1976
Wombats are herbivores; their diets consist mostly of grasses, sedges, herbs, bark, and roots. Their incisor teeth somewhat resemble those of rodents (rats, mice, etc.), being adapted for gnawing tough vegetation [read more: buff.ly/2I3XuV1]
1977
Despite the descriptions of penguins report that they have a 'short neck', they actually have a long neck, covered by fat. On the other hand, one of the etymology alternatives for penguin is the Latin word 'pinguis', which means 'fat' or 'oil' ow.ly/AzHI30nrNvB
1978
«I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned»
— Richard Feynman
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#ThursdayThoughts
1979
Born 231 years ago #Today, Michael Faraday was the discoverer of the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Although Faraday received little formal education, he was one of the most influential scientists in history buff.ly/2QSoFq3
1980
This famous time-lapse video by Mitsuru Yasui might be cute & amusing, but it also shows that, while cats don't need sunlight to obtain vitamin D, it helps them regulate their body temperature: buff.ly/3xV04qn [full video: buff.ly/3G94Ao9]
1981
When you think of Antarctica, pristine white icebergs usually come to mind; probably the last thing you’d expect are humbug-like striped icebergs with blue, green, yellow and even brown. But this is what Øyvind Tangen saw in 2013 and there's an explanation buff.ly/2FhPwVv
1982
This is a close up of a mushroom and those drops are not dew, they are created by guttation.
They are rotating because, believe it or not, the mushroom has its own small thermal currents
[📹 Geertje Geertsma]
[read more: buff.ly/33YnvPZ]
1983
This is what a muffler for howitzers looks like. These photos were taken at an artillery range in Germany and the vehicle using the giant suppressor is an M109G 155mm self-propelled howitzer [read more: ow.ly/ViS850ApVho]
1984
Wanna see how a new island is made? Watch the Kavachi undersea volcano as it erupts underwater in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands
[full video: buff.ly/2HvCzsT]
1985
Made in Zeitz, Germany in 1910s, sold by Carl Jost's company, this example of kerosene lamp-powered fan used hot air engine to power the blades instead of electricity [full videos by riderericsson: buff.ly/3deqp9b, buff.ly/3rpo5Vi]
1986
SuitX Phoenix is a semi-passive and lightweight powered exoskeleton for patients with spinal cord injury and mobility disorders
[full paper: buff.ly/3qUtCSk]
1987
Based on the Schröder Staircase and on the work by
Kokichi Sugihara, engineering professor at Meiji University, this animation provides a brilliant cartoon version of the Best Illusion 2020
[learn more: buff.ly/3pmkW4p]
1988
A brilliant anamorphic painting technique that makes the painting itself disappear
[📹 tcmss1.0 on Douyin: buff.ly/3qXxJx0]
1989
This video shows a little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) embryo hatching from its egg
[read more: buff.ly/3DGJWh6]
[📹 Andrew Gillis, University of Cambridge: buff.ly/3qUa8xa]
1990
Making LEGO car climb slopes
The angle of inclination is gradually increased and the car improved to the limit (and beyond)
[full 📹 Brick Experiment Channel: buff.ly/3DwyCnz]
1991
The devil's flower mantis
[read more: buff.ly/3eXvlU8]
[📹 Adrian Kozakiewicz: buff.ly/3Lz9EGd]
1992
A fire can be spotted burning inside a tree: this is typically due to a lightning hitting the tree
[read more: buff.ly/3Ulfa3c]
[📹 Glenn Ratcliff: buff.ly/3qWap2Q]
1993
This animation by the @TheOceanCleanup shows a vision of a future in which the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (3 times the size of France & containing up to 100,000,000 kg of plastic waste) is consigned to history books [full video: buff.ly/3qSSQ3s]
1994
A recent study shows that mushrooms can actively change the temperature surrounding their gills, which creates air currents that ultimately lift spores several centimeters into the air, where they can hitch a ride on stronger winds [full paper, video: buff.ly/3cQ9eu8]
1995
On every equinox day, March 21 and September 22, everyone visiting the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in the capital city of Kerala, will see the setting sun aligning through each of the window openings in almost five-minute intervals [read more: buff.ly/3lqryNY]
1996
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
1997
The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and their appearance recalls that of a real life dragon ow.ly/oPTy30noXEM
1998
The average life span of a wombat in the wild is estimated to be 15 years and 20 years in captivity. Patrick, a wombat of the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Australia, lived for 31 years, which is like a human that lived for about 130 years [read more: buff.ly/2qXwSOr]
1999
One of the most stunning reports of our visit of a comet is probably this view of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko among dust, stars and cosmic ray hits, as captured by @ESA_Rosetta on June 1, 2016 and processed by @landru79 from these raw data: buff.ly/2vCPDLO
2000
Methane bubbles in lake Baikal freeze in layers one over the other, and their size can grow up to 1.5 meters (5ft). This video by Stanislav Tolstnev shared by Siberian Times shows the beauty of the lake's western shore [read more: buff.ly/31ghy4f]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links