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Video: Man Builds 'Periodic Table' Table

How to Picture the Size of the Universe

Wired has published a fascinating article discussing the size of the Universe - all 93 billion light years of it.

Video: Antarctic Ice Observation Tube

Amazing video showing both the wildlife underneath the Antarctic ice but also the extremely cool observation tube that scientists stationed there can use to observe divers at work. [via]

Video: Earth As Seen From ISS Expeditions

Earth as seen from ISS expeditions 28 and 29 in 2011.

Scale of the Universe

A well made interactive guide to the scale of object in our universe.

Photo: ISS Passes In Front of the Sun During Solar Eclipse

An amazing photograph showing the ISS passing in front of the sun during the solar eclipse. The photograph was taken by Thierry Legault and the ISS only passed in front of the sun for 0.86s.

International Space Station Camera Equipment

This is a shot of the ISS showing the impressive camera equipment that they use to take all those amazing shots of the Earth.

The Undersea Cable Network

Finally, an informative article from the Daily Mail. It's a detailed piece about the undersea cables that stretch between the UK and US.

God Particle Signal Is Simulated As Sound

Scientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider.

The sounds have been modelled on data from the giant Atlas experiment at the LHC and you can listen to them here.

Video: The Golden Gate Bridge Thermometer

The roadway across the Golden Gate Bridge rises and falls as much as 16 feet depending on the temperature.

Space Shuttle Atlantis Photographed from F15

A stunning shot of Atlantis shortly after launch on May 14th, 2010. The photo was taken from one of two F-15E Strike Eagles patrolling the area. [via]

Video: Space Shuttle Timelapse

Time lapse footage of a Space Shuttle preparation and launch.

Video: Stunning Night-Time Time-Lapse of the Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

The ISS and Space Shuttle Transit the Sun

Awe-inspiring!

You Are Here - Earth As Seen From Mars

This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. (March 8, 2004)

More informaiton and a larger version.

Stunning Photos of the Eyjafjallajokul Volcano

Stunning photos of the Eyjafjallajokul volcano from both the Big Picture, the NY Times and this site.

The Thin Blue Line

A dramatic photo of Earth taken from the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-125) on May 22nd, 2009. View a larger version here.

1-Billionth Scale Model of USS Enterprise

Measuring just 8.8-micrometers long, this 1-billionth scale model of the USS Enterprise "was made with a 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion- beam CVD using phenanthrene gas by Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology." [via]

Tweeting Photos From The International Space Station

Soichi Noguchi is currently orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station and is posting regular photos to Twitpic. His latest is a shot of the Falkland Islands.

Periodic Table Elements Explained

It may be aimed at children, but I found this periodic table very useful.

Snowy Britain

A NASA satellite photo showing a snowy Britain. It's not very often the entire country gets covered at the same time./p>

Video: Man Attaches GPS to Cat

IEEE has a video of the experiment.

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.

Really well made multiple POV film footage of Nov 16th Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch

A cool animation showing how DNA replicates.

A huge zoomable 1 billion pixel image of the centre of the Milky Way. The image consists of 1200 individual images and 200 hours total exposure time.

A selection of stunning photos taken with the newly installed camera in the Hubble Telescope.

Very cool!

A stunning photograph of a volcano erupting on Krakatoa taken from a neighbouring island. Read more.

NASA has released some photos of a volcano erupting in Japan. The images were captured by the crew of the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific.

26 photos of Earth from space featuring disasters, natural wonders, cities and landscapes

Great photos as usual from The Big Picture.

The most amazing photo you'll see today.

150 stunning photos taken by the Hubble telescope. It's a pity they are low quality.

This satellite footage of the Earth, if real, appears to show it either 'turning transparent' or reflecting light like a mirror.

Taken from the YouTube post:

Eddy Current Tubes -- Drop the Magnets down the tube. An eddy current is set up in a conductor in response to a changing magnetic field. Lenz's law predicts that the current moves in such a way as to create a magnetic field opposing the change; to do this in a conductor, electrons swirl in a plane perpendicular to the changing magnetic field.

Because the magnetic fields of the eddy currents oppose the magnetic field of the falling magnet; there is attraction between the two fields. Energy is converted into heat. This principle is used in damping the oscillation of the lever arm of mechanical balances.

[via @mattcutts]

According to scienticians, this faint dot is the farthest thing we've ever seen. The light from the star started it's journey 630 million years after the Big Bang! I would try and explain how the scientists worked it out but it's way too complicated to understand. If you're feeling clever, you can read more at Sky and Telescope.

24 stunning photos taken by Cassini courtesy of The Big Picture.

13 things that science cannot explain including the Placebo Effect, the Kuiper Cliff and the Wow Signal. [via]

For the serious cow-tipper who wants to get it right, here's a scientician's guide.

