2251
Solar energy is renewable. We will have a steady, limitless supply of sunlight for another 5 billion years. In one hour, the Earth’s atmosphere receives enough sunlight to power the electricity needs of every human being on Earth for a year
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2252
Senet was a board game from ancient Egypt for two players. This set inscribed with the Horus name of Amenhotep III is from the period 1391–1353 BCE
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2253
Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, just woke up after 38 years, flooding the bowl-like caldera with a pool of glowing lava.
This is a footage captured by Andrew Hara
[source: buff.ly/3Ffde6U]
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2254
This picture of the Thorntonbank offshore windpark in front of the Belgian coast perfectly shows the earth curvature
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2255
Artist Yoann Burgeois captures the moment of Immortality in what it's his mesmerizing marriage of Arts and Science.
This is his perfomance named "Houvari: Turning Force of Relations"
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2256
Dolphins are a profoundly curious and playful species. This clip is undoubtedly a demonstration, but there has been little systematic research on curiosity in dolphins
[full paper: buff.ly/3irJLhe]
[📹 Amy Schumacher: buff.ly/3UjciCI]
2257
The dwarf minke whale emits the so called "star wars" vocalization, a complex, stereotyped call often described as "almost synthetic, metallic, or mechanical"
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[📹 Whales Nation]
2258
How exactly does the mysterious assassin's teapot work? Interestingly it relies on surface tension and atmospheric pressure. Steve Mould explains
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2259
One pretty cool geological fun fact is that the Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains
[source: buff.ly/3oAZuKP]
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2260
Pandanus tectorius, also known as Hala fruit, has segmented, large fruits with a diameter of 4–20 cm and a length of 8–30 cm. The fruits are made up of 38–200 wedge-like phalanges, often referred to as keys or carpels
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2261
Splitfin flashlightfish have two bean shaped torch-like organs under its eyes containing bioluminescent symbiotic bacteria that grow in tubular structures & produce a constant bluish light
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2262
Comparison of some microorganisms up to 1 mm
[📹 Alvaro Gracia Montoya, MetaBallStudios: buff.ly/3RQBG2T]
2263
Our brains reveal our choices before we're even aware of them. A recent UNSW study suggests we have less control over our personal choices than we think, and that unconscious brain activity determines our choices well before we are aware of them ow.ly/JCfA30nWFyV
2264
This is what a base of an oil platform looks like before being towed out to sea
[source, video: buff.ly/322TQVJ]
2265
GravityLight is an LED light powered by a bag filled with rocks, attached to a cord, which slowly descends and powers the light for up to 20 minutes. Intended as a replacement for kerosene lamps in the developing world it has no operating costs
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2266
The Ebers Papyrus states that ancient Egyptians used yeast of sweet beer to treat infected wounds, along with moldy bread. No one knew why: it was just 5,000 years later, in 1928, that the discovery of pennicilin explained the occasional successes obtained buff.ly/3Uq1ZNg
2267
#HappyBirthdy to Federico Faggin who designed the Intel 4004 by the age of 30.
It had:
-2300 transistors
-4 bit
-740 kHz max clock rate
-Federico Faggin's signature in pre-production
intel4004.com/sign.htm
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2268
The Siberian tigers are often considered to be the largest tigers. They can reach 300 kg in weight. This is the size of a Siberian tiger's paw versus a human hand
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[photo by Highland Wildlife Park: buff.ly/3xKOqxK]
2269
Created by MIT CSAIL, this shape-shifting robot can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons
[read more: bit.ly/2xDaH4y]
2270
Fruit salad trees, developed by an Australian family in the early 1990s, are capable of bearing many different types of fruit on them at the same time - including apples, oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit and peaches [read more: buff.ly/2QURTHk]
2271
How photographer Birk Möbius captured a plane struck by lightning while flying (in perspective) in a rainbow
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2272
Neuralink has submitted its paperwork to the FDA and in about 6 months the company should be able to operate a Neuralink in a human
[video: buff.ly/3Bntq3R]
2273
Zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam described raccoons as "clever beasts", with reason. In a study, raccoons were able to open 11 of 13 complex locks in fewer than 10 tries. This BBC video gives a demonstration
[video: buff.ly/3eWpkTY]
[paper: buff.ly/33gvpFE]
2274
A Schwarzschild cosmology is a model in which our universe is the interior of a black hole. If proven true, this would mean that universes are layered within universes, being possible to travel through black holes into entirely new universes
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2275
YouTube user kinohaguruma makes wooden toys and this 2007 project is possibly one of the best. This excavator is completely made out of wood and works perfectly fine
[full video: buff.ly/3tnb8sh]
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