1151
This is the best image we have of what we call an atom (OR, in quantum physics terms, of its wave function) [source, read more: buff.ly/2npcmWT]
1152
This video shows an interaction test conducted with an Engineered Arts Ameca humanoid robot. Images from its eye cams are processed using tensorflow and Ameca reacts as things enter their 'personal space'
[source: buff.ly/32rpzEf]
1153
Researchers from Samsung Labs have developed a way to create high-resolution avatars, or deepfakes, from a single still frame photo or even a painting. Called MegaPortraits, they can create megapixel-sized avatars from simple single-frame starting points: buff.ly/3oo36iW
1154
How Eratosthenes measured the size of Earth: the Cosmos episode where Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks, using reason & math, figured out the Earth isn’t flat over 2,000 years ago
[📹 buff.ly/3h8nmRo]
[transcript: bit.ly/2C15z8A]
1155
There's a math TV show in Nigeria
Created by Cowbell in 2015, it's aimed at promoting mathematics by being deployed in public and private schools.
[read more: buff.ly/3zQY3ga]
twitter.com/Osmpeoples/sta…
1156
“Abandoned Civilization” is a collection of nine separate paintings cobbled together to resemble the famous Mona Lisa — a recreation of the Leonardo da Vinci’s work by Artificial Intelligence
[source + tutorial to make your own: buff.ly/3F9uCua]
1157
The stunning optical illusions by prof. Kokichi Sugihara
[video: buff.ly/2UzhxAB]
[read more: buff.ly/2HthCRt]
1158
This short clip shows how light behaves when beamed through several shaped lenses.
Try this online simulator by the University of Colorado: buff.ly/3p7h3mL]
[video: buff.ly/3CRIw2x]
1159
It looks like a drawing, but it's a seawater drop extracted with a zooplankton net and magnified 25x, showing bacteria, larvae, zooplankton and worms [read more: bit.ly/2w5PZFu]
1160
«Winged migration» is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, showcasing the immense journeys routinely made by birds during their migrations
[extended preview, HD: buff.ly/3x26bds]
1161
When the Space Shuttle was about 600 feet from the Space_Station the crew used to maneuver it through a backflip rotation to expose the heat shield to the station crew. This is Atlantis STS-129 in 2009
[source, video: ow.ly/WWGe50ogC3g]
1162
Stare at the red dot on her nose for 30 seconds, then look at a plain wall while blinking fast and discover what is an afterimage
[read more: bit.ly/2FcSKeu]
[source: buff.ly/3AfcACk]
1163
10 years ago #Today, the Space Shuttle Endeavour had its last flight. Here's a photo captured over Los Angeles, few minutes its landing at LAX buff.ly/2FOzM2j
1164
If you are a fan of space exploration, it's strongly recommended that you take the time to explore this map in high resolution. Cosmic Journey by Sean McNaughton, Samuel Velasco [source, read more: buff.ly/2QOZQ1N]
1165
The size of a wolf.
Brittany Allen rescued Yuki from being euthanized in 2019. DNA tests showed that Yuki was 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian husky, and 3.9% German shepherd.
[source: buff.ly/3UpCrQp]
[full story: buff.ly/3gSJRho]
1166
On April 5, 2008, the Japanese spacecraft Kaguya captured this full Earth-rise over the Moon limb in high resolution
[source: buff.ly/3aHI99o]
1167
Obsidian is an igneous rock that forms when molten rock cools so rapidly that atoms are unable to arrange into a crystalline structure. The result is a volcanic glass that breaks with a conchoidal fracture
[📹 Outlaw Rocks: buff.ly/3ENAo4w]
1168
This is not a snake, it's a caterpillar. In its larval form, the Hemeroplanes triptolemus can expand its body segments to give it the appearance of a snake
[read more: buff.ly/2qO9uTy]
[full 📹 Mark Bowler: buff.ly/3djoGmO]
1169
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists report they have managed to create an artificial fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to create. Formal announcement will follow tomorrow.
[read more: on.ft.com/3PgDdya]
1170
Since I don’t know when I’m back, I hope the account is not suspended while I’m absent. Today it was blocked for 12 hours after a tweet about universe expansion, marked as violating Twitter rules, for posting ‘non consensual nudity’. See the thread twitter.com/Rainmaker1973b…
1171
Ctenophora, commonly known as comb jellies, are generally predators, but they can also be prey to the same phylum. Watch a comb jelly bump into another and eat it [read more: buff.ly/3pmkBlD]
1172
Hövding’s airbag for cyclists is activated (and rendered unusable after it has inflated) in the event of a crash. It recently received independent tester Certimoov’s protection rating of 4.5 stars, while no other cycling helmet received more than 4 [more: buff.ly/3BfPF8P]
1173
A snake drining water.
Snakes don't lap up water with their tongues & they don't simply suck water through a hole in their mouths. They use a sponge-like capillary action
[read more: buff.ly/3APzH8g]
[📹 Mike Richardson: buff.ly/3PU9hXs]
1174
This gearbased joint by ABENICS drives three rotational degrees of freedom without slippage
[full paper: buff.ly/3gG96AH]
[media: buff.ly/3gMZ67y]
1175
This is how Ethan Schlussler from Sandpoint, Idaho built his very own human powered elevator as a means to gain access to his recently constructed treehouse
[full video: buff.ly/2MCRlRx]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links