A small bat was spotted hitching a lift on the space shuttle that launched on Sunday.

NASA had hoped the bat would fly away before the spacecraft's Sunday evening liftoff, but photos from the launch show the bat holding on for dear life.

LiveScience has more.

VBS.TV has a three part documentary about the Body Farm field laboratory in Knoxville, TN.

A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition after death can be scientifically studied in a variety of settings. The body farm in Knoxville has been in operation since 1981 and over 700 bodies have entered the facility (Wikipedia entry).

The creator of the body farm, William Bass, wrote a book back in 2004 which I've read and is very interesting (if you're into that kind of thing).

Scientists have conducted a study about how gut instinct works and it appears that it isn't purely based on guesswork but when making a decision we access memories that we aren't even aware we have.

One of the test conducted during the study was related to recognising images. The test found that people were more accurate in selecting an image when they had been distracted than when they had paid full attention. They also were more accurate when they claimed to be guessing than when they registered some familiarity for the image.

Read more at LiveScience.

Analysis of gravity in Super Mario Bros. When Mario falls off an 8.6m ledge in Super Mario 2, he experiences a g-force of 11. That's enough to cause someone blackout. [via]

I never get tired of viewing images like these.

The object in these photos released by NASA in 2004 sure look like a plank of wood but as the Daily Mail points out, we humans are hardwired to recognise familiar objects as a survival technique.

It is more likely to be a case of pareidolia - where a random stimulus is perceived as having significance, be it a symbol seen in a cloud or a face on a piece of toast.

Whether it's a plank or wood or not, it's great material for conspiracy theorists.

Related article

Apparently, this video show the toolbag that was lost outside the Space Station last week.

Video: Underwater Volcano

Video: The Known Universe

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.

Video: Spectacular Film of Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch

Really well made multiple POV film footage of Nov 16th Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch

Video: DNA Replication

A cool animation showing how DNA replicates.

1 Billion Pixel Image of the Centre of the Milky Way

A huge zoomable 1 billion pixel image of the centre of the Milky Way. The image consists of 1200 individual images and 200 hours total exposure time.

New Hubble Telescope Photos

A selection of stunning photos taken with the newly installed camera in the Hubble Telescope.

Video: Vortex Smoke Ring Collision

Very cool!

A stunning photograph of a volcano erupting on Krakatoa taken from a neighbouring island. Read more.

NASA has released some photos of a volcano erupting in Japan. The images were captured by the crew of the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific.

26 photos of Earth from space featuring disasters, natural wonders, cities and landscapes

Great photos as usual from The Big Picture.

The most amazing photo you'll see today.

150 stunning photos taken by the Hubble telescope. It's a pity they are low quality.

This satellite footage of the Earth, if real, appears to show it either 'turning transparent' or reflecting light like a mirror.

Taken from the YouTube post:

Eddy Current Tubes -- Drop the Magnets down the tube. An eddy current is set up in a conductor in response to a changing magnetic field. Lenz's law predicts that the current moves in such a way as to create a magnetic field opposing the change; to do this in a conductor, electrons swirl in a plane perpendicular to the changing magnetic field.

Because the magnetic fields of the eddy currents oppose the magnetic field of the falling magnet; there is attraction between the two fields. Energy is converted into heat. This principle is used in damping the oscillation of the lever arm of mechanical balances.

[via @mattcutts]

According to scienticians, this faint dot is the farthest thing we've ever seen. The light from the star started it's journey 630 million years after the Big Bang! I would try and explain how the scientists worked it out but it's way too complicated to understand. If you're feeling clever, you can read more at Sky and Telescope.

24 stunning photos taken by Cassini courtesy of The Big Picture.

13 things that science cannot explain including the Placebo Effect, the Kuiper Cliff and the Wow Signal. [via]

For the serious cow-tipper who wants to get it right, here's a scientician's guide.

A small bat was spotted hitching a lift on the space shuttle that launched on Sunday.

NASA had hoped the bat would fly away before the spacecraft's Sunday evening liftoff, but photos from the launch show the bat holding on for dear life.

LiveScience has more.

VBS.TV has a three part documentary about the Body Farm field laboratory in Knoxville, TN.

A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition after death can be scientifically studied in a variety of settings. The body farm in Knoxville has been in operation since 1981 and over 700 bodies have entered the facility (Wikipedia entry).

The creator of the body farm, William Bass, wrote a book back in 2004 which I've read and is very interesting (if you're into that kind of thing).

Scientists have conducted a study about how gut instinct works and it appears that it isn't purely based on guesswork but when making a decision we access memories that we aren't even aware we have.

One of the test conducted during the study was related to recognising images. The test found that people were more accurate in selecting an image when they had been distracted than when they had paid full attention. They also were more accurate when they claimed to be guessing than when they registered some familiarity for the image.

Read more at LiveScience.

