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Pic of the Day: Best Aurora of 2012?
This picture was taken on March 8, 2012 in Faskrudsfjordur, Iceland, and has been included in Twister Sifter’s Top 50 Pictures of the Day for 2012, labelled as “the most incredible aurora of 2012”....
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Pic of the Day: Artificial Hand from the 1500s
This ingenious artifact is made of iron, has movable fingers and an internal ratchet. It weights around half a kilo (1 lb), according to MyArmoury website, and is estimated to have been built around...
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Pic of the Day: Felix Baumgartner Jumps from the Edge of Space
Austrian skydiving expert Felix Baumgartner finally jumped on Sunday morning from an altitude of 39,045 meters, breaking three records: First man to break the speed of sound in freefall, highest...
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Data Visualization: Safest Seat on a Plane
According to Popular Mechanics website, “the farther back you sit, the better your odds of survival.” They studied every commercial jet crash in the United States since 1971, and checked the survival...
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Pic of the Day: Stunning Planetary Nebulas
This image shows four planetary nebulas as captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. As explained in Chandra’s website, a planetary nebula represents a phase of stellar evolution: “When a star...
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Pic of the Day: Aerial View of Grand Prismatic Spring
This hot spring, located in Yellowstone National Park, is the third largest in the world. It is about 250 by 300 feet (80 by 90 m) in size and 160 feet (50 m) deep. The vivid colors are the result of...
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Pic of the Day: Moonrise and Temple of Poseidon
Chris Kotsiopoulos captures amazing pictures which he posts on his website Greek Sky. This one was made at Sounio, in Greece, and shows a last quarter moonrise and the temple of Poseidon. Click on the...
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Double DNA-Helix Captured On a Photo For the First Time
Close up of DNA double helix, photo by Enzo di Fabrizio (2012) The general structure of DNA is well-known to most people: almost everyone will get a flash of two intertwined strings with coloured lines...
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Saving Face: The Psychology Of Sunglasses And Facial Moisturizer
How people cope with embarrassment through material products. Always wondered why some people just love moisturizing cream and those enormous sunglasses? A new study shows it could be embarrassment....
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The Olympic Effect: Will Sochi Really Benefit?
Studies show clear benefits from hosting the Olympic Games. With all the negative news in the overture to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, the Russian government is probably hoping for a flawless...
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