2276
In a galaxy far far away, Hubert Zitt, professor at the Zweibrücken University of Applied Sciences and known for Star Trek and Star Wars lectures, transformed the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association into a giant R2-D2
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2277
Çatalhöyük, Turkey, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world where 9000 year old Neolithic settlements have been discovered. This obsidian mirror has been found there
[photo by Jason Quinlan + project site: buff.ly/339p4LQ]
2278
How to create a mesmerizing (and scary) well in your living room table using the infinity mirror principle.
[what's an infinity mirror: buff.ly/3VErviX]
[source: buff.ly/3B0ucU4]
2279
The size of a wolf.
Brittany Allen rescued Yuki from being euthanized in 2019. DNA tests showed that Yuki was 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian husky, and 3.9% German shepherd.
[source: buff.ly/3UpCrQp]
[full story: buff.ly/3gSJRho]
2280
The Japanese technique Daisugi, enables foresters to grow more wood using less by heavy pruning a cedar tree, encouraging thin saplings to shoot upwards. In other words, think of it as a bonsai on a large scale
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2281
The Gathering for Gardner Dragon is probably one of the most captivating examples of the hollow-face optical illusion, but this big version in a street of Beijing is even more mesmerizing
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2282
Photographer Hannie Heere was photographing barn owls when she captured an unusual shot of a baby barn owl running across grass. Barn owlets start flapping their wings at seven weeks, making short flights around the nest at eight weeks
[📷 read more: buff.ly/3jAmoQ4]
2283
This lock can be opened with 1 lock: no matter which one.
It's a real life example of a brunnian link, a nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed
[source: buff.ly/3gRnwkm]
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2284
GeoPlantNet allows you to select a rectangular area everywhere in the world and it returns a list of plant species that can be found there. For each species, it also returns where those plants are in the world with cycle life and flowering periods
[test: buff.ly/3UizaCh]
2285
Artist Robert E. Fuller had been monitoring a barn owls family after they moved into a nesting box where he’d hidden a camera. During a summer storm, while all alone at the nest, an owlet heard thunder for the first time.
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2286
Bridge building has been one of the tests for second year University of Canterbury civil engineering students in Christchurch for nearly 30 years. Graduates have to build a bridge that supports 2 people, but collapses with 3
[📹: buff.ly/3Hj2F4n]
2287
Phalera assimilis is a moth featuring an impressive natural camouflage which allows it to perfectly mimic small twigs in order to avoid predators
[video: buff.ly/3UolINe]
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2288
Bottled water cost is astounding when you think of how much you’re paying for production and distribution compared to the water itself. It’s even more shocking when you consider the detrimental effects it has on the environment
[source, read more: buff.ly/2LvDWvx]
2289
The truth
[by Visualize Value: buff.ly/3R9MB5S]
2290
A brilliant step by step visualization of matrix multiplication matrixmultiplication.xyz
2291
This footage by Dr. Renaud Renault shows neurons seeded in two different micro-compartments extending their neurites through micro-tunnels to establish connections with each other
[full video, HD by Nikon Instruments Inc.: buff.ly/3fv5SON]
2292
Flying squid has been observed to engage in behaviors that prolong the time it remains in the air, making it more akin to actual flight than just gliding. This photo by @whale_nerd is one beautiful photographic evidence
[read more: buff.ly/3zYrwEJ]
2293
This jaguar demonstrated the meaning of the term power, dragging this 8 ft long, armour plated, 74 toothed, chunk of contracting muscle out of the water. Jaguars are estimated to have the 5th strongest bite in the entire animal kingdom [source: buff.ly/2ubjlH4]
2294
These two snails live in different oceans, but their shell coils are identically inverted
Thatcheria mirabilis and Architectonica perspectiva fit together because their coils follow math rule known as Raup’s model
[read more: buff.ly/3XNKkly]
2295
Oscar Reutersvärd (1915–2002), widely acknowledged as “the father of the impossible figure”, was a Swedish graphic artist who in 1934 pioneered the art of 3D drawings which may initially appear feasible, yet cannot be physically constructed [read more: buff.ly/2DaSsoj]
2296
Sphalerite ((Zn, Fe)S) is a mineral that is the chief ore of zinc: the colors spectrum of its gems is awesome
[read more: bit.ly/2wUGKJo]
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2297
Marine biologist Simon Pierce filmed this school of hammerheads in the Galapagos National Park with a remote camera and this is an amazing shot that shows a cloud of sharks as if they were in a vitual sky [source and more photos by the author: ow.ly/xl2y30nY8V1]
2298
Volcom teamed up with Stab to install a 30-meter floating docking anchored in the middle of an A-frame peak in Bali, Indonesia to demonstrate how surfers can easily run and hang loose on perfect waves rather than paddling. It's called "The Dock" [video: buff.ly/2l7GKBD]
2299
The bizarre story of Raul Cano, whose work helped inspire Jurassic Park: he successfully revived yeast that had been trapped in amber for 25 million years and successfully used it to make beer [read more: ow.ly/xrH430nZvMh]
2300
Haruki Nakamura brings his artwork to life through the time-honored tradition of paper crafting. Using paper engineering, he constructs whimsical creatures and dolls that move in surprising ways
[read more: buff.ly/2F3mkFj]
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