Incredible Macrophotographs of insects by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab‘s collection, offering some of the best close-up views of insects. Phidippus clarus is a species of jumping spider
Month: September 2013
What will a Warming World look like in the 21st century?
Models used by the IPCC estimate global temperature and precipitation patterns will change throughout the 21st century given current rising greenhouse gas levels. This video depicts a scenario in which carbon dioxide concentrations reach 670 parts per million by 2100, up from around 400 ppm today. Image © NASA Center for Climate Simulation/NASA Goddard SVS
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Gravity- Behind the Frame
In this IMAX Behind the Frame, director Alfonso Cuarón and NASA astronauts discuss the intense and raw cinematic experience of Gravity and the preparation that went into delivering a true-to-life space exploration.
Adrian Villar Rojas exhibit at Serpentine Sackler Gallery
‘Today we reboot the planet’ installation by Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas, at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery designed by Zaha Hadid. Image © Serpentine Sackler gallery / Jörg Baumann
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iMotion – 3D motion controller
iMotion controllers offer a revolutionary way to have the pinpoint-accurate 3D motion control across an incredible range of existing platforms and applications. iMotion – virtual touchscreen (artists rendering)
Handy Technology
A pair of 3D-printed copies of the glove worn by ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel while spacewalking, one lifesize and one at one-tenth scale. These recreations were produced through… Image © ESA
All 1.2 billion users in one page
The faces of Facebook by designer Natalia Rojas, brings all 1.2 billion (and counting) Facebook users from around the world into one page.
Curiosity finds Water on Mars
Amazing photos by astronaut Karen Nyberg
Meet astronaut Dr Karen L Nyberg, with more than fifty thousand followers on Twitter as @AstroKarenN, after the footsteps of ‘starman’ Chris Hadfield on board the Space Station.
Google Street View takes you inside CERN
Google Street View takes you inside CERN, offering a detailed glimpse inside the facilities of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
