Magic tricks rely on gaps in our perception and endure because the
vulnerabilities of the mind are so predictable.
Credit: Suslik1983/shutterstock
Monday, October 15, 2012
Imagining the Tenth Dimension - YouTube Video
A computer-generated rendering of a possible six-dimensional
geometry similar to those studied by UW-Madison physicist Gary Shiu.
Image: courtesy Andrew J. Hanson, Indiana University
Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Jump - Video Link Included
This image made from
video provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of
Austria as he jumps out of the capsule on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a
giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound
barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever — a tumbling,
death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico
desert.
(AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos)
Friday, August 31, 2012
Monkeys' Mistake Detector
A small part of a macaque’s brain is activated when it sees another
monkey making a mistake.
Credit: Elisabeth Aardema/iStockphoto
Airports That Speed Germs' Spread
A computer simulation of a disease outbreak shows that airports like
those in New York City and Los Angeles would help spread germs. Credit:
Christos Nicolaides/MIT
The First Moon Walker
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s official portrait for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
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