2051
A native group of people living in the Oceania subregion called Melanesia, is famous for their beautiful dark skin & naturally blonde hair. The blonde trait is developed via the TYRP1 gene, which is not the same that causes blondness in European blonds ow.ly/u7HF30np7mi
2052
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?
[source and more: buff.ly/2HtAptU]
2053
The Komondor, also known as the Hungarian sheepdog or 'mop dog', is a large, white-coloured Hungarian breed of livestock guardian dog with a long, corded coat [read more: buff.ly/2HEAONm]
2054
Heinrich Hertz did not realize the practical importance of his radio wave experiments. Upon proving the existence of radio waves, stated that "It's of no use whatsoever" and when asked about the applications of his discovery, he replied: "Nothing, I guess" buff.ly/38Sfqk7
2055
The perfect moment: how Clark Little captures giant waves crashing onto shore
[read more: bit.ly/2h9J78c]
[author's site: clarklittlephotography.com]
2056
This clip from a 1961 documentary shows how a map was made, using tellurometers, punch cards, stereo plotting machines tracing scale maps from aerial photographic plates
[full video: buff.ly/3vCqsUi]
2057
Monotremes are the only mammals left that lay eggs. This video of newly hatched baby platypuses and echidnas is one of few that documents this incredible process
[video: ow.ly/H4aY50AnbTT]
2058
The spectacular wingtip vortices generated by the smoke and the low passage of this old Hawker Sea Fury
[full video, Elliot Seguin: buff.ly/2HFFP8g]
2059
One of the best examples of cryptic plumage and mimicry in Australian birds is seen in the tawny frogmouth which perch low on tree branches during the day camouflaged as part of the tree [read more: buff.ly/2JdcnDU] [source of the photo: buff.ly/3cVU7Qg]
2060
This photo by Kévin Pagès shows an Icelandic highway road passing through the mossy lava rock terrain [source, author's IG account: buff.ly/3FTbBcr] [read more: buff.ly/3xDBxGk]
2061
The amazing shape-shifting of the Magnificent Riflebird male as he displays to a female
[Cornell Lab of Ornithology: buff.ly/3Uno94a]
2062
19th century sperm whales adapted to human threats by teaching each other how to avoid harpoons, according to a new study. Evidence from the logbooks of Pacific ocean whalers showed that harpoon strike-rates fell as whales learnt about the threat: buff.ly/3rVRWlC
2063
This 1934 footage titled "Facts on friction" shows how Chevrolet brakes and in general how drum brakes work
[full video: buff.ly/3iqURi6]
2064
A kinesin is a protein supporting several cellular functions including mitosis, meiosis and transport of cellular cargo bit.ly/2jEGA6P [source of the gif: buff.ly/2vGJDBN]
2065
There are some rock faces that are simply spectacular, including this rock face in Saltstraumen, near Bodø in northern Norway, result of the so called Caledonian Orogeny, happened about 490 – 390 million years ago [read more: buff.ly/2vsmu5W]
2066
This video taken from 'Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot', an episode from Jacques Cousteau's Odyssey series, shows a crab amputating its own claw, injured during an attack from a boobie [shown in the full video: buff.ly/3xEKxuQ]
2067
In this cherry blossom sake cups, the ice cold liquid produces blue blossoms on the initially bare branch, but pour in a hot beverage and the branch fills with pink flowers [source, read more: buff.ly/3xszSo7]
2068
Born 203 years ago #Today, Léon Foucault was a physicist and he's best known for proving the Earth's rotation with his pendulum, making the discovery at 2 am in the cellar he shared with his mother buff.ly/2MEJlUM
2069
The menstrual cycle
1. Menstrual phase (0:00 - 0:07)
2. Follicular phase (0:08 - 0:15)
3. Ovulation phase (0:16 - 0:27)
4. Lutheal phase (0:28 - 0:33)
[read more, phases: buff.ly/3BLlytp]
[📹 IG design_cells: buff.ly/3f0um5O ]
2070
On February 9, 1990, Carl Sagan gave this speech before the 5th Emerging Issues Forum at NCSU, expounding on climate observations and energy strategies for a sustainable future, emphasizing solar
[full speech: buff.ly/3RZhLOY]
2071
Japanese startup AERWINS has developed the world's first flying bike. It is already on sale in Japan and a smaller version will be available in the US in 2023 for $777,000 (€775,400) [read more: buff.ly/3Lu2Jhx]
2072
Fore-edge painting is typically a scene painted on the edge of book's pages. The earliest fore-edge paintings date as far back as the 10th century
[read more: buff.ly/3KU7XRL]
[📹 kultt.fr]
2073
Can you explain the missing square?
Hint: check the hypotenuse
[solution, read more: buff.ly/2Ru2msq]
2074
This kind of water nozzle protects the fireman by reducing the radiant heat felt by the fireman as well as dangerous gases
[read more: buff.ly/3qJpNPN]
[📹 beerfireman: buff.ly/3LqoBum]
2075
In this short excerpt from a conference held in New Jersey, possibly in 1954 (one year before his death), Albert Einstein explains one fundamental concept from his theory of relativity [video: buff.ly/3xC0Xnz-]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links