The “Dance of the thousand-hand Quanyin” is possibly the most famous and most spectacular visual display in which geometry and synchronization create a kind of effective optical illusion
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This barrel has water inside which is heated, the water converts into steam, sealed with ice on top speeds the condensation process.
When the steam is back to a liquid, a vacuum is created in the barrel
the weight of the atmosphere crushes the barrel
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Nearly 70% of the world is covered by water, with just 2.5% of it being fresh. This technology uses eco-friendly nanomembranes and no power supply to turn salt water into drinking water in less than 2 minutes
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Interacting vortices
The centre of smoke rings move the fastest and have the lowest pressure, (Bernoulli’s principle)
Because of the speed the centre is travelling, the sides curl back on themselves and are drawn into the centre from the back 1/2
A piece of mind-blowing science and kitchen chemistry
A potato's natural oxalic acid, combined with baking soda and salt, transforms into a powerful rust remover.
[📹 Maynard Okereke, Hip Hop Science]
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These printable solar cells created by the University of Newcastle and CSIRO are flexible and can be printed like newspapers
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In this experiment Dr Rob Thompson from the University of Reading shows how long it takes a cup of water to soak into parched ground. This is why heavy rainfall after a drought can be really dangerous & might lead to flash flooding
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Sometimes it is said dinosaurs might have not looked like we represent them because we mostly have bones.
Yet, this 110 million-year-old superbly preserved nodosaur accidentally found by miners in Canada, naturally reveals his appearance
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Every year from April to August and from November to January, Baja California is the home to the largest and most spectacular mass migration of Mobula Rays. This clip captures the magic of this underwater flight
[📹 Aidan Bedford: https://t.co/JqeWu1RA4P]
"Persistence of vision display" or POV display are LED devices that compose images by displaying one spatial portion at a time in rapid succession. One example are Hologram Fans
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