The first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope are finally here! Let's take a look, talk about what we're seeing, and compare them to the most detailed version of these images we had before.

posted by BSR 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 210 views • 7:48

Fun with Acronyms: "Maths" sands for "Mathematical Anti-Telharsic Harfatum Septomin".

posted by simonm 2 years 3 weeks ago • 59 views

Marcin Wichary gives a really entertaining talk on looped videos, as a live looped video with no post production. Vimeo description: This is a remote Ignite talk I gave at Figma on May 27, 2021.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 139 views • 5:18

In this video I’ll show you how to draw glitch designs and glitch letters! I hope the tips & tricks from this glitch tutorial will help you to make your own glitch drawings!

posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 119 views • 6:44

"What different clouds mean, explained for kids. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 67 views • 8:03

Red sprites, secondary jets and newly discovered green afterglow called "ghosts" triggered by red sprites. A dozen vibrant red sprites were recorded on this evening and only two events had the green afterglow.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 984 views • 2:32

The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn't necessarily the best design for kids. US playground... continue reading

posted by BSR 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 112 views • 5:44

YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months ago • 807 views • 11:36

Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,586 views • 3:56

YouTube description: It’s amazing what Anne Rosat can do with a pair of scissors. This 83-year-old artist has been depicting life in the Swiss Alps through the folk art known as papercutting for 50... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months ago • 450 views • 2:58

"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 543 views • 6:21

YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 639 views • 5:41

YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 5 years 1 month ago • 446 views • 5:13

YouTube description: Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can produce brilliant colors, without... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 399 views • 3:03

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 449 views • 9:29

In the animated short “Drawn & Recorded: Teen Spirit” by Drew Christie of Kalakala Animation, narrator T-Bone Burnett tells the story behind the famous 1991 Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit”... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 691 views • 2:55

This animated map created from the NOAA, NWS, and PTWC shows every recorded earthquake in chronological order from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2015. The size of the circle shows the magnitude of the... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 875 views • 3:43

YouTube description: A look at the colorful history of sci-fi book covers

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 6:29