction hobs that can be positioned just under the countertop, heating the pans through the surface invisacook.com [read more about induction cooking: buff.ly/3nzisAw]
1013
In the XIX century, automatic candle snuffers like this one ensured you would not waste them, having enough candle for the following morning. You can by one here: buff.ly/3p3hYkC [read more about candle snuffers: buff.ly/3cSuL6Y]
1014
The Math Dance
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1015
Owls are masters in using blind-spots and in flying in an extremely silent manner, thanks to a special feather adaption
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1016
In this famous clip from his even more famous TV program Cosmos, Carl Sagan explains the fourth dimension of space-time, starting with another popular science story: Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland
[full video: buff.ly/3nmrx0W]
1017
With tentacles extended in all directions, the Rhopalonematid jelly Crossota millsae is caught in a very interesting natural pose by the NOAA's ROV Deep Discoverer’s cameras in waters south Puerto Rico at a depth of 1,015 meters [full video: buff.ly/3vNCREt]
1018
When you slide a cup of coffee across a rough surface, you may see vibrations happen. The patterns formed are Faraday waves, nonlinear standing waves appearing on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle
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1019
Ice shards floating out to sea along the coast of Greenland
[📹 Luke Stackpoole: buff.ly/3VA0b67]
1020
In 1988 the U.S. government wanted to know how strong reinforced concrete is, the very same stuff used in construction of nuclear reactor facilities, So they launched an F4 Phantom jet at 500 mph and slammed it head-on directly into a slab of concrete buff.ly/3vK1Fzj
1021
Orangutans share 96.4% of genes, 28 physical characteristics, and a number of behavioral traits with humans.
No wonder things like this happen so easily.
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1022
The heliosphere is the outermost layer of the Solar System and protects the planets from powerful cosmic events like supernovae. This artist’s visualization shows its possible shape
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1023
Dudhsagar Falls (lit. 'Sea of Milk') is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa. It is amongst India's tallest waterfalls with a height of 310 m (1017 feet)
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1024
The interaction between electrical fields and liquids leads to a phenomenon defying intuition, called the floating water bridge
[full video, Elmar Fuchs: buff.ly/3CrxKzI]
1025
Disney's invention of the multiplane camera was a groundbreaking achievement in film, enhancing the feeling of depth in traditional animation. This clip shows the difference between a classic zoom vs a multiplane camera one [video: buff.ly/3dv2Qwo]
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