Snippets, Images & Anything Worth Sharing

Ok, so I've decided to start this new, sticky thread. I've been using StumbleUpon a lot lately, and because of it I've come across so many interesting and fascinating snippets of articles, facts, images and animations, and a huge variety of other things. These things, on their own, don't really deserve a thread of their own; most people probably wouldn't start a new thread to share such a small thing. Hence, this thread.

Please continue to post articles and larger bodies of information in new threads in the forum itself, thanks.

So, I'll get started with the next post.

The first two of the three links below are images which are too large to embed, and the third link is a small interactive program.

The Tree of Life

Journeys to the Planets

The Planets

Earthhorse

That third link you posted was amazing.

WanderingSoul

Earthhorse wrote: »

That third link you posted was amazing.

I agree. I use stumbleupon a lot so hopefully I'll come across something to post soon.

EDIT: Found some things in my favourites.

The Anatomy of a Black Hole.

13 more things that don't make sense

anucksunamun

I also am a fan of the stumble

I thought this was beautiful.
http://www.makingmemagazine.com/index.php/2010/02/invisible/

Earthhorse

NY Times interactive graph showing how recession has affected different social groups.

An infinite photograph:

I just found this photograph on the National Geographic website. Take a look at it, as the name implies, it's really an infinite photograph.

lil_lisa

That's using the Microsoft Silverlight program I think, thats pretty cool.

Patri

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/25Ivyg/www.dothedaft.com/idaft/

Thought that was fun

Reeni

Autistic girl expresses profound intelligience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq--75v4lI8

The biggest stars in the universe - a comparison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcz4vGvoxQA

lil_lisa

I spent my morning in work looking at documentaries on this family after seeing Reeni's link, it's heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.

jkforde

would love to be that person, unreal view

http://twitpic.com/2sapus/full

Michellenman

Reeni wrote: »

Autistic girl expresses profound intelligience
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq--75v4lI8

Can you embed this? The link is giving me a 404 unfound for some reason.

jkforde

another image from the ISS cupola... ISS going through the Aurora Australis :eek:

http://www.esa.int/esaHS/SEMG2856JGG_index_mg_7_s.html

Turtwig

What's a day - deceptively simple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCyTNpcDTUM

What's a year -deceptively simple also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhqzW97_47w

The scale of everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTHN_eQaEaI

Blaise Pascal - An often unappreciated genius.


DNA from the perspective of a Coder.



The Greatest Story Ever Told, but rarely ever heard properly. (Maybe a little detailed, but if you managed the coding section, then this series should a be a cakewalk.

And finally some misconceptions about the Big Bang.

Nulty

23min video on the idea of infinty, where it started, examples, implications for understanding our universe etc etc.

The YT channel has more stuff like it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1JpC5jels

keane2097

Great thread, keep sharing guys

jkforde

this is a good YT playlist of a program called Dangerous Knowledge by a producer named David Malone on four C20th mathematicians that aren't as well known as they should be; the last presented is Turing who's infamous for all the wrong tabloid-type reasons! :rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-zNRNcF90

This is a pretty amazing opitical illusion. I've seem similar illusions before, but none as dramatic as this.

Here's the image:



In the above, the two centre regions of both crosses are the same colour. The centre appears a greyish-blue on the left cross, and yellow on the right. Yet, strangely, they're both the exact same colour. It just shows you how subject and fallible our own senses can be.