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neuroimages:

Computer simulation of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex. Michael Häusser/ Wired

meladoodle:

we’re terribly sorry, but you can’t put your disobedient child in the stowaway luggage, you’re just going to have to carry on your wayward son

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gandalfey:

Harry Potter + fire

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gif-machine:

How the heart works

fantastic gifs

Josh Nichols = me

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madnessinthemusic:

duce-juice:

Can someone from the sciencey side of tumblr please explain this ?

This is called shape memory. It’s made from an alloy of titanium and nickel (I believe it’s called nitinol). It has the ability to “remember” the shape it’s taken.

When cold you can bend it whatever which way, but once you heat it (or in this case put it in what I presume is hot water) it will take the original shape.

donttrustmeimaliar:

minecraftgifs:

Source

bottledearth:

Caddisfly larvae build protective cases using materials found in their environment. Artist Hubert Duprat supplied them with gold leaf and precious stones. This is what they created.

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astrogasmic:

Vortex Rings

A vortex ring, also called a toroidal vortex, is a torus shaped vortex in a fluid; that is, a region where the fluid mostly spins around an imaginary axis line that forms a closed loop. The dominant flow in a vortex ring is said to be toroidal, more precisely poloidal.

Vortex rings are plentiful in turbulent flows of liquids and gases, but are rarely noticed unless the motion of the fluid is revealed by suspended particles—as in the smoke rings which are often produced intentionally or accidentally by smokers. Fiery vortex rings are also a commonly produced trick by fire eaters. Visible vortex rings can also formed by the firing of certain artillery, in mushroom clouds, and in microbursts.

A vortex ring usually tends to move in a direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the ring and such that the inner edge of the ring moves faster forward than the outer edge. Within a stationary body of fluid, a vortex ring can travel for relatively long distance, carrying the spinning fluid with it.

And did you know that even volcanoes can create vortex rings? (If you haven’t seen the post I just linked to yet, where the hell have you been?!)

But it is generally agreed that the finest examples of vortex rings are those created by our friends from Middle Earth, the Hobbits. ;)

janetdevlinoffic:

Always remember that you are not worthless, organs are extremely expensive on the black market

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Jon Stewart, explaining to young people why books are awesome.

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buttduchess:

i ain’t sayin’ she a gold-digger, but she did move west to california in 1849

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livetomakeadifference:

narpoop:

fuckyeah1990s:

Eventually I’m going to gif every joke Carlos tells on Magic School Bus…

can we just talk about Keesha’s face though

Keesha’s 1200% done with your shit, Carlos.

apatheticghost:

my dad just yelled “IT SOUNDS LIKE YOURE MAKING OUT WITH SOMEONE YOU BETTER NOT HAVE A BOY IN THERE”

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