Nic stacey

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I used a modified telescope to capture high-speed video of the eclipse at a long focal length. Seeing the lumpy mountains of the moon against a backdrop of churning plasma is incredibly surreal.

(I hope you weren't sick of eclipse posts 😜)

[Red_Birder @HarringayBirder]

Almost unbelievably, Haringey council has outdone itself. They’ve let Tough Mudder set its course up right through the most wildlife-rich part of the park - just as the bird nesting season gets under way [thread]… @haringeycouncil @ToughMudder @FinsParkFriends @Clive_Carter

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The science-fiction writer Ted Chiang explores how ChatGPT works and what it could—and could not—replace: https://t.co/v8AgmkdC1u

[𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳 @MitchHorowitz]

"If you were an otherworldly traveler monitoring Twitter, would you land on Earth?" Nic Stacey’s documentary on PBS imagines what might happen if humanity received a definite signal of intelligent life beyond Earth. https://t.co/1boSxOsFlk via @WSJ

[Nic stacey @nic_stacey]

@GregoryEvans Thanks Greg! Hopefully see you soon x

[David Shukman @DavidShukman]

Going to be on a TV on TV tonight… acting ‘myself’ in a ⁦@nic_stacey⁩ docudrama, First Contact: An Alien Encounter - catch it on BBCTwo⁩ at 9pm and ⁦@BBCiPlayer⁩

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Before 3D printing there was the photo sculpture, a process invented in the XIX century for the reproducing subjects in 3-dimensions by taking a series of photos in the round. This is a 1939 footage

[📹 British Paté: https://t.co/UOyOoHDaf7]
https://t.co/n8Y1I4oiYW

[Judy Schmidt @SpaceGeck]

Nope, I don't know what this is. Some kind of spiral nebula around WR140. I'm sure we'll find out more later.

h/t to @yuvharpaz & @JWSTPhotoBot

[Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili]

I’m sad to say that for anyone who has enjoyed my BBC4 tv docs over the years (and loads of other excellent programming) I’m afraid that due to budget cuts BBC4 TV will be no more. The channel is moving entirely online. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[Tim Soret @timsoret]

Existential shiver.
This is all coming way too fast.

“1,000 Robots by OpenAI Design Director - DALL-E 2”
https://t.co/RctjQJEDBp

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Wounds in plants kick off a chain of events involving the release of glutamate, which acts as a neurotransmitter in vertebrate animals. These are signals in Arabidopsis triggered by a caterpillar, designed to defend remote regions from injury [full paper: https://t.co/m7Yj6lH7PI]

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics and beauty.

Whale creating spiral pattern using air bubbles. Source: https://t.co/PBLzYVAKng

[marvelous media engine @MarvelousmediaE]

Finished another zoetrope. This time I wanted to make a tribute to one of the greatest animators, Hayao Miyazaki. #StudioGhibli #totoro #catbus #stopmotionanimation #vfx

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

Last chance to get live streaming tickets for a night of cosmology and music with me and the @BBCSO this evening at 8pm. The orchestra played so beautifully in rehearsals yesterday. I think it will be a magical night. https://t.co/NTmQDm6Z59

[Nic stacey @nic_stacey]

A little behind the scenes from the model shoot for @ProfBrianCox upcoming live tour…think it’s going to look pretty sweet on a 20 meter screen!

[hbo max fka @streamonmax]

Even the art is meditative. Stream some Calm. Featuring the soothing voices of Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Oscar Isaac, and so many more, A World of Calm is streaming October 1st on HBO Max.

[Nic stacey @nic_stacey]

Loved #TENET …very cool expansion of the fictional time travel phase space! Really hoping they make some more. If you want a primer on entropy check out me Jim AK’s film about it! https://t.co/JyrfC2xxRb

[Variety @Variety]

HBO Max is hoping to help us all relax with a series narrated by Mahershala Ali, Keanu Reeves and Nicole Kidman, from the makers of the Calm app https://t.co/2faZI46ZC3

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Imagine what machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years.

Boston Dynamics' machine shows its flawless gymnastic routine. @AndrewYang