February 17, 2016 at 7:19 pm
Picture of the Day: The Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin
At nearly 65 meters in length (213 ft), it is filled with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books
At nearly 65 meters in length (213 ft), it is filled with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” – Albert Einstein
He even tries to cheat at 2:22! Watch chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley play a trash talking guy in NYC’s Washington Square Park
Finally a place that understands me
This is a Levitron, a top that floats due to magnetism and gyroscopic stability. The wooden base contains a large ring shaped magnet that repels the top which is a small ring shaped magnet
Mesmerizing drone footage by Tim Whittaker shows hundreds of sheep being herded across the breathtaking grasslands of New Zealand
Coined as the ‘Superman memory crystal’, data is recorded via self-assembled nanostructures created in fused quartz
Locals have dubbed it, ‘the hand of God’
Traditional tailors usually take 20-30 measurements
Warning: contains scientific footage that may be considered graphic. Do not watch if blood or dissection makes you queasy
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