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Historical Popular Vote Maps

interrobang — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:42:56 -0800

Electoral maps, going all the way back to the beginning.

Wet photography

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:57:21 -0800

Bamiyan Oil Paintings

homunculus — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:20:20 -0800

Ancient Buddhist Paintings From Bamiyan Were Made Of Oil, Hundreds Of Years Before Technique Was 'Invented' In Europe. [Via Monkey Filter.] Previous posts on ancient Buddhist murals.

Don't Panic

homunculus — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:30:43 -0800

Man buried alive saved by air trapped in his hat. [Via MoFi.]

Liquid Bounce

math — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:57:53 -0800

At the University of Texas, researchers have produced some amazing videos and photos of liquid bouncing on liquid. This was one of nature.com's Images of the Year for 2007 (picture number 6, in the upper-right corner). The project report, along with pictures and videos, is found on their bouncing jet page, and it's quite extraordinary both for the counter-intuitive nature of the phenomenon and the extremely low-tech production methods. You can even do it at home with little more than a lazy Susan and some silicone oil. Amazingly enough, Matthew Thrasher, one of the researchers involved, wrote his master's thesis (and later his PhD thesis) on this experiment. Oh, and his high school science fair project, while unrelated, is also pretty cool. There's something quite satisfying about this kind of DIY science.

Neatorama!

homunculus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:05:19 -0800

The 10 Neatest Articles of 2007.

Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age

Soup — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:06:16 -0800

Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age.

Caution, future ahead.

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:50:40 -0800

Warning signs from the future. Things to look out for when you get there.

Refocusing Camera

iamck — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:36:42 -0800

New milestone in digital photography: The ability to refocus a picture after it has been taken. Gallery and technical data.

Road trip to venus!

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 06:53:09 -0800

Road trip to venus!

The Venus Express was launched on Nov. 9th, 2005 from Baikonur, the historic spaceport in Kazakhstan. It is the first Venus probe sent by the ESA , and you can follow it's progress on the six month journey to the planet.

Exploration of Venus begin in 1962 with Mariner 2, the first space probe to fly by another planet and other flights, including the Russian Venera 7, which was the first probe to land on another planet. The Soviets took quite an interest in Venus and dominated the exploration of the planet through the '70s and '80s. A lot of the images recorded by those early craft have been reprocessed with modern technology.

In the early '90s the Magellan spacecraft spent several years mapping the surface of Venus, providing us many, many, many images and 3D maps of the planet.

As for Venus Express, it's goal is to spend two years making detailed studys of the planet's clouds and atmosphere.