A stop motion short by animation god Jan Svankmajer. A pair of clay hands drag themselves into a small, bare room and slowly, bit by bit, begin to assemble a body. But they didn't plan ahead very well . . .
(slightly NSFW) picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

The clever boffins have finally managed to break the speed of light. A light pulse was so fast that it "exited a specially-prepared chamber before it even finished entering it." picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Jan Svankmajer's Dimensions of Dialogue which begins with a painting by Arcimboldo (famous for his paintings of people made out of vegetables) coming to life. NSFW (clay nudity) picked by mewhitenoise 5 months ago

As soon as you are born, you are influencing light. From the day of your birth, you can see how many stars that light has reached. Works only on stars up to 50 light years away. picked by Moe 8 months ago

Future generations could be travelling across the universe faster than the speed of light, without breaking any astronomical road rules, by manipulating extra dimensions of space and time, according to two US physicists. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

The ending is great. picked by Jetka 1 month ago

Most seem very cheap and easy, no real tech expertise (unless you don't know how to use duct tape). picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Super cheap light box. picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

Remember the good old days when you could count on death, taxes and the speed of light. Well we still have death and taxes. Harvard physicist slows and stops light. picked by pulsisx 12 months ago

A striking collection of gorgeous nighttime & low-light photographs, and eerie, beautiful pictures of modern ruins. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

A primitive star has been born in the heart of a computer, revealing how the basic building blocks of life were present soon after the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago. Stars convert light elements such as helium and hydrogen into the heavier elements necessary for life and it has often been remarked that human beings are glorified stardust. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Researchers find a new theoretical way to tie light into complex knots and links. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Scientists at the University of St Andrews have used lasers to simulate a black hole in their laboratory. Professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Friedrich König used intense light pulses to create an artificial `event horizon' - the defining feature of a black hole known as `the point of no return'. The development may allow researchers to test Professor Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The basic technology used in cheap 3D postcards and novelty items has been adapted to create six-dimensional images that respond to changes in light and the viewer's direction. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Refraction patterns made by light passing through various glass and transparent objects.

Analog images captured directly onto 35mm film. picked by ybcool 3 months ago

A Hampton University professor is shedding new light on night-shining clouds that might be affected by climate change. Jim Russell is the lead scientist for the NASA-funded AIM satellite, the first to study the wispy "noctilucent" clouds, which only appear above Earth's poles. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Two papers, from teams led by Xiang Zhang at the University of California, Berkeley, this week report on new nanomaterials, which have been especially designed to bend light the wrong way. By reversing refraction, they can in principle make objects invisible to the wavelengths of light we use to see. picked by ceflory 3 months ago

In a quantum mechanical sleight of hand, Harvard physicists have shown that they can not only bring a pulse of light, the fleetest of nature’s particles, to a complete halt, but also resuscitate the light at a different location and let it continue on its way. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Using LED glow sticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spray paint. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

Light a virtual candle online for whatever reason, be it spiritual, in memory, in honor, or just for the bling of it. You can also click on a lit one and see the comments entered in by the person who lit it. picked by Moe 1 year ago