https://youtu.be/O2PW-rJF7c4 London-based couple Filippo and Marianna’s self-isolation project calls to mind artist (and museum curator) Bill Scanga’s At the Met, exhibited nearly 20 years ago as part of the group show Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now known as MoMA PS1). Scanga’s installation involved hanging mini-replicas of works from the Metropolitan Museum’s American…… Continue reading Art Museum for Gerbils – Pandoro & Tiramisù Gerbils
Month: April 2020
The Story of Physics – Dara O’Briain
https://youtu.be/W0PqyT9IU_g Balls, pendulums, apples and magnets all played their part in the story of modern physics, but then things got weird. And when Albert Einstein combined time and space, things got even weirder – step forward quantum uncertainty, black holes and the Big Bang. This short animation, The Story of Physics, is one in a series of simplified historical summaries from the BBC2’s…… Continue reading The Story of Physics – Dara O’Briain
Animated Science: Periodic Table – Luis Perez
https://youtu.be/xcxZdl24ULo Celebrate the periodic table’s 150th anniversary with this episode of Animated Science, a series produced by the Universitat de Barcelona and animator Luis Pérez. Follow the main character as he struggles to understand the periodic table, the elements, and chemistry for the first time. After a rough start, he listens to the teacher and, with some contemplation, begins to understand how everything is made from atoms and…… Continue reading Animated Science: Periodic Table – Luis Perez
Tooth Fairy Economics – Planet Money
https://youtu.be/NriGqGpi8N8 Earlier this week, the Prime Minister of New Zealand declared the Tooth Fairy an essential worker. But how much is the tooth fairy paying these days? And what does that mean for the economy?
Quark in Quarantine
Been watching a lot of Deep Space Nine lately, and wanted to share this cute picture from reddit user Kirby1701-D.
Manual Pushback of 747-400
https://twitter.com/hondudiario/status/1243676223483641864?s=20 While overall demand for air travel is low at the moment, we are seeing a number of rescue and repatriation flights to pick up stranded travelers, as well as a bunch of extra cargo flights to get supplies around. Wamos Air is a Spanish charter airline that has a fleet of over a dozen…… Continue reading Manual Pushback of 747-400
Orangutans Playing with Otters – CNN & Pairi Daiza Zoo
From CNN: Otterly adorable: 24-year-old Ujian seems smitten with his little friends. A zoo in Belgium has shared some amazing photos of a blossoming friendship between a family of orangutans and their otter neighbors. The animals live together at Pairi Daiza zoo in Domaine du Cambron, as part of a program designed to maintain the primates’ wellbeing in captivity.…… Continue reading Orangutans Playing with Otters – CNN & Pairi Daiza Zoo
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