2026
The common basilisk is endemic to Central South America, where it is found near rivers and streams in rainforests. It is also known as Jesus lizard, for its ability to cross a surface of water by moving quickly before sinking
[📹: buff.ly/3C3PUaT]
2027
In 2015 researchers recorded the echolocation sounds used by a dolphin when it came face to face with a number of objects, reconstructing a series of 2-D and 3-D images that show how dolphins 'see' objects underwater. This is how they see a human ow.ly/aQ2s30naPDt
2028
Starlings imitate a variety of avian species & have a repertoire of about 15–20 distinct imitations + non-avian sounds. This one seems even capable of beatboxing [read more: buff.ly/3CWLUXs-] [source, BBC Springwatch: buff.ly/3H9peWo-]
2029
FESTO AirJelly has 8 adaptive tentacles so that its movements come as close as possible to the biological role model, floating with the recoil principle. AirJelly does not glide through the water, but through the air
[read more: buff.ly/3z7n3PF]
2030
When the rate of rotation matches the rate of the smartphone camera, twelve animated gears appear to mesh and turn in this phonotrope from apyrodesign
[source: buff.ly/3bWWh5d]
[apyrodesign: buff.ly/3dwX5yp]
2031
Andreas Kunert and Naomi Zettl, a married artist duo based in Vancouver, create beautiful flowing wall installations out of rocks, pebbles, and other decorative elements. And the results are remarkable
[read more: buff.ly/2HdmAyJ]
2032
The Lambert 1 typewriter (1896) is unique in shape and technology. Its keyboard consists of one single piece. On pushing a key, the entire keyboard and the attached type stamp (pic 6) swivelled into position and printed the correct letter onto the paper ow.ly/2zQU30q1y1r
2033
This Australian Giant Cuttlefish filmed by William Gladstone (@DrBillGladstone) changed its colour from mottled brown to deep red in the first clip in about 1/3 second [source, IG account + read more: ow.ly/3iQy50GP5oi]
2034
In 1984, high above the Earth's surface, an astronaut captured a satellite. Dale A. Gardner flew free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and began to attach a control device dubbed the Stinger to the rotating Westar 6 satellite [read more: buff.ly/2V1wCN7]
2035
This is how mithocondria produce energy. This video by CorticalStudios shows the process that starts from nutrients and high-energy electrons, continues with proton pumping and ends with the creation of ATP, the cells' molecular unit of currency [video: buff.ly/3tFx4Qk]
2036
Do spiders dream? A new study suggests they do.
These jumping spiders rapidly move their eyes and twitch during rest, suggesting they have visual dreams, never before observed in arachnids
[read more: buff.ly/3Q625s2]
2037
The gyroscope seems to defy gravity because the torque created by the spinning wheel counteracts the torque due to gravity
[source, read more: buff.ly/2ZBSW5L]
2038
A photograph can evoke a vivid sense of place - but this picture by Beh Hall with flamingoes flying through the Chilean Andes is possibly capturing the best from the interaction between animals and the environment [source: ow.ly/B6cM50x4zL3]
2039
Morpho rhetenor is sexually dimorphic and while the female is dark-brown, the male's wings are impressively bright blue. This short clip by biologist Joseph See neatly shows it [source: buff.ly/3GNRhuA] [read more: buff.ly/3CIff7S]
2040
Kleptoparasitism, in which an individual steals food from other individuals of the same or a different species, is frequent in birds.
This paper explores the phenomenon among corvids: buff.ly/3qWB9Qh
[📹: buff.ly/3tdL8mS]
2041
Sweden (like other countries) has long had a can & bottle deposit system giving people money back when they recycle—for aluminium cans, and since 1994 for plastic bottles. Each year Swedes recycle 1.8 billion bottles using the so-called pant system buff.ly/31oDdp6
2042
50 years ago #Today, the crew of Apollo 17 took the iconic "Blue Marble" photo. The last time human eyes saw this amazing view from a spacecraft go.nasa.gov/2joIFBx
2043
Klemens Torggler is the original creator of the 'Evolution Door' that George Corke modified in an homage to Torggler's original design in this awesome carpentry
[source: buff.ly/2DpJiHK]
[more about the original design: torggler.co.at]
2044
Can a triangle have three right angles? Yes, on a curved space like a sphere. This is also one of the reasons we know the Earth is round
[read more: buff.ly/2qEwKpQ]
2045
The perfect moment: How Robert Haas took a pic of flamingos while they gathered in the shape of a flamingo [source, hi-res: on.natgeo.com/2pOlPqT]
2046
This giant elephant toothpaste experiment has been conducted by Nick Uhas & David Dobrik and it's possibly one of the biggest reproduction of the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
[📹 ow.ly/vX8o30q3Etc]
[read more: ow.ly/D87r30q3Eth]
2047
In Northern Hemisphere we're right in the middle of winter, but Earth is actually at its closest position to the Sun #Today at 16:17 UTC and we're 5 million km closer to the Sun now than we are in early July
[read more: buff.ly/3qTubLl]
#HappyPerihelion
2048
This photo by James St John [Flickr: buff.ly/3qtKlcH] shows the crown of Platycrinus saffordi, part of the Crawfordsville fauna of Indiana where it lived sometime during the upper Lower Carboniferous period, around 330.9 to 346.7 million years ago buff.ly/3ehPpOR
2049
This periodic table by Jennifer Johnson is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements
[source, read more: buff.ly/2XGx19h]
2050
Moon and Venus conjunction behind Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro on September 8, 2013
[📹 Josselin Desmars: buff.ly/3EzGgOu]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links