How Animals See the World. The human eye is pretty amazing, but there are some things it cannot do such as see ultraviolet light or detect images at a great distance. The visual capabilities on non-human creatures can help to open our eyes to the possibilities beyond our limited sight. This infographic, published by Mezzmer, looks at vision from some animal’s point of view. [Click here for full size version] Embed This Image On Your Site (copy code below): <div style="clear:both"><a href=" src=" alt="How Animals See the World" border="0" /></a></div><div>Courtesy of: <a href=" Journal</a></div> About the Author (Author Profile)
The Scale of the Universe 2. Explore the planet Mars with realistic Mars habitats, rockets, ground cars and robots. Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe. SolarBeat. Murphy's Law Calculator. Murphy's Law Calculator From a formula for * Sod's Law provided by British Gas: ((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10)) "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong!
" Find out in advance whether you will be able to successfully repair your VCR, get to a meeting on time, impress your date, or be a success at any activity whatsoever ! Score: 2.138 Risk Factor: 15.8 You have a 21% chance of screwing this up ! British Gas commissioned Dr David Lewis, a chartered psychologist; Dr Keylan Leyser, an economist and business consultant; and Philip Obadya, a mathematician, to devise the formula. Murphy's Law Links: Note: Murphy's Law has long been known in the UK as "Sod's Law". 2012 March 12 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive. Discover the cosmos!
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 March 12 The Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation Credit & Copyright: Cary & Michael Huang Explanation: What does the universe look like on small scales? On large scales? Tomorrow's picture: dust before galaxies Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important NoticesA service of:ASD at NASA / GSFC& Michigan Tech. Meet the Bloop, the mysterious sound from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. No mention of the Quackers?
This one's a doozy... During the cold war, Soviet subs patrolling the northern seas were regularly followed by mysterious somethings moving at high speeds, emitting strange sounds and apparently invinsible to sonar. They were at their height during the 70s, then talied off and finally vanished at some point in the 80s. To this day, nobody has come up with a convincing explanation, but the three main suggestions are something technological (presumably some sort of US surveillance craft), but that seems unlikely, given that nothing with their capabilities exists publically even now, some sort of unidentified animal, which seems unlikely due to the speeds they were moving at if nothing else, or of course, aliens, which seems unlikely because aliens. [en.wikipedia.org](sound) Photopic Sky Survey. Ancestry5_large.jpg (JPEG Image, 3000×1536 pixels) - Scaled (55%)
The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less. Quantum fluctuation.
Inflation. Expansion. Strong nuclear interaction. Particle-antiparticle annihilation. Deuterium and helium production. Copyright 1996-1997 by Eric Schulman. This piece was the inspiration for the book A Briefer History of Time and led to the Annals of Improbable Research Universal History Translation Project. Interested in learning more about any of these events?