Mind-Blowing, Science

Zoom In On A Tooth

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Only 25 million times magnification? You can’t do better than that??

Posted on 08.20.09 · Tagged with

Science, Technology

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field In 3D

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An animation rendered using the measured redshift of all 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. Every galaxy in the image is in its proper distance as viewed from the telescope line of sight.

Posted on 08.13.09 · Tagged with

Mind-Blowing, Science, Technology

Did You Know?

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A dizzying array of fascinating statistics, presented just slowly enough to…nah, you’d have to watch this 50 times to absorb it all.

Posted on 08.07.09 · Tagged with

Science

Making Water Safe To Drink

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Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.

Posted on 08.06.09 · Tagged with