In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,632 views • 5:45

"... 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 6 months ago • 494 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) 6 months 1 week ago • 636 views • 5:41

YouTube description: Even though you can see purple, there's no purple light. This also explains why we can use a colour wheel when the electromagnetic spectrum is linear. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 1 week ago • 889 views • 4:52

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 8 months ago • 435 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) 8 months 3 weeks ago • 397 views • 3:03

YouTube description: A new technique is allowing researchers to study the inner workings of a cuttlefish brain by tracking colour changing cells in their skin. These cell are directly controlled by... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 weeks ago • 457 views • 6:19

Holly visits The Captain with a request to debunk a machine that miraculously sorts coloured marbles.

posted by Fantomas 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 535 views • 11:03

"We've all seen TV snow. Whether because the TV is detuned, or just because we're trying to tune our Mega Drive into a new channel. But why, on a colour TV is this static still presented in a monochrome... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 146 views • 7:20

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 601 views • 8:27

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 3 weeks ago • 443 views • 5:46

YouTube description: How Schlieren imaging works in color, black and white and slow-mo. Filming by Raquel Nuno Sound Effects by A Shell in the Pit (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 308 views • 8:59

"... The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? ..." This old ant poops and pees, of many colo(u)rs... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 18 views • 2:51

YouTube description: We know a lot about dinosaurs but there’s one question that has plagued paleontologists for decades: what color were they? (via digg)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 336 views • 6:01

YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months ago • 610 views • 6:45

YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 628 views

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 174 views • 4:26

YouTube description: Ever wonder what a dinosaur might have looked like? Well, we might have an answer for you and the result is hidden in plain sight. Hosted by: Hank Green... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months ago • 284 views • 5:11

Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.

posted by ChaosEngine 3 years 2 months ago • 465 views • 5:53