Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

In this clip from The Curiosity Show, science educator Rob Morrison demonstrates how a self-starting siphon can move liquid from one container to another. And after you’ve seen the physics, you can make your own with some straws: buff.ly/2zEccPT (https://buff.ly/2zEccPT) https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1647157296009740288#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

ChatGPT-4 exam performances (vs GPT-3 and an average student) \[Genuine Impact: buff.ly/3o5UjoU (https://buff.ly/3o5UjoU)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1647151550828285952#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

8 years ago #Today (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Today), Mars Curiosity rover captured this iconic sequence of images of a blue sunset on Mars (Sol 956) \[original image: bit.ly/1T9ApzB (https://bit.ly/1T9ApzB)\] \[processing, Astro0Glen: buff.ly/3GLpoos (https://buff.ly/3GLpoos)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1647138391815864320#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Not all primitive humans lived in caves and the ones who did, were alternating them with other dwellings. Yet, there's evidence that the Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya was occupied by Homo sapiens for 78,000 years. Can you imagine all this time? \[more: buff.ly/2jS0N6A (https://buff.ly/2jS0N6A)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646934998857940993#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Platymma tweediei, often called the (Malaysian) fire snail, is the largest land snail in Peninsular Malaysia, living exclusively in the mountainous forests there \[read more: buff.ly/3GLGKSa (https://buff.ly/3GLGKSa)\] \[📹 Maxs Lee: buff.ly/40dMaMu (https://buff.ly/40dMaMu)\] nitter.moomoo.me/aranoeric/status… (https://nitter.moomoo.me/aranoeric/status/1285617979829493760/video/1)nitter.moomoo.me/i/web/status/164… (https://nitter.moomoo.me/i/web/status/1646916554783617024) https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646916554783617024#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

This is the world's largest quartz crystal cluster on display. it was discovered in 1985 at the bottom of a 45 metre deep cave in the Otjua mine near Karibib in Namibia. It weighs 14,100 kg and took three years to excavate and remove \[read more: buff.ly/2DoEySr (https://buff.ly/2DoEySr)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646909914407682048#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

A peculiar visualization of gravity on different planets \[📹 BeamNG\_Drive: buff.ly/407NAbA (https://buff.ly/407NAbA)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646881139804479490#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing stunts \[full video, HD, Don McHoull: buff.ly/41fiCzG (https://buff.ly/41fiCzG)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646853121627283458#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Called the pioneer of the Perceptual Art movement, artist and sculptor Michael Murphy works with anamorphosis. This is one of his most famous works, "The Immigrant" perceptualart.com (https://perceptualart.com) https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646851054124900352#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Richard Sidey is a wildlife filmmaker based in Wanaka, New Zealand. This is a footage of a close encounter he had with a humpback whale in Antarctica \[source: buff.ly/3czjMwU (https://buff.ly/3czjMwU)\] \[site: richardsidey.com (https://richardsidey.com)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646846176224849921#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The mottled wood owl is called like this for a precise reason \[read more: bit.ly/2tDTeWT (

Mottled wood owl - Wikipedia

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Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Images that produce an illusory motion when scrolling or moving are caused by small, involuntary eye movements generating a ghost image on our retina to overlap with the image on the page \[read more: buff.ly/2MZ2WJA (https://buff.ly/2MZ2WJA)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646820033098645504#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Bismuth is a brittle metal with a dark hue, often with an iridescent oxide tarnish from yellow to blue. The spiral structure is the result of a higher growth rate around the outside edges than on the inside edges \[read more: bit.ly/2p3d3Bi (

Bismuth - Wikipedia

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Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Seljalandsfoss is a waterfall in Iceland that drops 60 m (197 ft) and is part of the Seljalands River that has its origin in the volcano glacier Eyjafjallajökull \[read more: buff.ly/2O4Y875 (https://buff.ly/2O4Y875)\] \[📹 Linda Bergmann: buff.ly/3FRXKEz (https://buff.ly/3FRXKEz)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646807915657920512#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

How scientists grew plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the moon. The first time plants have been sprouted and grown on Earth in soil from another celestial body \[read more: buff.ly/3N9VoU3 (https://buff.ly/3N9VoU3)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646760194159046656#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

An albino tree is unable to produce chlorophyll & survives by obtaining sugar through neighboring trees' roots \[read more: bit.ly/2sTIXCb (

Albino redwood - Wikipedia

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Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

This is an animation of traffic flows simulated on different kinds of four-way junctions, showing how traffic flow can be optmized. It was recorded in a game called Cities: Skylines, a more realistic take on SimCity. \[full video: buff.ly/3zVwTFv (https://buff.ly/3zVwTFv)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646528079358205953#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

The Swedish torch was invented by Finns and it became known in Europe during the 1600s. Compared to a campfire, it is more compact, and therefore several small heat sources can be distributed over an area \[📹woodsboundoutdoors: buff.ly/3ZZHGsQ (https://buff.ly/3ZZHGsQ)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646521729068703749#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Conophytum pageae is a succulent plant originating from Cape province of South Africa. The name "conophytum" is derived from the Latin conus (cone) and Greek phytum (plant) \[read more: buff.ly/3aKZ9Sg (https://buff.ly/3aKZ9Sg)\] \[source: buff.ly/3IL99HB (https://buff.ly/3IL99HB)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646513134910451713#m

Massimo / @Rainmaker1973 (RSS Feed) 2 years ago

Like other reptiles, box turtles must hibernate during cold winter weather: the right term is brumation. They burrow deep under the soil and leaves, sometime in October usually emerging in April/early May. \[📹 dogdogcatcatnoodle: buff.ly/406uMcs (https://buff.ly/406uMcs)\] https://nitter.moomoo.me/Rainmaker1973/status/1646510949690650632#m