All you need is some copper wire, a few magnets a battery and voila! A simple electric train you can make at home. However the best part of this video doesn’t happen until the very end… Best URL ever! Alternatively, you can subscribe to “AmazingScience 君” here.
This amazing graphic was created by Roberto Ziche and shows our solar system to scale. Roberto explains: “At the Chabot Space and Science Center there were some old, poor quality images, probably downloaded from internet and printed on office paper, showing the Sun and the planets to scale. I found the images content to…
Artwork by Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard | Photograph by Sanding Ovations Seen here is the 2014 Sanding Ovations Master Cup 1st Place Winner and People’s Choice Winner, Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard’s “Love Never Dies” sand sculpture. The 6th annual competition took place from November 19-23, 2014 in the beach town of Treasure Island, Florida. You can…
Shanghai Tango is an artist and illustrator from China. In an ongoing series of comics and doodles, Tango’s simple and clever drawings ‘say it all’ without saying a word. You can find all of the artist’s work on his Tumblr page, Shanghai Tango. [via Bored Panda] 1. Artwork by Shanghai Tango …
On 22 November 2014 Lionel Messi netted a hat-trick against Sevilla for his 251st, 252nd and 253rd goals, surpassing Telmo Zarra as the all-time leading scorer in La Liga. Zarra had held the previous record (251 goals) for nearly 60 years. It took Messi just 289 games to reach the record, his first goal…
Watch Cecil and Mallory Johnson snorkel with a group of majestic humpback whales off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 25 IMAGES – Thursday Friday! –…
Photograph by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team In some areas, winds tend to blow in roughly the same general direction all year. The Grand Erg Oriental, a sprawling sea of sand dunes in the Saharan Desert, is not one of them. The winds in northeastern Algeria tend to be complex and changing.…
Artist Hannah Rothstein imagines how 10 famous artists might plate a Thanksgiving dinner in this playful series that swaps paint on canvas for food on a dinner plate. 25 signed limited edition prints (16″ x 20″) are available for $75/each with 10% of proceeds being donated to the SF-Marin Food Bank. For more interesting…
Breathtaking aerial footage of the Dom Tower of Utrecht on a foggy day. At 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height, Dom Tower is the tallest church in the Netherlands. The Gothic-style tower is the symbol of the city and was built between 1221 and 1382.
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