Spry Gopher @SpryGopher

Joined September 2021

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

There is more than a way to inflate a plastic bag and this clip explains how to do it with a *single breath* using science and the Bernoulli's principle [source, Wolf_science: buff.ly/3kRMRJl]

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When hunting, owls swoop silently from the sky. To show just how impressive a feat this is, BBC Earth set up this experiment comparing owl flight to that of a pigeon and Peregrine Falcon [full video, BBC: buff.ly/3eSbcvr]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

Some 2,000 kilometers beneath our feet, there are enormous masses of hot mantle material the length of continents and stretching 100 times higher than Mount Everest. And, We literally don’t know what they are, where they came from, or what they do ow.ly/a49k30nSnBl

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Minnesota Women's Basketball @GopherWBB

3 years ago

The 2023-24 signing class is COMPLETE! Find out EVERYTHING you need to know about our signed #Gophers ✍️ #NSD23 📰: z.umn.edu/nsd23WBB

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

A blue iceberg is visible after the ice from above the water melts, causing the smooth portion of ice from below the water to overturn. The rare blue ice is formed from the compression of pure snow ice buff.ly/2JKhhfB [photo by Robert B. Dunbar: buff.ly/32UZFmK]

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Minnesota Women's Basketball @GopherWBB

3 years ago

Canada 🇨🇦 ➡️ Dinkytown‼️ Ajok Madol, a 6-2 lengthy wing, is officially a Gopher! #NSD23 📝: z.umn.edu/NSDwbb23

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Outside Magazine @outsidemagazine

3 years ago

One interesting detail: Strength training in a gym and doing bodyweight exercises confer roughly equivalent benefits. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

There's a volcano in Tanzania, whose carbonatite rich lava eruptions create these marvelous sculptures [read more: bit.ly/2jp1HZJ]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

In case you ever wondered, a raindrop can't be larger than a certain limit size. The largest raindrops ever recorded, between 8.8 mm and 1 cm, were observed by scientists just twice. On top of this, the real shape of a raindrop that big, is not a teardrop ow.ly/4Kjl30nOasI

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

Gessoed boards were used for writing notes or school exercises in ancient Egypt. This one, kept in the Metropolitan Museum, is about 3,900 years old and shows a student's exercises where the mistakes have been corrected in red ink by the teacher [source: buff.ly/3sRsLUM]

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Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3

3 years ago

Many rock pools have formed in the Zambezi river at Victoria falls in Zambia One of them is right on the edge, some people try to reach this place for a close up view of the sheer breath taking drop This spot is called the Devil's pool

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

The decisive moment when a kingfisher dives in water to hunt fish, has been superbly captured in this award winning photo by Chris Chambers [source: buff.ly/2GUCgGY]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

When a very viscous liquid like honey is poured, a growing column of liquid coils begin to emerge from above the surface of the honey in an effect referred to as the liquid rope-coil effect. Here's a really detailed explanation of the phenomenon: buff.ly/34Lvgsh

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics are timeless: their main strength is in demonstrating how to reason about physics. You may not know all the lectures are completely online: Volume 1: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_toc.html Volume 2: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_toc.html Volume 3: feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html

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Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen

3 years ago

Long-term goals start at a young age…

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

This 24 legged motor powered skateboard uses the Theo Jansen's mechanism as a system of propulsion [source: buff.ly/2s3Btie] [more about the Jansen's linkage: buff.ly/2s4NuUF]

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

Nikifor Ivanov, the gardener who grows a special breed of apples the size of pearls which can withstand the extreme weather conditions in Siberia [read more: buff.ly/3ULqg0S]

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Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen

3 years ago

How to solve the traffic jam😊

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

3 years ago

At Mount Fanjing, Guizhou province, China, two temples sit atop a lonely spire called the Red Clouds Golden Summit, rising more than 100 meters above the surrounding mountaintop [read more: buff.ly/2UxyJu7] [source 📹: buff.ly/3DSnLms]