1976
The original problem set in 1954 looked for Solutions of the Diophantine Equation x³+y³+z³=k with k being all the numbers from 1 to 100. This is how researchers solved the final piece for the most elusive number of all, 42: buff.ly/2N0TuKq [video: buff.ly/2Q2J9Qe]
1977
Let's imagine 𝟏 𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 is 𝟏 𝐦𝐦³
What would it be the size of the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭?
[full 📹, HD, MetaBallStudios: buff.ly/3Fc78EH]
1978
Shibam is a town in Yemen with about 7,000 inhabitants. Being famous for its 400-year-old mudbrick-made high-rise buildings, it is referred to as the Chicago of the Desert [read more: buff.ly/2tSnwnL]
1979
The claws of an African lion are retractible and very sharp and can reach 38 mm of length (1 1/2 inches) [read more: bit.ly/2wouumV]
1980
Leptocephalus is the flat and transparent larva of the eel, marine eels, and other members of the superorder Elopomorpha
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1981
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]
1982
In this BBC Horizon documentary from 1964, Arthur C. Clarke made some remarkably accurate predictions about the future we now know, highlighting important breakthroughs, like the Internet
[full video: buff.ly/3fewrsx]
1983
Why is molten lava often covered with zig-zag patterns? Geophysicists have shown that the angle of the zig-zags is determined by the rate at which fresh lava spreads out, and how quickly it subsequently cools and turns solid
[source: ow.ly/53KV50xzxQ6]
1984
Scuba divers in the Bahamas were exploring a reef when they experienced what it’s like to get ‘pinged’ by a submarine’s sonar. A truly bizarre experience that surely took them by surprise
[source, full video: buff.ly/3h9U2sz]
1985
Frozen, sculpted sand along the Lake Michigan shoreline in St. Joseph. The shapes emerge when strong winds erode the frozen sand.
[📷Terri Abbott, January 8, 2022: buff.ly/3JWLdl2]
1986
A candle snuffer is a clever and extremely simple mechanical device that can automatically extinguish a candle at a certain time or in case one forgets to blow it out. This is a 1841 model
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1987
Whilst out snorkelling one afternoon in Jervis Bay, photographer Jordan Robins stumbled across this common stingaree slowly hovering above the shallow sand flats. He managed to take this amazing photo where you can see above and below the water [source: ow.ly/3YXy50ATRiU]
1988
Splitfin flashlightfish have two bean shaped torch-like organs under its eyes containing bioluminescent symbiotic bacteria that grow in tubular structures & produce a constant bluish light
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1989
Hummingbirds stay in the nest for 18-22 days. The mother feeds her nestlings on small arthropods and nectar by inserting her bill into their open mouth, regurgitating the food into its crop
[full video: buff.ly/32e4vAS]
1990
Atelopus barbotini is a species of toad endemic to the uplands of central French Guiana. The frog's skin is covered with irregular fluorescent lavender loops over a background of aubergine, which is the deep reddish purple-brown color of aubergines buff.ly/35tk0Vd
1991
Amazing images and shoots show the incredible hyperrealism art of Young-Sung Kim, the Korean artist who creates paintings that look like photos and real living creatures [more artworks: buff.ly/3sHPUp5]
1992
The Logarithmic Spiral Gears is an extreme example of non-circular gear sets. It's based on the famous Fibonacci spiral and evokes the cross section of a nautilus shell with internal chambers
[source, read more: buff.ly/3obaPPN]
1993
Prepare to think
[a possible solution: buff.ly/2kGcg9H]
1994
Dynamic projection mapping onto deforming non-rigid surface can be based on two original technologies: high-speed projection "DynaFlash" and high-speed non-rigid surface tracking at 1,000 fps
[source, full video: buff.ly/2sGeudt]
1995
1985: Fred Harris gets his hands on the new Commodore Amiga, a personal computer so advanced that uses windows, icons, mouse and pull-down menus and it's capable of multitasking, running three programs simultaneously
[full video: buff.ly/3DBDNm2]
1996
Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. They say this is the first ''sentient'' lab-grown brain in a dishand can sense and respond to its environment [full paper: buff.ly/3MqWqvK]
1997
The iconic nighttime thunderstorm photo over the Pacific Ocean captured by photographer and pilot, Santiago Borja in 2016
[source, full story: buff.ly/29gtqr1]
1998
Encyosaccus sexmaculatus is the only known species of the genus Encyosaccus. It is found in found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil and it's also known as orange tortoise spider. Its bright orange coloration suggests that it might be poisonous buff.ly/2RvlMup
1999
Morpho rhetenor is sexually dimorphic and while the female is dark-brown, the male's wings are impressively bright blue. This short clip by biologist Joseph See neatly shows it [source: buff.ly/3GNRhuA] [read more: buff.ly/3CIff7S]
2000
Meet the Gastric-Brooding Frog. After laying her eggs, the female swallowed them whole. Weeks later after hatching and metamorphosing, tiny froglets would emerge from her mouth. Sadly, this species went extinct in 1981 [read more: buff.ly/2wAIjAF]
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