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When you slide a cup of coffee across a rough surface, you may see vibrations happen. The patterns formed are Faraday waves, nonlinear standing waves appearing on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle
[read more: buff.ly/3gYmexS]
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Minori Yamazaki invented the kaleidoscope "CUMOS" in 1974. This polyhedral closed box kaleidoscope uses 6 mirrors to create a repetitive reflection and an infinite macro universe within a tiny micro box
[read more: minoriyamazaki.com]
[full video: buff.ly/2X6tAZg]
1428
Cosmic Eye is a short movie designed by astrophysicist Danail Obreschkow. The movie zooms through all well-known scales of the universe from minuscule elementary particles out to the gigantic cosmic web
[full video: buff.ly/3en2xjM-]
1429
This close up picture shows where a snake's venom comes from: the fangs of a rattlesnake (left) and a Gaboon viper (right)
[📷: Juan Alvarez, source: buff.ly/3qtxyt8]
1430
«I bet you ten bucks you can't get this olive into this glass without touching the olive»: how it's feasible using rotational forces [source: bit.ly/2qNS9f6]
1431
TerraLiving is a bio-architecture inspired design lab in Malaysia that creates customizable terrariums which showcase moss in a small living ecosystem suitable for everyone's desktop
[read more: theterraliving.com]
1432
Specialized hydrophobic structures on gecko skin encourage dewdrops to be swept away by the wind or by gravity. This experiment is an effective visualization
[read more: buff.ly/3qWcT24-]
[source, Simply Gecko: buff.ly/3x9uULK-]
1433
This clip visualizes the impact of load distribution on trailers at different speeds. Avoiding towing mistakes can prevent accidents
[read more: bit.ly/2DVKHlE]
[📹 Supercar Blondie]
1434
Lamproderma muscorum first appears as a white ooze emerging out of a log. Within days the ooze starts to turn into small ‘beads’. Eventually they get pinkish with intense iridescence at torch light
[read more: buff.ly/3HKupPe]
[📷 Sarah Lloyd: buff.ly/3WtXPpg]
1435
Impressive upward lightning captured on August 14, 2022 in Medina, Saudi Arabia
[read more, upward lightning: buff.ly/3OFkHz4]
[📹 Gamal Sayed]
1436
The Sahara desert's area is 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi) and is comparable to the area of the United States
[map: thetruesize.com]
[read more: buff.ly/2WXqqWb]
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Socotra is considered the jewel of biodiversity in the Arabian Sea. a 1990 UN survey counted nearly 700 endemic species, found nowhere else on earth
[read more: buff.ly/3BqRMJI]
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1438
In 1939, William E. Urschel created a technology very similar to the one used for today's 3D printed building. He did it behind a small warehouse in Valparaiso, Indiana and called it "Wall Building" machine
[full video: buff.ly/3tHAJiz]
1439
The Black Diamond apple and the White Ghost apple are two breeds of the fruit, the former being cultivated in the Tibetan region of Nyingchi, the latter being developed by Zaiger genetics.
[read more: buff.ly/3JGGDrd, buff.ly/3A17Ykz]
1440
The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) is found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. This shot by photographer Hajime Nakatsuka captured one in mid-flight, highlighting its body's roundness [source + IG account: buff.ly/3Cd5DB5]
1441
Playing with bubbles is an important part of dolphins' life. They can also create and manipulate bubbles and show a complex behavior during their play with bubbles [read more: buff.ly/2G2GGA0]
1442
Parrots exhibit a high level of social intelligence and cooperativeness. Using token exchanges for nuts, the experiment showed they readily help others, even when there is no immediate opportunity for reciprocation
[read more: buff.ly/3TVpGwC]
1443
Designed and made by New Wind in 2016, the trees have plastic leaves which silently turn in the breeze. While larger industrial turbines can only work in winds of over 35 km/h, the leaves capture energy from wind speeds of less than 8 km/h
[read more: buff.ly/3B44wVy]
1444
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
1445
Super agile and balanced, Direct Drive's Diablo is the world first wheeled-leg transformable robot powered by 6 direct-drive motors. Ah, and it can moonwalk
[source, full video: buff.ly/3qwLBy9]
1446
The story of Hisako Koyama, the solar observer who hand drew more than 10,000 solar sketches for more than 40 years. Her work was one of the most influential solar observation collections in the last 400 years, shaping solar science & modern space weather buff.ly/3siY4qZ
1447
In this clip, Reza Asgaripour shows a creative way to do a 2 point perspective
[source, read more: ow.ly/2Xh850m9XLm]
1448
Lake Meade, 1983 vs 2021
[source, read more, photos: buff.ly/3OYsmbY]
1449
Digital effects are no match for designer Tomohiro Okazaki: this animation uses stop-motion techniques to animate paint, strips paper, and other household objects under the matchsticks' control
[YT: buff.ly/3ipcHGL]
[IG: buff.ly/3X7Wy85]
1450
This 2012 animation made by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, shows the evolution of the Moon: 4.5 billion years in two minutes [video: buff.ly/3G2EDXV]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links