Another descent into the natural world by zefrank. This time, the odiferous, asphalt-cracking mycology of Phallaceae, or Stinkhorn mushrooms.
Previously: True Facts About Plant Hoppers
Author Archives: Chompsky
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Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Karma SC2 – a high-powered concept electric coupe with performance stats akin to those of the Aspark Owl. To wit: 1,100bhp, 0-100km/h in less than 1.9 seconds, 560km of range on a full charge and a staggering 14,236Nm of wheel torque.
The SC2 also has long-range radar, cameras, and FMCW lidar sensors for autonomous driving, and an adaptive laser projector for playback and sharing (while parked) of completed drives and simulations on famous racetracks.
No release date or pricing available as yet.
Behold: Arp 273 – a great interstellar battle featuring upper galaxy UGC 1810 and its smaller collisional neighbour UGC 1813. War is hell. To wit:
The overall shape of the UGC 1810 — in particular its blue outer ring — is likely a result of wild and violent gravitational interactions. The blue colour of the outer ring at the top is caused by massive stars that are blue hot and have formed only in the past few million years. The inner part of the upper galaxy — itself an older spiral galaxy — appears redder and threaded with cool filamentary dust. A few bright stars appear well in the foreground, unrelated to colliding galaxies, while several far-distant galaxies are visible in the background. Arp 273 lies about 300 million light years away toward the constellation of Andromeda. Quite likely, UGC 1810 will devour its galactic sidekicks over the next billion years and settle into a classic spiral form.
Salad Bowls
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Decorative porcelain vessels featuring incredibly delicate, part-stylised, part-realistic flower and leaf forms by Japanese artist Hitori Hosono.
Not dishwasher-safe, suitable for biscuits, car keys or eating Rice Krispies out of.
More of her work here.
You Move Me
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An impressive recent release from students of the prestigious French animation school GOBELINS, l’école de l’image featuring a scientist who finds his world falling apart after a strange encounter throws his lifelong skepticism into doubt.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt explores an alternative means of getting to space. To wit:
Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources. A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults spaceships from earth orbit into the depths of space.
Previously: Extreme And Violent Things
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An epic aerial sequence filmed at Liseberg Park in Gothenberg Sweden wherein racing drone flyer Viggo Koch skilfully remote-pilots his craft in pursuit of an (unoccupied) roller coaster.