This short motion graphic made this for the 154th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth, which was July 10th.
The attention has shifted to the effects all that oil will have on wildlife and the ecosystem. Slate reports on where all of that BP oil could end up during the next 130 days, based on modeling data from the National Centre for Atmospheric Research.
The following visualizations will pause at interesting moments in each scenario.
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With Dinner for Schmucks out later this week, we felt nostalgic for some of our favorite movie schmucks. Then, we imagined, if they can make a crossover as spectacular as Freddy vs. Jason, or Alien vs. Predator, why wasn't THIS dinner movie greenlit (Schmucks: The Spacklering?).
via www.screenjunkies.com
Bottled water is healthy water -- or so marketers would have us believe. Just look at the bottled water labels or ads: deep, pristine pools of spring water; majestic alpine peaks ... In reality, bottled water is just water; however, that fact isn't stopping people from buying a lot of it.
Here are some solid reasons to kick the bottled water habit.via www.huffingtonpost.com
Since the first professional baseball game was played, there have been 269 no-hitters thrown, the first being Joe Borden's in 1875 and the most recent being Matt Garza's on July 26 of this year. Here are all of them
via thesportsgeeks.com
The potentially hazardous asteroid '(101955) 1999 RQ36' has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth, and more than half of this probability indicates that this could happen in the year 2182, based on a global study in which Spanish researchers have been involved. Knowing this fact may help design in advance mechanisms aimed at deviating the asteroid's path.
via www.sciencedaily.com
Inception as most have agreed is a mind blowing film to say the least with its original concept, spectacular visual effects and theories about its plot, its characters and dreams within dreams, it has become one hot discussion topic around the world.
Here is a Timeline Infographic of the film which explains the various levels of the film, dreams, and how everything unfolds.
SERIOUS SPOILER warning – if you have not seen the movie.
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Employers in the United States have come a long way in bridging the gender pay gap — but the fact is that it still exists.
via www.mint.com
Researchers studying human conversation have discovered the brains of listeners and speakers become synchronized, and this "neural coupling" makes for effective communication. In essence, the participants’ brains connect in a kind of "mind meld."
The speaker-listener neural coupling within the right hemisphere. Image credit: Greg J. Stephens/PNAS.via www.physorg.com