NASA’s Sean Doran posted a new set of Jupiter shots imaged by the Juno probe , and they’re stunning: “What a blimmin’ gorgeous/diabolical planet. Smörgåsbord”
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NASA’s Sean Doran posted a new set of Jupiter shots imaged by the Juno probe , and they’re stunning: “What a blimmin’ gorgeous/diabolical planet. Smörgåsbord”
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The 12th-century Aberdeen Bestiary has just been digitally scanned and made available online. One of the most famous extant bestiaries, the new version includes newly-discovered details on the book’s production. (more…)
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New high-resolution scan of medieval Aberdeen Bestiary
iFixit Video always does informative overviews of new gadgets, like this nifty look at how Face ID work s. (more…)
Materials scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a way to etch nano-sized patterns into glass so that glare is nearly eliminated. Via c&en : To reduce the annoying glare from the surfaces of cell phones and eyeglasses, manufacturers often coat them with antireflective films. Yet these coatings are limited because they reduce the reflection of light only at certain optimal wavelengths. Now, by directly changing the morphology of glass in a process called nanotexturing, researchers can fabricate glass that cuts down on reflection from light across wide swaths of visible and infrared wavelengths, making the material close to invisible. The new glass could be useful in devices such as laser systems and solar cells, in which light loss causes inefficient performance.
Most Michelin-starred restaurants are on the pricey side, although you do hear of the occasional food truck that earns a star. But this food cart in Singapore, Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice, run by 52-year-old master chef Chan Hon Meng, serves the “cheapest Michelin-starred meal in the world,” at just $1.50. Now, if I can just afford a ticket to Singapore.
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A new scanning technique has revealed what scientists believe is an empty space within the Great Pyramid at Gizeh . While it might be an architectural feature intended to limit the load upon the hallway beneath it, it could be a huge room. They also detected a smaller void at a different spot in the pyramid. “We don’t know whether this big void is horizontal or inclined; we don’t know if this void is made by one structure or several successive structures,” explained Mehdi Tayoubi from the HIP Institute, Paris. “What we are sure about is that this big void is there; that it is impressive; and that it was not expected as far as I know by any sort of theory.” … Much of the uncertainty comes down to the rather imprecise data gained from muography. This non-invasive technique has been developed over the past 50 years to probe the interiors of phenomena as diverse as volcanoes and glaciers. It has even been used to investigate the failed nuclear reactors at Fukushima.
This stunning line of geologically-inspired jigsaw puzzles, named Geode, is the creation of Massachusetts-based generative design studio and retailer Nervous System . As described in their blog : Geode is a jigsaw puzzle inspired by the formation of agate, a colorful banded stone. Each puzzle is unique, emerging from a computer simulation that creates natural variations in the shape, pieces, and image. Hundreds of lasercut plywood pieces intertwine to form a challenging, maze-like puzzle. Each geode is a slice of an algorithmic rock. The puzzles are intricately cut in birch plywood, completely unique from each other, and available in two sizes (approx. 180 pieces for $60 and 370 pieces for $95 ). https://vimeo.com/239518266 ( My Modern Met )
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Geode jigsaw puzzles
London galleries — and some US dealers — have been hit by a rash of electronic thefts by crooks who take over the gallery’s email accounts and interrupt the transmission of invoices at the close of high-ticket sales, substituting fake invoices with throwaway bank accounts that close up and disappear after the money lands — then the crooks stay in the email, interrupting “where’s my money” emails and sending back fake replies assuring the galleries that the “buyer” is doing all they can to locate the rogue payment. (more…)
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YouTuber Brainiac75 got a lot of questions about the possible dangers of a supermagnet affecting the iron in his blood, so he did an experiment with real blood. (more…)
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Can a supermagnet dangerously affect the iron in blood?
It’s generally recognized that The Simpsons drifted from sharp comedy to cosy light entertainment as the years went by, and that a threshold was passed somewhere between seasons eight and eleven. Using data culled from IMDB and a contiguous cluster analysis, Nathan Cunn pinpoints the exact end of The Simpsons’ golden age to the half-hour: episode 11 of season 10 . This particular way of seeing things condemns no particular episode’s sins, merely putting a statistical dividing point between Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken and Sunday Cruddy Sunday . Compare to The Principal and the Pauper , the season 9 episode traditionally identified as the shark-jumper, which in this chart is a controversial blip on the road to all the disengaged meta to come. It’s remarkable that the show managed to go for over nine seasons, and over 200 episodes, with an average rating of 8.2. The latter seasons, in contrast, have an average rating of 6.9, with only three episodes in the latter 400+ episodes achieving a rating higher than the average golden age episode—those episodes being Trilogy of Error, Holidays of Futured Passed, and Barthood. Given that the ratings approximately follow a Gaussian distribution, we expect (and, indeed, observe) that roughly half of the golden age episodes exceeded this mean value. Although The Simpsons isn’t quite the show it once was, the decline in the show’s latter seasons is more testament to the impossibly high standards set by the earlier seasons than it is an indictment of what the show became. Nonetheless, the author also posits that further declines in standards may be masked after a certain point by survivorship bias : votes coming only from fans whose perception of quality won’t change so long as the quantity remains. On the other hand, internet ratings are not the be-all and end-all of America’s collective critical faculties, either.
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Cluster analysis shows that the golden age of The Simpsons ended in Season 10