Posts tagged science

lustax:

The Atomic Nucleus by mrkism on Flickr.

Quantum levitation. When a superconductor meets a magnetic field, you get this weird bit of awesome physics.  More examples at quantumlevitation.com

Very neat series of photos in this article about ants whose translucent abdomens show you what they’ve been munching on.

Very neat series of photos in this article about ants whose translucent abdomens show you what they’ve been munching on.

freshphotons:

Holding steady: The wood or heathland ant holding a microchip in its toothed (serrated) mandibles. The wood ant is social, and acts as a slave for the blood-red ant Formica sanguine. Via.

freshphotons:

Holding steady: The wood or heathland ant holding a microchip in its toothed (serrated) mandibles. The wood ant is social, and acts as a slave for the blood-red ant Formica sanguine. Via.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Albert Einstein
Been wishing on first star you see at night & your wishes not coming true? That’s because it’s a planet: Jupiter
Neil deGrasse Tyson (via Twitter @neiltyson)

Peripetics

From Zeitguised

Arthur C. Clarke, 1964.

via freshphotons
haydenhunter:

Seen these posters floating round the tubes for the past forever. Yes, another post about them cause they’re just that good.
Under The Milky Way poster series by Ross Berens. (via Ministry of Type)

haydenhunter:

Seen these posters floating round the tubes for the past forever. Yes, another post about them cause they’re just that good.

Under The Milky Way poster series by Ross Berens. (via Ministry of Type)