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To celebrate the opening of a factory in China in 2012 Nissan teamed with artist Paul Veroude to create "Journey in Motion", a Nissan Teana taken apart to its individual pieces
It gives an idea of the complexity of a car
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The life cycle of a monarch butterfly
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PolyGlu is a coagulant made from fermented soybeans to purify water. It's safe and eco-friendly and just a gram can treat up to 5 liters of polluted water
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This footage by Scuba Ventures in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, shows one of the rarest animal sightings in the world: a Chirodectes maculatus, an incredibly rare genus of box jellyfish which had only been sighted once before [source: bit.ly/3AM28Ew]
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This video captured by Tristan Heth on the island of Tenerife, shows how stable air flows over a mountain range or simple convection can form waves in the clouds that resemble an ocean
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The Gerenuk is is a long necked species of antelope which is often referred to as a giraffe necked antelope. They are an unusual looking creature because their head is rather small but their eyes and ears are big, giving them a very peculiar appearance buff.ly/2tn5r1k
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Some rabbits breeds adapted to live in wet environments, and regularly swim in their day-to-day lives. Domesticated rabbits also are able to swim, but not all of them might like it
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One of the most incredible scenes in nature documentaries. A hatchling marine iguana attacked by snakes hunting en masse
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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
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Extra vertebrae and free floating clavicle bones allow cats to pass their body through incredibly narrow spaces. Basically they can squeeze through any space larger than their skull: bit.ly/2pU9aU7 [source of the gif: buff.ly/3Q1Dwwd]
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The nicotine and other chemicals in discarded filters act as a natural pesticide that repels parasitic mites. This is why birds are keeping their nests warm and pest-free by lining them with cigarette butts
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While a toy like this homemade one appears to be precariously balanced, it's designed so that the center of gravity is below the pivot point -> restoring torque -> stable equilibrium
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Flying amongst the Greenlandic icebergs, photographer Luke Stackpool was fortunate enough to capture these beautiful giants as they explored the deep blue Icefjord
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[author's site: withluke.com]
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Gujo Hachiman, in Japan, has been a center of food replica production for decades. This 2014 video by Tony Begbie shows how display lettuce is made out of wax
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Wave propagation in granular materials includes the possibility of emerging of localized solitary waves that propagate along one space direction only, with undeformed shape
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The air entering a peregrine falcon's nose during its high speed dives (320 km/h) would cause its lungs to explode, but bony tubercles in its nares safely regulate the passage of air. Engineers solved the air intake in jet engines in a similar way: buff.ly/3GbfyKJ
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In this clip, you can notice the pollen baskets or corbiculae which are part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. You can also see two bee guards carefully inspecting
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Grafting is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together. This video by Deepa Doura shows a standard process to conduct it [full video: buff.ly/3GwR9yH] [read more: buff.ly/3lAaQxa]
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Fun fact: 69 is the only natural number whose square (4761) and cube (328509) use every decimal digit from 0–9 exactly once
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This snow leopard was filmed a few years ago in the Himalayas by Prasenjeet Yadav. The internsity of the expression on his face and his eyes are a unique documentation of observation in the wild.
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This video captured by Jess Wandering in 2019 on the Alpstein massif in Switzerland, shows the difference in weather between two sides of a mountain due to the orographic effect buff.ly/2AYH6pJ [source: buff.ly/2OE2G6p] [full video: buff.ly/2ODPOx7]
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When marine biologist Roger Hanlon caught this creature on camera, he said he screamed bloody murder. And no wonder. A superb visualization of how chromatophores allow an octopus to blend in with the backdrops
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These flames are touchable. They are not even flames, actually as they are made by water vapor lit by LED lights
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A violin bow creates beautiful geometric figures from thin air. They are called Chladni figures
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This is how a geologist collects samples of lava. The footage was filmed at the Kilauea flow on May 31, 2017 [source + full video, USGS: buff.ly/2GXE421]
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