2351
Flamingos often stand on one leg: the reason for this behaviour is not fully understood and one theory involves the maintenance of body temperature. Young flamingos need therefore to learn to do this at an early age
[read more: buff.ly/3FyK5jV]
2352
The koala has one of the smallest brains in proportion to body weight of any mammal, weighing only 19.2 g. Because of this, they have a limited ability to perform complex behaviours. When presented with plucked leaves, they don't recognize them as food ow.ly/9pFB30o02Xo
2353
Lake Meade, 1983 vs 2021
[source, read more, photos: buff.ly/3OYsmbY]
2354
A sneaker wave is a disproportionately large coastal wave that can appear in a wave train without warning. This video was shared by Marcella Ogata-Day to help bring awareness of the dangers of sneaker waves
[source, read more: buff.ly/3GyVgu9]
2355
Pure samples of hydrogen, nitrogen and five noble gasses are subjected to the high frequency pulsed field of a miniature Tesla coil. Each gas has a characteristic breakdown voltage and emission spectrum
[source, read more: buff.ly/3frLyOD]
2356
The hammered dulcimer is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board, played with a mallet hammer.
[read more: buff.ly/3P0u7pl]
[📹 Ted Yoder: buff.ly/2EhLzmW]
2357
Photographer Peter Maier captured this jaw-dropping timelapse of a cloudburst over Lake Millstatt in Carinthia, Austria
[source, full video, HD: buff.ly/2Mv5n7G]
2358
Strong winds creating the reverse waterfall in Maharashtra, India
[📹 Yash Mayekar: buff.ly/3H6qP1N]
2359
This time lapse possibly illustrates the most meaningful portion of an Eurasian blue tit's life, from when it finds the place for a new home, to the moment it raises its young
[📹 nestboxlive: buff.ly/3FzisuB]
2360
This popular gif shows how you can obtain the surface area of a sphere using the sinusoidal projection
[source: buff.ly/2QZozPD]
[the sinusoidal projection: bit.ly/2nph9Ex]
2361
A veneered desk surpirsigly full of hidden compartments: the sloping fall enclosing a fitted interior of faux book and hidden drawers, a staircase gallery interior, above a short frieze drawer flanked by dummy drawers
[read more: buff.ly/3h4JOyZ]
2362
Common Baron caterpillars are camouflage experts like no other They quite literally become one with the leaf
[read more: buff.ly/3UpbFaQ]
[📹: buff.ly/3iCazLw]
2363
This gloved hand holds life-sized models of nuclear fuel pellets with their injection rod. Each pellet can produce the same energy as 3 tons of coal, so this handful equals ~60 tons of coal or ~28,000 m³ of gas or ~34,000 liters of oil [source, read more: buff.ly/3OJxjV5]
2364
Very few species have been observed imitating human behavior, but the list of observations has recently grown.
These two studies explore animals imitation of humans: buff.ly/3Ig68xP, buff.ly/33lQNN6
[📹: buff.ly/3qxuU6h]
2365
While the casting process dates back more than 5000 years, sand casting was first documented in 1540 & only took off in the early XX century with the rapid expansion of the automotive industry
[more: buff.ly/3aKWSC9]
[📹: buff.ly/3l4HsNP]
2366
This drone footage was captured by @ReedTimmerAccu in Andover, Kansas in May 2022 and gives a good visualization of how a tornado forms
[video: buff.ly/3nLVvdz]
2367
Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano has erupted, sending sending pyroclastic density currents and ash billowing into the sky, sparking evacuations on the country's main island, Java
[read more: buff.ly/3h1TCdd]
[video, HD: buff.ly/3P11AzZ]
2368
Have you ever wondered how an ATM works?
[video by @ScienceChannel: buff.ly/3B4j1cP]
2369
How educator Alycia Zimmerman used her students’ favorite plastic blocks to help them learn math skills
[read more: buff.ly/2L0PCq3]
2370
Margaret Hamilton standing next to the navigation software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo Project and sent humankind on the Moon in 1969
[📷 buff.ly/3F4tciQ]
[read more: buff.ly/2NSUKjZ]
2371
This photo by Michael Fontaine shows an incredible sighting of several simultaneous waterspouts churning off the states of Louisiana and Mississippi on August 20, 2020 [read more: buff.ly/3aMslE2] [source of the photo: buff.ly/3ghNrv2]
2372
Aircraft pilots oxygen masks are fitted to the face using various suspension harnesses, but they generally use an inflatable harness for quick donning and to be put on in 5 seconds or less using only one hand
[📹 alyssathepilot: buff.ly/3H9Alkw]
2373
Giant water lilies clear competition from the water’s surface by wielding their buds like a club. Once clear, they claim their space growing 20 cm a day. Their leaves reach 2 m, blocking out the light for anything below the surface [full video, BBC Earth: buff.ly/3nxoHWe]
2374
Gustaf III Airport airport located on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy is a very peculiar one and possibly one of the most dangerous airport in the world
[📹 buff.ly/3UM1r4J]
[read more: buff.ly/3UsSLjj]
2375
Chimps can be from 3 to 5 times stronger than humans. Why? Studies have found differences in the way muscles are built, but muscle control may be a much more important factor
[learn more: buff.ly/3y0pnqS]
[📹: buff.ly/3f5rcK9]
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