The Far Side by Gary Larson is one of the best and most praised cartoons in history. But what makes The Far Side so good? What is the legacy of Gary Larson? And most importantly: what can we learn from The Far Side? ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 268 views • 9:51

Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern (Merriam-Webster) This one minute film uses pareidolia as a tool to convey the importance... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 231 views • 1:01

Some spectacular images of the microscopic world.

posted by BSR 2 years 5 months ago • 64 views • 18:25

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 2 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 212 views • 7:48

A quick basic-level tour through the first official image released by JWST, of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723

posted by eric3579 2 years 8 months ago • 314 views • 7:18

Does your dog like toys? What do you think she imagines when thinking of her favorite toy? In this new study, published in the Journal of Animal Cognition, we examine how typical family dogs and dogs... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 117 views • 2:27

Only some people can see this image or understand this sentence!

posted by newtboy 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 480 views • 6:30

The world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 42 views • 4:26

Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months ago • 83 views • 14:39

Jupiter's second Galilean Moon, Europa

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 113 views • 13:24

YouTube description: Spend a little time with the other amazing photos from this year at https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/ This was really an honor to be a part of. We started with thousands of images... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 107 views • 3:59

YouTube description: Have you ever asked yourself what is going on when using a lighter? Let's go macro and see the process in detail with extreme slow motion. Filmed with Photron Fastcam at 20.000... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 996 views • 1:23

From Youtube, "CREDITS: This video was made in collaboration with Benedikt Pleyer, who is a gifted microscopist and has a wonderful contagious passion for discovering the incredible worlds that exist... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 1 month ago • 276 views • 11:43

Zefrank looks at Army Ants and the beetles that co-exist with them. From Youtube, "Where to buy the Army Ants Book: https://amzn.com/067424155X True Facts Shirts: https://ze-true-store.myshopify.com/ ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 932 views • 9:28

YouTube description: While clubs are practically synonymous with ankylosaurs, we’ve only started to get to the bottom of how they worked and how this unusual anatomy developed in the first place. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,099 views • 9:31

Video contains disturbing images and sound. Viewer discretion is advised. Atlanta Police have released bodycam and dashcam footage showing the moments leading to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 4 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 36 views • 43:01

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 70 views • 2:46

From Youtube, Brenda...Where's my egg? Join the Community: http://www.patreon.com/truefacts CREDITS: MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/querflote Footage of the mating ostrich: Jackson Hart Grady ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 5:46

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) 5 years 10 months ago • 639 views • 5:41

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration observed the supermassive black holes at the center of M87 and our Milky Way galaxy (SgrA*) finding the dark central shadow in accordance with General Relativity,... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 332 views • 5:24