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Photographer Wu Yung-sen has been deep sea diving and photographing marine life for four years. On a recent blackwater dive—unable to see the bottom and surrounded by impenetrable space—he chanced upon a rare larval Wunderpus octopus, totally transparent buff.ly/3oytEMs
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A photographic magic folding cube
[step by step tutorial: buff.ly/3EONAEG]
[mathematics: buff.ly/3XK9wcx]
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Thanks to Harvard University, you can now virtually enter the Great Pyramid of Giza in 3D and 360º
Tour: buff.ly/3sBqStP
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The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) is a species of oceanic dolphin found in oceans worldwide but mainly in tropical regions. It reaches a maximum length of 6 m (20 ft). It has been known to target smaller dolphins
[read more: buff.ly/3ESyPjY]
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The wails coming from an enclosure at Taronga Zoo, Sydney may sound like the cries of a human baby. But it's just a trickster resident: a lyrebird named Echo learned how to mimic the shrieks & shrills of human babies
[read more: buff.ly/3tCrph9]
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World Cup balls getting charged.
They contain Ultra-wideband (UWB) sensors and Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors to obtain the position of the ball and the granular movement in three dimensions
[read more: buff.ly/3tQcpeh]
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During the mating season, a male pin-tailed whydah grows a plume of black feathers twice as long as his body and to impress a potential partner, he hovers in front her like a helicopter
[video by Eric Tan, read more: buff.ly/3I0Hnpa]
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This is a Rainbow Lattice Sunstone from Hart's Range, Northern Territory, Australia made of feldspar with ilmenite and hematite inclusions
[video: buff.ly/2MkBA1x]
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Plants have circadian rythms too: an enzyme lets us see that through the bioluminescence
[source: buff.ly/2EO4Lbw]
[read more: bit.ly/2ynYGhd]
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The true story of history's only known meteorite victim. Ann Hodges was hit by a meteorite in her Alabama home #Today in 1954 bit.ly/2AIY3CY
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Experience a nuclear explosion first hand in virtual reality
On November 1, 1952, the US detonated the world’s first hydrogen bomb on Enewetak Atoll. This is a recreation in VR via Oculus Rift
[📹 A Wolf in VR: buff.ly/3J42UgN]
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Sculptor José Manuel Castro López carves granite and quartz rocks into fluid sculptural works. His illusory sculptures appear as if moulded from clay with soft, fabric like folds and creases, challenging the materiality of the mineral rocks used
[more: buff.ly/3ENXnLh]
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HoloLamp creates a projected tangible interface on each restaurant table-top, so that each customer can select and view the dishes in full size and 3D, and finally place the order while remaining seated
[video: buff.ly/2pXyCWS]
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The real master of disguise
[how octopuses change color: buff.ly/3yBHE0p]
[📹 Nick Ruberg: buff.ly/3ENHSTB]
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This is a blob top jellyfish (Neoturris breviconis) spotted in British Columbia, and is smaller than the size of a thumb. Despite appearances, they don’t have brains
[📹Maxwel Hohn: buff.ly/3VhdF6p]
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This engine is just a coil of copper tubing, filled with water and powered by a simplel tea-light. The ends of the tube are bent and directed to produce counter-clockwise rotation
[source: buff.ly/3OK6bpO]
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Cyclist Michael Guerra dopts a definitely unconventional position on his bike and the result is an efficient aerodynamics which makes him pass the other cyclists.
This is the physics behind it: buff.ly/338WcmN
[video: buff.ly/32cLGM4]
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Dr Tatiana Erukhimova from @TAMUPhysAstr shows the outcome of a classic experiment: what happend when you pour liquid nitrogen in hot water
[read more: buff.ly/3Vw8e2U]
[📹 TAMU Physics & Astronomy videos: buff.ly/3Qm5YJ2]
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Concentrating more on ergonomics and geometry, the MC 205 Recycled Cardboard Armchair is constructed using a push-fit system that generates maximum stability while reducing the weight
[read more: buff.ly/3ViBzOC]
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Our generation didn’t invent the motorized scooter. This film from the Chicago Film Archives shows off the “skooter” from 1959.
[read more: buff.ly/3gLzDiQ]
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An octopus will apparently punch fish for no reason
Or not: a research actually shows octopuses defend their territory even by punching fish
[read more: buff.ly/3UkC7SS]
[📹 Megan Peterman Mihelcic: buff.ly/3ufQyNn]
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This is how the Panama Canal works
[source of the gif, by Joe LeMonnier: buff.ly/3xzDeUC]
[a ship's time lapse: buff.ly/3g8gnW9]
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How the atomic mushroom clouds are actually bigger than they look
[read more: bit.ly/2sG6AlC]
[source of the image: buff.ly/31ZGBoL]
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When a cat discovers refraction
[source of the gif: buff.ly/3XDTOQn]
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Believe it or not, bonsai trees—yes, the delicate miniature shrubs that have been grown in Asia for centuries—can actually yield fruit. And, normal size fruit, actually
[read more: ow.ly/TDyq30nZ5tN]
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