Content Aware Fill

If have been online the past days, this is what everyone is talking about. Real? Fake? Yep, this IS real, no hoaxes. Btw: I request "content aware" to be nominated for word of the year.







Checking out "content aware scaling" on Youtube is also worth a look.

Rationalist Rapping

Science ist interesting - and if you don't agree, you can f...

The Fairy Scientist

"Children are natural scientists - filled with wonder and curiosity, they yearn to know about the world around them. Join Fairy Scientist, Lydia as she sets out to discover the secret world of Fairies."

Steve Jurvetson: The joy of rockets

Amazing what some backyard rocket scientist can do these days!

Tornado

Tornadoes can be quite destructive, but beautfiul as well.

Time-lapse video of glacier movement... from below

The simplest of tools are often the best

The Periodic Table of Videos

The Periodic Table of Videos ist a great Youtube channel by a Nottingham chemistry professor about all kinds of fascinating chemicals. I highly recommend browsing his channel. This one is about tea science.

Clifford Stoll - 18 minutes about... well, I can't really explain

Cliff Stoll is an astronomer and was one of the heads behind the investigation of the Markus Hess / Karl Koch hacks to sell U.S. military information to the KGB in 1986. He wrote a book and a TV documentary was made called "The KGB, the Computer, and Me", which is available here. He is also known for his "weird, but lovable scientist" demeanour and for making Klein bottles. And for lots more. I wish my science teacher was like that.

Ant city uprooted

How can you show the complexities and beauty of an underground ant city?
Easy - just pour in some concrete.

Math teacher draws a perfect freehand circle

This is truly one useful ability when teaching geometry.

Pepcon disaster, one of the biggest explosions in U.S. history

Rarely do we get the chance to see the effects of a large shockwave in real life or even caught on tape. One of these events was the Pepcon disaster 1988, a detonating fuel plant that made rocket propellent. Unfortunately, two lives were lost in the event, though one could argue that two fatalities is almost a small toll in such a disaster. Watch:

A Brief History of Pretty Much Everything

Great flipbook film, made by an art school student. It really does some up the history of everything, made with 2100 sheets of paper and a ballpoint pen. The Pythonesque ending is the cherry on the cake.

Physics in India

I feel sorry for the horses... and for Newton.