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NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory Captures Mercury’s Transit Between Earth and the Sun
NASA‘s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the planet Mercury’s May 9, 2016 transit between the Earth and Sun. The transit occurred between approximately 7:12 a.m. and…
Hennig Brand, The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorous
Great Big Story takes a look at the 17th century German alchemist Hennig Brand who discovered phosphorous while boiling gallons of urine to attempt to…
SoundWorks Collection Interviews the Naughty Dog Audio Team Behind Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
In a recent sound profile, SoundWorks Collection interviewed the Naughty Dog audio team and found out about their fascinating work on the newly released video…
Disney Research Software Simplifies the Creation Process of 3D Printed Mechanical Characters
The team at Disney Research‘s lab in Zürich has created an interactive software that simplifies the process of turning computer animated characters into physical mechanical…
A Man Armed With a Spear Takes Down Drone at a History Festival in Russia
A man armed with a spear and dressed as an ancient warrior took down a drone that was filming a battle reenactment at a history festival in Russia.
An Animated Timeline of Wonderfully Eccentric Historical Hairstyles From Around the World
“A Visual History of Ancient Hairdos (and Don’ts)” by The Atlantic is a amusing animated timeline that takes a look at the wonderfully eccentric, elaborately…
An Explanation of Weightlessness in Space
In the Royal Institution video “What Is Weightlessness?” host Andrew Marmery explains what causes the sensation of weight on Earth and what really causes the feeling…
A Documentary About Artist Edouard Martinet’s Extraordinary Animal and Insect Sculptures
Sladmore Contemporary has created a wonderful documentary about the extraordinary animal and insect sculptures that French artist Edouard Martine builds out of salvaged parts and…
100 Years of Beauty in Kenya Shown Decade by Decade in a One-Minute Time-Lapse
In the 21th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in…
The Makey Makey Invention Kit Turns Anything Into a Keyboard
The Makey Makey Invention Kit is a simple tool that turns anything into a computer keyboard. Inventors simply connect objects to the Makey Makey board with…