Analysis of gravity in Super Mario Bros. When Mario falls off an 8.6m ledge in Super Mario 2, he experiences a g-force of 11. That's enough to cause someone blackout. [via]

I never get tired of viewing images like these.

The object in these photos released by NASA in 2004 sure look like a plank of wood but as the Daily Mail points out, we humans are hardwired to recognise familiar objects as a survival technique.

It is more likely to be a case of pareidolia - where a random stimulus is perceived as having significance, be it a symbol seen in a cloud or a face on a piece of toast.

Whether it's a plank or wood or not, it's great material for conspiracy theorists.

Related article

Apparently, this video show the toolbag that was lost outside the Space Station last week.

Erupting Volcano on Krakatoa

A stunning photograph of a volcano erupting on Krakatoa taken from a neighbouring island. Read more.

Erupting Volcano Viewed Space

NASA has released some photos of a volcano erupting in Japan. The images were captured by the crew of the International Space Station 220 miles above a remote Russian island in the North Pacific.

Time To Run?

26 Outstanding Photos Of Earth From Space

26 photos of Earth from space featuring disasters, natural wonders, cities and landscapes

Hubble's Final Servicing Mission

Great photos as usual from The Big Picture.

STS-125 Atlantis Solar Transit

The most amazing photo you'll see today.

150 Hubble Photos

150 stunning photos taken by the Hubble telescope. It's a pity they are low quality.

Video: Earth Viewed From A Satellite Appears 'Transparent'

This satellite footage of the Earth, if real, appears to show it either 'turning transparent' or reflecting light like a mirror.

Video: Eddy Current Tubes

Taken from the YouTube post:

Eddy Current Tubes -- Drop the Magnets down the tube. An eddy current is set up in a conductor in response to a changing magnetic field. Lenz's law predicts that the current moves in such a way as to create a magnetic field opposing the change; to do this in a conductor, electrons swirl in a plane perpendicular to the changing magnetic field.

Because the magnetic fields of the eddy currents oppose the magnetic field of the falling magnet; there is attraction between the two fields. Energy is converted into heat. This principle is used in damping the oscillation of the lever arm of mechanical balances.

[via @mattcutts]

The Farthest Thing Ever Seen

According to scienticians, this faint dot is the farthest thing we've ever seen. The light from the star started it's journey 630 million years after the Big Bang! I would try and explain how the scientists worked it out but it's way too complicated to understand. If you're feeling clever, you can read more at Sky and Telescope.

Cassini's Continued Mission

24 stunning photos taken by Cassini courtesy of The Big Picture.

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

13 things that science cannot explain including the Placebo Effect, the Kuiper Cliff and the Wow Signal. [via]

How To Tip A Cow

For the serious cow-tipper who wants to get it right, here's a scientician's guide.

Bat Hung On For a Ride Into Space

A small bat was spotted hitching a lift on the space shuttle that launched on Sunday.

NASA had hoped the bat would fly away before the spacecraft's Sunday evening liftoff, but photos from the launch show the bat holding on for dear life.

LiveScience has more.

Video: Take a Tour of the Body Farm

VBS.TV has a three part documentary about the Body Farm field laboratory in Knoxville, TN.

A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition after death can be scientifically studied in a variety of settings. The body farm in Knoxville has been in operation since 1981 and over 700 bodies have entered the facility (Wikipedia entry).

The creator of the body farm, William Bass, wrote a book back in 2004 which I've read and is very interesting (if you're into that kind of thing).

Study Suggests Why Gut Instincts Work

Scientists have conducted a study about how gut instinct works and it appears that it isn't purely based on guesswork but when making a decision we access memories that we aren't even aware we have.

One of the test conducted during the study was related to recognising images. The test found that people were more accurate in selecting an image when they had been distracted than when they had paid full attention. They also were more accurate when they claimed to be guessing than when they registered some familiarity for the image.

Read more at LiveScience.

Measuring Gravity In The Super Mario Bros

Analysis of gravity in Super Mario Bros. When Mario falls off an 8.6m ledge in Super Mario 2, he experiences a g-force of 11. That's enough to cause someone blackout. [via]

10 Stunning Images Taken By The Hubble Telescope

I never get tired of viewing images like these.

Is There Wood On Mars?

The object in these photos released by NASA in 2004 sure look like a plank of wood but as the Daily Mail points out, we humans are hardwired to recognise familiar objects as a survival technique.

It is more likely to be a case of pareidolia - where a random stimulus is perceived as having significance, be it a symbol seen in a cloud or a face on a piece of toast.

Whether it's a plank or wood or not, it's great material for conspiracy theorists.

Video: Astronaut Invents Novel Way To Drink Coffee In Space

Related article

Video: Lost Toolbag Spotted By Observer

Apparently, this video show the toolbag that was lost outside the Space Station last week.