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🚨: A petri dish of human brain cells just learned to play DOOM

🚨: A petri dish of human brain cells just learned to play DOOM

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Quantum physics says that you can never actually touch anything.

Quantum physics says that you can never actually touch anything.

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At the atomic level, nothing ever truly touches. What we feel as ‘touch’ is our brain interpreting electromagnetic repulsion. The object is real, the sensation is a constructed illusion.

At the atomic level, nothing ever truly touches. What we feel as ‘touch’ is our brain interpreting electromagnetic repulsion. The object is real, the sensation is a constructed illusion.

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slow motion caustics

slow motion caustics

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It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains.

It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains.

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🚨: A civilization 2,000 light-years away pointing a powerful enough telescope at Earth right now would see the Roman Empire. They'd see Jesus alive.

🚨: A civilization 2,000 light-years away pointing a powerful enough telescope at Earth right now would see the Roman Empire. They'd see Jesus alive.

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What would you do in this situation?

What would you do in this situation?

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708 GB image of the Moon 🌑 📸 daryavaseum

708 GB image of the Moon 🌑 📸 daryavaseum

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How Long Would It Take to Reach the Moon in a Straight Line?

How Long Would It Take to Reach the Moon in a Straight Line?

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If you drove a car at 60 mph, it would take you over 5,700 years to reach this spot. New Horizons spacecraft got this view after traveling for 9 years and covered 3 billion miles. These mountains are 11,000 feet tall, but they aren't made of rock. At -380°F, water-ice becomes as hard as solid granite. You are looking at a world so cold that the nitrogen you breathe freezes into solid, moving glaciers. 🌍

If you drove a car at 60 mph, it would take you over 5,700 years to reach this spot. New Horizons spacecraft got this view after traveling for 9 years and covered 3 billion miles. These mountains are 11,000 feet tall, but they aren't made of rock. At -380°F, water-ice becomes as hard as solid granite. You are looking at a world so cold that the nitrogen you breathe freezes into solid, moving glaciers. 🌍

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Absolutely insane view of our Moon. Look at that detail.

Absolutely insane view of our Moon. Look at that detail.

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This is how corn grows...

This is how corn grows...

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This single-celled protozoan passing though another one under a microscope

This single-celled protozoan passing though another one under a microscope

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This Man Trusted Physics By Being Ejected At 80 Km/h From A Riding Truck Running At 80 Km/h 🤯

This Man Trusted Physics By Being Ejected At 80 Km/h From A Riding Truck Running At 80 Km/h 🤯

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Heartbeat visualized. A literal, "non-electronic" readout of the engine keeping you alive.

Heartbeat visualized. A literal, "non-electronic" readout of the engine keeping you alive.

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People don't realize how absurd this view actually is. A camera. On a robot. On Mars. Built by humans on a planet 140 million miles away, launched on a rocket, landed using a sky crane, and now driving across an alien desert taking pictures so detailed you can count the rocks. 100 years ago, your great-grandparents thought airplanes were a miracle. You are scrolling past Mars on your phone.

People don't realize how absurd this view actually is. A camera. On a robot. On Mars. Built by humans on a planet 140 million miles away, launched on a rocket, landed using a sky crane, and now driving across an alien desert taking pictures so detailed you can count the rocks. 100 years ago, your great-grandparents thought airplanes were a miracle. You are scrolling past Mars on your phone.

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After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto.

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While you slept last night, completely motionless in your bed, our galaxy shifted millions of kilometers through the cosmos. You woke up in the same room, on the same planet, but unimaginably far from where you were the night before. The Milky Way does not glide silently through the universe. It is racing through space at about 600 kilometers per second, carrying with it billions of stars, planets, and everything they contain on the journey. It is a good reminder that, even when life seems motionless, you are always in motion.

While you slept last night, completely motionless in your bed, our galaxy shifted millions of kilometers through the cosmos. You woke up in the same room, on the same planet, but unimaginably far from where you were the night before. The Milky Way does not glide silently through the universe. It is racing through space at about 600 kilometers per second, carrying with it billions of stars, planets, and everything they contain on the journey. It is a good reminder that, even when life seems motionless, you are always in motion.

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Thousands of generations of humans lived and died never knowing what a sunset looked like anywhere but Earth. You're in the first generation that doesn't have to. This is a sunset on Mars. 140 million miles away from us.

Thousands of generations of humans lived and died never knowing what a sunset looked like anywhere but Earth. You're in the first generation that doesn't have to. This is a sunset on Mars. 140 million miles away from us.

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How Long Would It Take to Reach the Moon in a Straight Line?

How Long Would It Take to Reach the Moon in a Straight Line?

