In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped apart a planet as it came too close. When a star reaches its white dwarf stage, nearly all of the material from the star is packed inside a radius one hundredth that of the original star.
I See Music Because I Have Synesthesia, So I Decided To Paint What I Hear
As a synesthete, the music I hear is translated into a flow of texture and colors. Synethesia, although not disorientating, can sometimes leave me at odds trying to describe what I can see to others. Painting in oils and acrylics is a way to express and exhibit the beautiful colors that I see on a day to day basis, whether it's hearing someone's name, or that song on the radio.
Steam Users See Big Problems With Charging For Mods
Today, Valve changed the mod-making game bigtime: creators can now charge for modifications to pre-existing games on Steam Workshop. Some people are hopeful, others are worried -- and even infuriated....
40 Key Computer Science Concepts Explained In Layman’s Terms
To make learning more fun and interesting, here's a list of important computer science theories and concepts explained with analogies and minimal technical terms. It's like an ultra-fast-track
Markus Persson, famed developer of Minecraft tweeted the above image: a pixelart vinyl LP with the label “Turn Down For What”. Upon seeing this, the pattern of colors in the spiral seemed remarkably…
The Anti-Surveillance State: Clothes and Gadgets Block Face Recognition Technology, Confuse Drones and Make You (Digitally) Invisible
Last spring, designer Adam Harvey hosted a session on hair and makeup techniques for attendees of the 2015 FutureEverything Festival in Manchester, England.
Krásne portréty z roku 1913, ranných dní farebnej fotografie
Elektrotechnik Mervyn O’Gorman zachytil tieto krásne žiarivé fotografie svojej dcéry Christiny v anglickom Lulworth Cove ešte v roku 1913. To bolo pred viac ako sto rokmi, teda v období, kedy farebné fotografie zažívali svoje ranné dni.
Windows 10 apps in HoloLens look amazing and completely ridiculous
Microsoft is making universal apps a major focus: "We're talking about one platform, a single app, a single binary that can run across all of these devices." That includes even its futuristic,...
Samouk skombinoval 32 tisíc záberov, aby vytvoril detailnú fotku Mesiaca
Nepotrebujete mať doma Hubblov teleskop, aby ste videli niektoré vesmírne telesá z absolútnej blízkosti. Pozrite sa na tohto poľského samouka! Amatérsky fotograf Bartosz Wojczyński namieril svoj foťák na nočnú oblohu a z 32 tisíc záberov na náš Mesiac vytvoril takúto neuveriteľne detailnú fotografiu.
Suppose we do the following: Let A = MOVE LEFT 1 UNIT; Let C = MOVE DOWN 1 UNIT; Let G = MOVE RIGHT 1 UNIT; Let T = MOVE UP 1 UNIT; Then we can map any genome into a random walk, a kind of Etch A S…