1001
Kanzi the bonobo lives in America and has learnt how to build a fire, light it using matches and toast marshmallows on it. It shows just how like us some primates really are [full video: buff.ly/2vBMawH] [read more: buff.ly/2OAjWwZ]
1002
This is the famous design of an ambiguous object illusion by Kokichi Sugihara, the inventor of this art form. A clever combination of reflection, perspective, and viewing angle produce this striking illusion buff.ly/2P6DEMy [explanation: ow.ly/lSY830nmncA]
1003
5 years ago #Today, @CassiniSaturn reached the end of its pluriennial mission in space. A mission meant to last 3 years in orbit around Saturn, and instead the spacecraft spent 13 years, 76 days there, closing with a Grand Finale [360° coverage: buff.ly/2xe4XwK]
1004
This impressive video of a lightning apparently striking two cars, is a proof you're relatively safe not thanks to the tires, but because a car is a Faraday cage
[read more: buff.ly/3bSqKkL]
[📹 LSC/Michaelle Paul Whalen, Florida, July 1, 2022]
1005
In terms of Earth's history, in this brilliant infographic by Karl Tate, our last 100 years are ~0.02% of the tiny brown line at the top [source: buff.ly/2HeRlnC]
1006
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]
1007
This video showing an F-18 approaching to a tanker aircraft, visualizes how mid-air refueling takes place
[📹 full video, JTSuits: buff.ly/3xo9hso]
1008
Java mouse-deer are capable of breeding at any time during the year. Additionally, female mouse-deer have the potential to be pregnant throughout most of their adult life, and they are capable of conceiving 85–155 minutes after giving birth [read more: ow.ly/YkUe30nmY9v]
1009
The African tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) walks - not climbs - up the branches of a tree, using its prehensile tail for balance. It can even climb trees with no branches [source, read more: buff.ly/2HKoKu3]
1010
White, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites, the first time researchers have successfully shown this effect. Among indigenous peoples who wear body-paint, the markings thus provide a certain protection against insect-borne diseases ow.ly/BzbK30nmkN9
1011
This balancing cube can balance itself on any of its edges or corners and owes this ability to three rotating mechanisms which act like gyroscopes using the conservation of angular momentum.
[📹 ReM-RC: buff.ly/3BhCyG8]
1012
The Barringer crater is 1.2 km wide and it was created about 50,000 years ago
Its impact energy has been estimated at about 10 megatons TNTe.
[read more: buff.ly/3qKTuzS]
1013
Kunho Lee and his friend built this 20" f/4 Bino Scope with a decent number of degrees of freedom for a binocular observation of the night sky in grand style
[video: buff.ly/3to1rdM]
[photos: buff.ly/3tsgT8L]
1014
The magpie is one of the most intelligent animals to exist. Their brain-to-body-mass ratio is outmatched only by that of humans. Their playful, curious spirit drives adaptation and exploration
[📹 The Magpie Whisperer: buff.ly/3eK7EP2]
1015
In this GoPro view captured by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev (@OlegMKS) during a spacewalk on the International Space Station you can appreciate a magnificent view of the Canary Islands [source: buff.ly/3rbuQtT]
1016
YouTuber and electrical engineer Malt Whiskey created this cube light display using 4,096 LEDs, an Arduino computer board and an LCD touchscreen [read more + videos: buff.ly/3daeMjX-]
1017
This is what baby jellyfish look like
Planular larvae of Chrysaora hysoscella, the compass jellyfish: they are released to later develop into a sessile polyp which develops into immature medusae
[📹 Jellyfishfarm: buff.ly/3F0mV76]
1018
Designed at Harvard, this mesmerizing reconfigurable metamaterial could represent the future of design engineering
[source, full video: buff.ly/2K3b23G]
1019
A zombie snail
It's been taken over by a parasite controlling its motor functions & eye stalks, mimicking caterpillars. The parasitic worm wants the snail to be eaten by birds, in whose intestines it will reproduce
[read more: buff.ly/2ro2Nap]
1020
Scotland is hardly visible from space due to clouds. This is a rare photograph of the Scottish Highlands captured on February 25, 2018 from the International Space Station [details and tags: buff.ly/2HEUnoL]
1021
El Castillo is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. This is a glimpse of the impressive light show held on the pyramid
[read more: buff.ly/2ZBc3ZE]
1022
This Geologic Time Scale drawn by Ray Troll shows how life has evolved and changed over the eons of time, giving each period a distinct group of fossils that can be recognized worldwide [source: ow.ly/FAGA50AohbE]
1023
Jeffreys Bay in South Africa is famous for abundant seashells: the variety of colors, sizes and shapes, makes of it one of the most famous places for seashells collection [source, read more: buff.ly/2HgMmXZ]
1024
The age of dinosaurs on Earth was very long and lasted about 178 million years, ending about 65 million years ago. That means we live closer to the time of the T-Rex than the T-Rex lived to the time of Stegosaurus [read more: buff.ly/2vBfZxA]
1025
This stunning picture of a lightning strike at night was taken by photographer Rolf Maeder in the Grand Canyon using a Nikon D800 with a 24x85mm lens at 24mm, f/8, ISO 400 and a 25 sec. exposure [source: buff.ly/2KcQxBG]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links