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Pink Eye.

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:25:44 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: gotta love illusions!

Clip Source: www.joe-ks.com

Rotating Illusion - Pink Eye Trick

follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one colour - pink

stare at the black

“+”

moving dot turns to green

concentrate on the black “+”

pink dots will slowly disappear,

only see only a single green dot rotating

Tags: illusions, illusion, optical

If Spiders Took Drugs...

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:53:02 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: Just in case you've ever wondered... This is what webs spiders make when they're high. (They were fed with drug-dosed flies)

Clip Source: www.cannabis.net

NETS MADE BY SPIDERS FED
ON DRUG-DOSED FLIES

web of a spider on LSD

web of a spider on mescaline

web of a spider on hashish

web of a spider on caffeine

Tags: spiders, drugs, spiderwebs

Our Atmosphere

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:23:30 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: =)

Clip Source: www.sharek.com

Tags: global warming, greenhouse gasses, earth, atmosphere

Element Party

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:03:45 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: Why can't they show us this at school?

Clip Source: uk.youtube.com

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Tags: science, funny, humor, party, elements

Green, Foldable Motorcycle

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:55:51 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: oh, I want one!

Clip Source: devicedaily.com

Sun Fold Bike - The Green And Foldable Motorcycle

It’s called Sun Fold Bike and it’s powered thanks to the solar panels which will absorb the energy coming from the sun. If it’s night outside, then don’t worry as the energy in excess will be stored so that it can be used when the sun doesn’t shine.

the materials have to be extremely lighweight because not all the people are weightlifting world champions.

Briksdalsbreen Glacier Thinnage...

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:00:31 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain

Clip Source: envisense.org

Briksdalsbreen glacier

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Nov. 2006

April 2007

Salt Water + Cancer Cure = Maybe.

Sat, 17 May 2008 04:55:57 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain

Clip Source: video.stumbleupon.com

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Will it Blend

Sat, 17 May 2008 04:49:25 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: lol, that's so stupid! Yet, somehow... entertaining...

Clip Source: video.stumbleupon.com

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"4x4" Rip Saw

Sat, 17 May 2008 04:44:24 GMT

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Clip Source: video.stumbleupon.com

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Largest Digging Machine in the World!

Mon, 05 May 2008 10:48:51 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: zomigosh!!!1

Clip Source: www.swapmeetdave.com

World's Largest Digging Machine

The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)

Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)

It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million

Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute

Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day

Most Complicated Watches In the World

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:48:01 GMT

clipped by: birdie-brain
clipper's remarks: ooh I want the first one

Clip Source: www.popgive.com

Mental workout 'boosts the brain'

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:08:10 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks:

Even the slower-witted among us can improve mental agility with a few daily brain teasers, a study suggests.

Now we need to figure out how get them to participate.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

For those who hate crosswords but still fancy shining at work - fear not.

The US-Swiss team behind the research say computer-based tests, which challenge the individual according to ability, may be more effective.

Some 35 volunteers were given daily exercises lasting around 25 minutes, while 35 further participants were spared the "brain boot camp".

The better one did, the harder it became, but when mistakes were made, the computer stopped being so demanding.

When confronted with a series of problems unrelated to the computer tasks, those who had been tested performed better than their untested contemporaries

"The difference was most pronounced in those who had been slower to start with, but the mental ability of everyone who had taken part improved," said Professor Walter Perrig of the University of Bern, who carried out the study with colleagues from the University of Michigan.

such stimulation prompts brain cells to start branching out and form new connections with other cells

Tags: brain boosters

5 Easy Ways to Save the Planet - Just Reminding You

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:01:40 GMT

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Clip Source: uk.youtube.com

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You Can't Travel Back in Time, Scientists Say

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:43:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.livescience.com

You Can't Travel Back in Time, Scientists Say

By Sara Goudarzi, LiveScience Staff Writer

07 March 2007 09:01 am ET

The urge to hug a departed loved one again or prevent atrocities are among the compelling reasons that keep the notion of time travel alive in the minds of many.

While the idea makes for great fiction, some scientists now say traveling to the past is impossible.

There are a handful of scenarios that theorists have suggested for how one might travel to the past, said Brian Greene, author of the bestseller, “The Elegant Universe” and a physicist at Columbia University.“And almost all of them, if you look at them closely, brush up right at the edge of physics as we understand it. Most of us think that almost all of them can be ruled out.”

The bending of space-time causes objects to move on a curved path and that curvature of space is what we know as gravity.

n physics, time is described as a dimension

Space and time are tangled together

go backwards or forwards

time doesn’t

Tags: time, time-travel, dimensions, space-time

Line your walls with books to save heat

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:26 GMT

clipped by: ericskiff
clipper's remarks: Kill trees to make books to line your walls to save the planet

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

The editorial staff of the UK's Bookseller magazine want you to know that lining your exterior walls with books is practically a moral imperative, since it reduces your energy costs and saves the world. You don't have to tell me -- I've been lining my walls with books for decades.

"Books are the original insulator. A shelf of books along an outside wall works well to prevent heat escaping,"

Link (Thanks, wiseGEEK!)