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WatchThere’s no sound and it’s short. But it’s sweet and should be watched full screen: Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds from Western Australia, by Colin Legg.
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WatchLightning strikes during a Toronto thunderstorm. by Jon Simonassi (@jonsimo).
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WatchFood coloring tests and a robot water strider? We love @SciFri!
Water striders don’t really stride, they row on the water. But their legs are spindly and don’t seem good for paddling. To find out exactly how water striders propel themselves mechanical engineer David Hu, of Georgia Tech, filmed them rowing on food coloring and built his own robostrider.
From Science Friday.
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Hello SwissMiss and Kottke Readers!
It’s been a fun day around here today(!) since The Kid Should See This was mentioned on SwissMiss. Not long after that, Jason also mentioned the site. He posted this on Kottke.org:
With obvious exceptions, media “made for kids” is mindnumbingly dumb. YouTube, Flickr, and Vimeo are amazing resources of not-made-for-kids but totally-appropriate-for-kids stuff like what Rion is...
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WatchThough we’re familiar with Andrew Zuckerman’s work — we’ve put together his Creature puzzle many times — this two year old Bird book promo video was new to us. It’s a great introduction to the diversity of birds, and seeing feathers full-screen in HD alone is worth the watch. You can check out the Behind the Scenes video, too.
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WatchCamouflage octopus! The story and science behind the famous animated gif.
From Science Friday.
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