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How Bones Heal After a Fracture

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Everyone's out here waiting for aliens to arrive. WE are the aliens. A camera we built is orbiting mars right now, staring into a crater no living thing has ever seen. crossed the void, showed up unannounced, peeked inside. In this story we're the visitors from another world. and honestly? kinda iconic of us 🪐

Everyone's out here waiting for aliens to arrive. WE are the aliens. A camera we built is orbiting mars right now, staring into a crater no living thing has ever seen. crossed the void, showed up unannounced, peeked inside. In this story we're the visitors from another world. and honestly? kinda iconic of us 🪐

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A living piece of history is swimming beneath the Arctic ice. This Greenland shark has been alive since 1627. It was born before Isaac Newton🦈

A living piece of history is swimming beneath the Arctic ice. This Greenland shark has been alive since 1627. It was born before Isaac Newton🦈

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This is Mars! 🪐🤯 It’s honestly terrifying how much this looks like a random desert on Earth. Just a casual 225 million miles away. The clarity is unreal.

This is Mars! 🪐🤯 It’s honestly terrifying how much this looks like a random desert on Earth. Just a casual 225 million miles away. The clarity is unreal.

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It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains.

It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains.

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"Starship will take humanity to Mars" - Elon Musk

"Starship will take humanity to Mars" - Elon Musk

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This is what the sky from Earth might look like if TON 618, the second largest known black hole in the universe, were as close as Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to our Solar System. That's 25 trillion miles away from us.

This is what the sky from Earth might look like if TON 618, the second largest known black hole in the universe, were as close as Alpha Centauri, the closest stellar system to our Solar System. That's 25 trillion miles away from us.

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This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

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Absolutely insane view of our Moon. Look at that detail.

Absolutely insane view of our Moon. Look at that detail.

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Raw footage of the 1958 underwater Nuclear bomb test

Raw footage of the 1958 underwater Nuclear bomb test

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The invisible Glass experiment Scientists once placed a transparent glass barrier inside an aquarium. On one side was a fierce pike, and on the other side were several smaller fish swimming freely. When the hungry pike saw the smaller fish, it immediately rushed forward to attack. Bang. It slammed straight into the glass and bounced back. Confused, the pike kept trying again and again, but every attempt ended the same way. The repeated collisions injured its head and knocked off some of its scales. Eventually, the pike became frightened and retreated to a corner of the tank. After some time, the scientists quietly removed the glass barrier. The smaller fish now swam freely throughout the aquarium, even brushing against the pike’s mouth. But the pike never tried to eat them again. Even though it was hungry, it refused to attack. In its mind, the invisible wall was still there. A few days later, the pike reportedly died of starvation, surrounded by food. This phenomenon is often referred to as the Pike Effect or Pike Syndrome. It’s often used as a metaphor for how repeated failure can create invisible limits in the mind.

The invisible Glass experiment Scientists once placed a transparent glass barrier inside an aquarium. On one side was a fierce pike, and on the other side were several smaller fish swimming freely. When the hungry pike saw the smaller fish, it immediately rushed forward to attack. Bang. It slammed straight into the glass and bounced back. Confused, the pike kept trying again and again, but every attempt ended the same way. The repeated collisions injured its head and knocked off some of its scales. Eventually, the pike became frightened and retreated to a corner of the tank. After some time, the scientists quietly removed the glass barrier. The smaller fish now swam freely throughout the aquarium, even brushing against the pike’s mouth. But the pike never tried to eat them again. Even though it was hungry, it refused to attack. In its mind, the invisible wall was still there. A few days later, the pike reportedly died of starvation, surrounded by food. This phenomenon is often referred to as the Pike Effect or Pike Syndrome. It’s often used as a metaphor for how repeated failure can create invisible limits in the mind.

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Putting chemicals in a drop of water

Putting chemicals in a drop of water

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How long could you survive Crucifixion?

How long could you survive Crucifixion?

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Nothing prepares you for how insane this is: In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner used a jetpack to fly completely untethered in space and capture a falling satellite with his hands.

Nothing prepares you for how insane this is: In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner used a jetpack to fly completely untethered in space and capture a falling satellite with his hands.

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This is Mars! 140 million miles away!

This is Mars! 140 million miles away!

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Adrastea, natural satellite of Jupiter. [SpaceEngine sim]

Adrastea, natural satellite of Jupiter. [SpaceEngine sim]

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This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

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After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto.

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If the Milky Way was the size of North America, the Sun would be:

If the Milky Way was the size of North America, the Sun would be:

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Meet Daphnis, a tiny moon of Saturn. A rock barely the size of a city is violently carving a 26-mile-wide trench through millions of tons of planetary debris. Pure gravitational dominance suspended in absolute silence. [SpaceEngine sim]

Meet Daphnis, a tiny moon of Saturn. A rock barely the size of a city is violently carving a 26-mile-wide trench through millions of tons of planetary debris. Pure gravitational dominance suspended in absolute silence. [SpaceEngine sim]

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