NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 week 3 days ago • 323 views • 2:19

From Youtube, "The logistic map connects fluid convection, neuron firing, the Mandelbrot set and so much more. Animations, coding, interactives in this video by Jonny Hyman

posted by w1ndex 2 weeks 4 days ago • 565 views • 18:39

Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month ago • 159 views • 57 secs

In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month ago • 90 views • 6:51

YouTube description: Rotoscoping changed animation forever. This is how.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 2 weeks ago • 258 views • 5:13

What's the best way to convince humans to conserve nature? Is it to put it on display for entertainment despite the fact that this undeniably harms the animals? Sadly, that's one of the more effective... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 2 weeks ago • 461 views

"Everyone has their favorite classic Sesame Street animated segment from the last 50 years! Now, in this hour long compilation, they're all in one place! Watch live with us and share your favorite Sesame... continue reading

posted by ant 3 months 1 week ago • 11 views • 1:00:10

YouTube description: Dig in to the history of the Roman Empire’s staged gladiatorial naval battles and how they flooded the Colosseum to reenact famous battles. Starting in 80 CE, residents of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 3 weeks ago • 425 views • 4:20

YouTube description: There was so much I wasn't able to tell you. Like, for example, most of the jellyfish on display at the aquarium are born and bred at the aquarium. They do active research on jellyfish... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,379 views • 8:03

Most poisonous mushrooms won’t kill you—they’ll simply cause a severe headache or vomiting. Death-cap mushrooms are not like the others. As little as half an Amanita phalloides contains enough toxin... continue reading

posted by BSR 8 months 3 weeks ago • 682 views • 2:34

YouTube description: people are weird sometimes -- (my favourite part is 5:54 to 6:43)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months ago • 808 views • 9:55

YouTube description: Danny Dimian, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Josh Beveridge, Head of Character Animation, for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," share exclusive breakdowns and talk about their... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 4 weeks ago • 417 views • 13:28

Filmmaker Jan van IJken's Becoming reveals the fascinating genesis of animal life. A single cell is transformed into a complete, complex living organism with a beating heart and running bloodstream. Observe... continue reading

posted by newtboy 11 months 3 weeks ago • 488 views • 6:43

"Enjoy counting to 12 with every pinball animation short in this compilation! ..."

posted by ant 12 months ago • 32 views • 12:33

What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 1 year ago • 58 views • 13:02

YouTube description: This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year ago • 238 views • 12:11