1526
Crabeater seals share teeth adaptations including lobes and cusps useful for straining smaller prey items out of the water column [source, read more: buff.ly/2K3fZty]
1527
This mini-tug was built by Chuck’s Boat and Drive out of Longview Washington and used by the U.S. Navy to move ships and submarines. It's the smallest active-duty vessel of the United States Navy
[source, read more: buff.ly/3jaB0TS]
1528
A baby shark.
Egg cases surround the eggs of oviparous sharks. They are made of collagen protein strands: described as feeling rough and leathery, they are translucent, allowing to see embryos inside
[📹 NOAA Ocean Exploration: buff.ly/3FkNdlg]
1529
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]
1530
This 3D printable gadget uses the geometry of nested hexagon plastic shapes with some magnets, to create a remarkably satisfying toy
[3D model description: buff.ly/30sZgsi]
1531
The story of Tom Brown, the retired engineer that became 'apple hunter', rescuing over 1,000 'lost' varieties in the last 25 years [read more: buff.ly/2S2eKDM]
1532
log(😅) =💧log(😄)
#MathMonday
#MotivationMonday
1533
The Heikegani crab has a shell pattern resembling a human face or samurai. Carl Sagan used these crabs as an example of unintentional artifical selection, proposing that the crabs survived better because fishermen admired them & threw them back in the sea buff.ly/2DLZWvG
1534
Trawling destroys the natural seafloor habitat by rototilling the seabed. All of the bottom-dwelling plants and animals are affected, if not outright destroyed, by tearing up root systems or animal burrows
[video: buff.ly/3f0Wrdg]
[read more: buff.ly/3LpfTwa]
1535
An excellent climber, the Alpine Ibex's preferred habitat is the rocky region along the snow line above alpine forests, where it occupies steep, rough terrain at elevations of 1,800 to 3,300 metres buff.ly/2IbqLR5 [source, Vittorio Morletto: buff.ly/2KVHIg5]
1536
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge is a bookstore located in Chengdu, China. Designed by architecture firm X+Living, it's a two-story space which looks like an M.C. Escher-like artwork, thanks to the mirrored ceilings and gleaming black tile floors
[read more: buff.ly/34vqCRP]
1537
Thomas Medicus' sculptures are made from segments of painted and hand-cut glass presenting a different image depending on which angle the observer views the rotating sculpture
[read more: thomasmedicus.at]
1538
In this beautiful close up by gemstone hobbyist Jeff Schultz, we see a stunning Mexican fire opal. When illuminated just right, it looks like a sunset above the clouds [source, read more: buff.ly/2pqGccO]
1539
There's a place in China where the mountains are like trees and the trees grow like branches [read more: buff.ly/2nrjTpf]
1540
This clip shows hot to mechanically record and reproduce voice onto a wax cylinder, as performed by Thomas Edison in 1877
[📹 wyattssaab: buff.ly/3iMrKub]
1541
Shelf clouds announce the arrival of storms & when combined with cumulonimbus thunderheads, they can even look like giant alien motherships. Stephanie Weller captured this majestic example in Navarre Beach, Florida in 2020 [source: buff.ly/3nlKNKl]
1542
The 2022 December Solstice, the first day of winter in planet Earth's northern hemisphere and summer in the southern one, is #Today at 21:48 UTC
[read more: buff.ly/2A2nwUZ ]
[you can see a solstice from space: buff.ly/30ZoaBV]
1543
Hippos can’t swim. So how do they move through water? They leverage their own buoyancy and bone density to charge through the water
[read more: theatln.tc/2qJpFn6]
[📹 realalishahraki: buff.ly/3O3lXL4]
1544
An octopus will apparently punch fish for no reason
Or not: a research actually shows octopuses defend their territory even by punching fish
[read more: buff.ly/3UkC7SS]
[📹 Megan Peterman Mihelcic: buff.ly/3ufQyNn]
1545
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]
1546
This website calculates the effects of an asteroid impact anywhere on Earth, with a customization of the size, composition, speed and angle of impact.
neal.fun/asteroid-launc…
1547
Where symmetry and geometry meet art and nature: how artist James Brunt artworks use leaves organized in elaborate patterns jamesbruntartist.co.uk
1548
Monkeyland is the world's first free roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. This is Siam, a lar gibbon who became popular for crossing a suspension bridge with a balance bravery
[video: buff.ly/2ONyZAM]
1549
Rheum nobile is a giant herbaceous plant native to the Himalaya. It is an extraordinary species of rhubarb and at 1–2 m tall, the monocarpic inflorescences tower above the other shrubs and low herbs in its habitat
[Photo by Bhutan Excursion, read more: buff.ly/3dVSKSb]
1550
This is what happens when a cat meets an optical illusion by @AkiyoshiKitaoka
[📹 Squirrel Master/Ryan Kotzin: buff.ly/3ORQziN]
Astronomy, astronautics, meteorology, physics. Engineer, trying to build the big picture of #science via selected & curated pics, videos & links