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  • Zoom into the Mandelbrot set

    The fashion of drawing fractals is a memory of the past (it was probably linked to the first appearance of computers able to collate the computing power for the needed calculations and the display capacity for complex images). But the pleasure is all mine to find this HD video which sends us into a Mandelbrot…

  • SixthSense

    The TED Talk conferences are often a great moment of technologie accessible to the largest numbers and an opportunity for the démonstration of what could be our future if the great thinkers of our time work on it. The following conference (from Pranav Mistry) wants to give us a rought idea of perspectives opened by…

  • Giant aquarium in Japan

    An enormous aquarium in Japan (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium). YouTube link Think about it: Some divers dream of meeting a Whale Sharks. Here, you can meet four of them!

  • The day of all beards

    The day of all beards

    Beards, they are amazing, full of surprises, flowering with novelty. Do you want some evidence? You can join the competition for the beard holding the largest number of wooden toothpicks: If you feel a pinch, don’t accuse the beard! In order to stay on the competition field, there was this beard contest in Alaska in…

  • Hug a shark today!

    Sharks are amazing killing machines, very efficient predators of the seas. But they are not only that. They also have some behaviors that could be described as interesting, astonishing, amazing, curious or mind-boggling (depending on your state of mind and what you think about the interaction between sharks and divers). YouTube link May I parallel…

  • Halloween in space

    Halloween in space

    There are not only creepy aliens in space (where no one can hear you scream). There are also monster-shaped galaxies. Thanks to NASA.

  • Maglev trains: Toys and games

    Magnetic levitation is considered by some as the future of train technology. Several real trains have actually been created (the German industry has been a pioneer and is in a strong competition with Japan for the development of such MagLev trains or Magnetic Levitation trains). But did you really see how it works? It’s easy.…

  • How babies are made

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  • Extraordinary Chinese health notice

    Extraordinary Chinese health notice

    You can’t read Chinese? That’s a pity. You would learn from this official announcement that some foods should not be eaten together (it is not clear how the exact risk was identified, though). According to Xinjiang, the list of terrible mixtures is: Pork + water chestnuts = a stomach ache Beef + chestnuts = vomiting…