levitating mice.

this is pretty cool.  it's basically collaboration of everybody who wants to contribute to solving unsolved mathematical problems.  kinda makes you think why nobody thought of it before.  no, really, the internet has been around for a while.  i think projects like this actually do have the potential of speeding up scientific discoveries.

Sixty Symbols: Videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy.

Scientists invent a machine that control tiny ball bearings in a powerful magnetic field precisely to draw 3D images.

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Columbia University physicist Brian Greene recently chose the winner of the String Theory in Two Minutes or Less user-generated video contest.

some are wack (don't-give-a-camera-to-a-geek kinda wack), but some are quite elegant.

I saw the marble cup; the tea,
Hung on the air, an amber stream;
I saw the fire’s unglittering gleam,
The painted flame, the frozen smoke


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Data stored in live cells.  As creepy as it gets, if you ask me, but nevertheless fascinating.

Сегодня до меня дошел основной принцип аэродинамики. Иначе полет самолета мало чем отличался от левитации.