You might be under the mind control of parasites from your cat’s poop. Like, WHOA.
Chaos and geomagnetic reversals - a simulation of a model of the earth’s magnetic pole reversals over long periods of time (via Art of Science 2011 Gallery)
Magenta doesn’t exist as natural light - it doesn’t have a single wavelength. It’s a mass delusion that our brains invent to make believe that there’s a continuum of color between blue and red. Also: purple, lavender, and brown.
Scientific evidence for health supplements (I’m taking probiotics, fish oil, and vitamin D - nice to see that they all have some good evidence)
Genetic artist makes a “plantimal” by putting his own genes into a petunia to make “blood veins” in the petals.
DIY Cymatics - Sound wave patterns in water and non-newtonian fluid
I love the corn starch + water non-newtonian fluid trick and I love interesting uses of water vibration patterns. The combination is mind-blowing. Here are a few more examples. Even just water vibrations can be beautiful.
I haven’t loved fluid this much since the ferromagnetic fluid sculpture.
Actually, it’s not just fluid that’s interesting - salt on a flat vibrating surface makes a series of incredibly interesting patterns as you increase the frequency.
Oh, and the classic water-walking video got a treatment from mythbusters.
In other microwave news, this video let’s you see the pattern of microwave radiation.
Very fascinating podcast on language and thought, and some of the latest discoveries about them.
