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A Gear System Helps Visualize the Magnitude of One Googol, or 1 Followed by 100 Zeros
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daniel de Bruin (@daniel_de_bruin) To celebrate spending one billion seconds on Earth, Daniel de Bruin created a gear system that represents the number googol (that’s the digit 1 with 100 zeros … Continue reading
Pin on Avant-garde Fashion
Mar 10, 2020 – This Pin was discovered by Swarali Kore. elysian.fantasy.artistry The devils in the details. ❤️ I can’t wait to get back to work and create more costumes like this one that I made earlier this year. I … Continue reading
Dragons Are Everywhere If You Know Where to Look
Fascinated by dragons? From Dungeons & Dragons to “Puff the Magic Dragon” to flying dragons—we’ve got all the dragons in this reel except for the dragons from “Game of Thrones.” But they are mentioned in one of the stories. So … Continue reading
Carnival season: costumed revellers parade in Trinidad, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venice in 2020 | Trinidad carnival, Trinidad, Carnival
Mar 6, 2020 – Carnival season: costumed revellers in Trinidad, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venice. Source: Carnival season: costumed revellers parade in Trinidad, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venice in 2020 | Trinidad carnival, Trinidad, Carnival
A Family of Marionette Makers
Mingzhu Fu was born into art. Growing up watching his grandfather’s marionette performances in Quanzhou, China, Mingzhu picked up a knife to craft his own puppets when he graduated high school in 1980. Forty years later, he continues on with … Continue reading
Step-by-Step Instructions on Making the Paper Airplane that Broke World Records
John Collins, aka The Paper Airplane Guy, is a master at shattering world records with a single sheet of paper. The aircraft designer now has collaborated with Great Big Story on a new video that not only teaches The Susanne, … Continue reading
Documenting the Lives of Siberia’s Nomadic Reindeer Herders – My Modern Met
Lena and her daughter Christina are standing at the entrance of their chum. Lena’s large belly is obvious under her dress, and there is no doubt that she is nine months pregnant. Since the 1960s, Nenets women have been instructed … Continue reading
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Ugandan experts forecast 40-50% adoption of new bioengineered potato Victoria – International Potato Center
Harvest from a confined field trial in Uganda shows a significantly higher yield (right) for the 3R Victoria potato, and without the use of fungicide. Photo: CIP Stakeholders working within the potato sector in Uganda are confident about the wide … Continue reading
Dutch proposal to dam the North Sea
Scientists from the Netherlands and Germany have proposed to construct two massive dams to protect some 25 million people from rising sea levels. The megaproject stretches between the United Kingdom, France, Norway, and would completely enclose the North Sea. So, … Continue reading
Making a paper shredder that looks like a brain
I made a shredder that looks like a brain because it kind of made sense anatomically? I don’t know. I should brainstorm some good reasons for building it.
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