1026
This red-tailed hawk seemingly suspended in the air
Its head is perfectly still while its body stabilizes around it
[📹 Bill Bryant: buff.ly/3igxQz0].
1027
«At home, 2001»
This film, made in the late 1960's and narrated by Walter Cronkite, tells what future homes will look like in the 21st century or 2001 to be exact
[full video: buff.ly/3U9q4sK]
1028
Graffiti artist paints his artworks on the walls of abandoned buildings around Europe, using techniques to create the impressive illusion of depth in his interventions.
In the one below, for example, only the door on the left is real
[more artworks: vilegraffiti.com]
1029
46 years ago #Today, this iconic photo was shot at the first Shuttle showing: its name was #Enterprise [read more: bit.ly/2d8WnH5] #StarTrek
1030
This is the first cellular phone: it was approved by U.S. FCC 37 years ago #Today and it cost $4,000 [read more: bit.ly/1PgPv5m]
1031
This clip undoubtedly falls in the category don't try at all (not only at home), but it also visualizes very well the extreme reactivity of sodium with water
[read more: buff.ly/3nYUdNo]
[📹 EatsTooMuchJam: buff.ly/3p30wyY]
1032
Born 196 years ago #Today, Bernhard Riemann was a revolutionary contributor to mathematics. Through his pioneering contributions to differential geometry, he also laid the foundations of the mathematics of general relativity bit.ly/2cHSzs5
1033
This is not a snake, it's a caterpillar. In its larval form, the Hemeroplanes triptolemus can expand its body segments to give it the appearance of a snake
[read more: buff.ly/2qO9uTy]
[full 📹 Mark Bowler: buff.ly/3djoGmO]
1034
Someone said intelligence is the ability to adapt and Tony Ann gave a majestic example of this by turning his neighbor's annoying car alarm into art
[source, more videos: buff.ly/3RS1KKu]
1035
Thorny Devils can change colour to blend in with their surroundings, but their unusual gait, involving freezing and rocking, is another deception used to evade predators
[read more: buff.ly/3HXXzIx]
[📹 G Anderson / AWC: buff.ly/3xuw6Jz]
1036
Artist Lai Yuesen (赖跃森) is mostly known for his super-realistic oil paintings, generally impressive still life perfomances that look like anything but still.
[artist's account: buff.ly/3xw0OmW]
1037
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge's collapse on November 7, 1940 has been described as "spectacular" and in subsequent decades has attracted the attention of engineers, physicists, and mathematicians [read more: bit.ly/1VFh2T2 [watch the video: buff.ly/2HiRjzt]
1038
Brewinng Turkish coffee is a kind of thermodynamics activity that requires hot sand
[read more: buff.ly/3qMKw5q]
[📹 Night Bazaar in Karasu, Sakarya, Turkey, National Geographic]
1039
You've certainly already heard a singing wren. What you probably don't know is that its song is particularly pleasant to the your ear, because of striking similarities between its & human music
[read more: buff.ly/3UdUytI]
[📹 by Lawrence Chatton]
1040
Elephants rarely get cancer because they have extra copies of two cancer-fighting genes, P53, which hunts for cells with miscopied DNA, and LIF6, which obliterates the mutated cells before they can form a tumor ow.ly/otuL50AoRZP [full paper: ow.ly/Wqqh50AoRZR]
1041
Chromatophores contain pigment sacs that become more visible as small radial muscles pull the sac open making the pigment expand under the skin
[read more: buff.ly/2KHEZvb]
[📹 buff.ly/3ScUw3y]
1042
Sodium Citrate is the secret ingredient to make any cheese into smooth, creamy nacho cheese sauce. Coincidentally, Sodium Citrate's chemical formula is Na₃C₆H₅O₇ [rad more: ow.ly/JYzH30npn62] #FoodScience
1043
Scientists believe that the function of zebras' stripes are to deter insects, so a team of researchers painted black and white stripes on cows. They found that it reduced the number of biting flies landing on the cows by more than 50% [full paper: buff.ly/2Iwp6nj]
1044
When hunting, a thresher shark's tail moves so quickly that it lowers the pressure in front of it, causing the water to boil. Tail slaps can lash out at up to 80km/h and some fish is hit directly in the attacks, while others are killed by the pressure wave ow.ly/xBfo30nnpaP
1045
Japanese farmers rediscover ancient rice-growing technique that boosts production without the need for chemicals. Using ducks instead [read more: buff.ly/2Hy0S9G] [video: ow.ly/tJeW30npsXA]
1046
This interactive periodic table from designer Keith Enevoldsen puts the elements in the context of their uses [source, ri-res and pdf: elements.wlonk.com]
1047
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-]
1048
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]
1049
Can you explain the missing square?
Hint: check the hypotenuse
[solution, read more: buff.ly/2Ru2msq]
1050
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]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links