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DIY kawaii donut animal stamps made with an eraser

Rion NakayaJanuary 21, 2022January 21, 2022

These kawaii donut animal stamps were carved out of a plastic Pentel Hi-Polymer block eraser, demonstrating how small components can add up to create cute and modular...

Spinning rainbow magnet sculptures by Magnet Tricks

Rion NakayaJanuary 20, 2022January 20, 2022

With 24mm x 4mm magnetic sticks, 8mm steel balls, and a few larger ball bearings, the Finland-based Magnet Tricks YouTube channel clicks together a few magnetic merry-go-round-like...

Elizabeth Cotten plays In the Sweet By and By and Freight Train

Rion NakayaJanuary 20, 2022

Born on January 5, 1893, Elizabeth Cotten, nicknamed Libba, was a left-handed musician who taught herself how to play on her right-handed brother’s banjo, reversed, then on...

A robotic spy crab makes its way across Christmas Island

Rion NakayaJanuary 20, 2022

Director John Downer specializes in immersive approaches to filmmaking, creating ‘spy cameras’ hidden in robotic animals to capture insider footage of animal lives up close. In this...

Helmet cam view of a cross-country equestrian jumping competition

Rion NakayaJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Cross-country jumping is an equestrian sport that can challenge a horse and rider pair’s speed, endurance, confidence, and jumping ability. Typically one of three horse trials in...

OmniFibers: Soft robotic fabric that can sense, react to, and model human movement

Rion NakayaJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Could clothes of the future “help train singers or athletes to better control their breathing”? Could these clothes monitor and help reestablish breathing patterns of patients who...

Why do cats have vertical pupils?

Rion NakayaJanuary 19, 2022January 22, 2022

“Peering into the eyes of different animals, you’ll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals,...

Powers of Ten, updated with today’s science and technology

Rion NakayaJanuary 18, 2022January 18, 2022

“In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames, hugely influential American designers, released one of the most elegant and creative pieces of science communication of modern times: Powers of...

What can we learn about stress from birds?

Rion NakayaJanuary 18, 2022

“Stress is a common part of modern life, and everyone has experienced its negative effects. Many people even suffer health impacts from chronic stress. So why do...

From egg to nymph to adult, Australian walking stick insects stay in disguise

Rion NakayaJanuary 13, 2022January 12, 2022

Imagine being able to camouflage at every stage of your development, to impersonate three distinctly different life forms to maintain safety from predators. This is what the...

Soap bubbles freeze in the snow, a macro 4K video

Rion NakayaJanuary 13, 2022January 12, 2022

The surfaces of these soap bubbles are transformed by freezing cold temperatures in this macro 4K video by Russia-based photographer Anton Maltsev at Macro Motion. Watch as...

Milk Crate: Imagined woodworking by Omozoc

Rion NakayaJanuary 13, 2022January 12, 2022

Created with 2854 photos, this stop motion animation imagines the creation of a simple Milk Crate, created even more simply with kitchen utensils like a cleaver, a...

The circles and lines of Kamon, Japan’s traditional emblem designs

Rion NakayaJanuary 12, 2022January 14, 2022

Like a family crest or a logo, inherited generation after generation, Japan’s Kamon or Mon are traditional symbols that can represent a family; Ka meaning ‘family’ and...

Excavating the Rutland ‘Sea Dragon’ Fossil

Rion NakayaJanuary 11, 2022January 11, 2022

What first seemed like a pipe in the ground has revealed itself to be a rare paleontological find: A large and surprisingly complete ‘sea dragon’ fossil. The...

Rafflesia arnoldii, a bloom that smells like rotting meat

Rion NakayaJanuary 11, 2022January 10, 2022

Rafflesia arnoldii. At 111 centimeters (3.64 feet) and up to 15 kilograms (around 33 pounds), it’s the world’s largest flower. Colossal. Massive and malodorous. “It appears to...

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