Our size, and placement, is all a matter of perspective. A lot of scientific research aims to figure where we fit in, both in our homes, our bodies, the earth, and the universe. This video from the 70′s does a magnificent job of showing that what we are is really a matter of perspective. Changes …Continue Reading
Now, we can see metal atoms in amazing detail A UCLA team has managed to look at the structure of an atom; something we’ve never been able to visualize before. Here’s a close, three-dimensional look at platinum. Source: YouTube Chen, C., Zhu, C., White, E., Chiu, C., Scott, M., Regan, B., Marks, L., Huang, Y., …Continue Reading
The urge to survive remains strong in every living organism. In case you have any doubts, take ten seconds to watch this slime mold, Physarum polycephalum, solve a maze in a single pass, in order to get to food. This particular mold is a large cell, visible by the naked eye, which exhibits sophisticated foraging behavior despite its …Continue Reading
As this video shows, scallops are a lot more agile than they look. In a snap, they catch prey, and fend off much larger (and hungry) sea stars. But, now, we know they also can cough. And that coughing can offer clues to the health of the water it lives in, but in the opposite …Continue Reading
Blue Whales, the largest living things, don’t need to run away from anybody, and they feed on krill and other floating food. So they don’t need to move fast. But this video shows a whale twirling a 360-degree turn underwater. Here, the whale turns 180 degrees in less than 5 seconds, opens its jaws to …Continue Reading
