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A Striking Photo Series Documents the Melting Glaciers Along 4,000 Kilometers of Greenland’s Coast | Colossal

Posted on October 27, 2021 by agogo22

OCTOBER 25, 2021. GRACE EBERT All images © Olaf Otto Becker What began in July 2003 as a single visit to the frigid Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland morphed into a years-long project for German photographer Olaf Otto Becker. That … Continue reading →

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There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?

Posted on October 26, 2021 by agogo22

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SOME OF MY FAVORITE NUMBERS

Posted on October 26, 2021 by agogo22

PLAY IN 4K TO AVOID NOISE COMPRESSION Featured in Pictoplasma, Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny, Tokyo Short Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Linoleum, Supernova, Toronto Animated Image Society, and other festivals. Music and sound by Dory Bavarsky/Full Color … Continue reading →

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The Threat to Our Food Supply You Never Knew Existed

Posted on October 26, 2021 by agogo22

The European honey bees are crucial to our food systems, but they may soon be under threat from a microscopic pest. So what exactly is this threat? To learn more about other types of bees, make sure to check out … Continue reading →

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Forget Yellowstone – These EIGHT Supervolcanoes Could Destroy The World | Answers With Joe

Posted on October 25, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Supervolcanoes are bigger than you think, and there are more of them than you think. There are, in fact, eight supervolcanoes around the world that have changed the geography of continents and caused mass extinctions. What are these volcanoes? … Continue reading →

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Artist Offers Her Work to Bees for an Unlikely Creative Collaboration | My Modern Met

Posted on October 24, 2021 by agogo22

By Margherita Cole on October 23, 2021 Detail of “Burr Comb and Twigs,” natural honeycomb, burr comb, Japanese paper, encaustic medium, twigs, seed beads, embroidery floss in Canadian maple frame, 17.5 x 17.5 inches. These busy bees help create bee-utiful … Continue reading →

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Water, salt and music form a mesmerising visualisation of sound waves | Aeon Videos

Posted on October 24, 2021 by agogo22

Watch the mesmerising patterns that emerge from nature’s fundamental forces as sound waves meet salt and water Warning: this film features rapidly flashing images that can be distressing to photosensitive viewers. For the ABC Science series Phenomena, the Australian artist … Continue reading →

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For Some Animals, The World Moves in Slow-Motion

Posted on October 23, 2021 by agogo22

Does your cat have a concept of time? Is it different from a snapping turtle’s? Scientists study how animals process sensory information to figure out how they experience time. Spoilers: human kids and adults might experience time differently too! Hosted … Continue reading →

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The History of Halloween: Exploring the Age-Old Origins of the Enchanting Holiday | My Modern Met

Posted on October 23, 2021 by agogo22

By Kelly Richman-Abdou and Sara Barnes on October 22, 2021 Ephemera, 1912 (Photo: Toronto Public Library, Public domain) How much do you know about the history of Halloween?   For centuries, people young and old have reveled in the fun … Continue reading →

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Why Some People Don’t Have A “Mind’s Eye” | Random Thursday

Posted on October 22, 2021 by agogo22

[…] What do you “see” in your mind’s eye? Is it as real as looking at a photo? Or do you not see any images at all? It turns out there are 3-5% of the population who don’t have the … Continue reading →

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