Collaborate Disseminate
There were a lot of incredible optical illusions in 2021, but the official contest winner is a dogshit magician’s trick and I hate it. Continue reading The Best Optical Illusions of 2021 Will Mess With Your Head
The moon’s orbit is not circular. According to Wikipedia, the moon is closest at around 357,000 kilometers and farthest at 406,000: a difference of something like 13%. That’s a freakishly egg-shaped orbit compared to the earth’s orbit around the sun, for instance. And it moves between these extremes every month.
Tonight, the perigee (the close approach) corresponds with a full moon (a syzygy — when the earth, moon, and sun are all in a line). What does that mean? A brighter-than-average full moon! If you were around for the last “supermoon” in 2011, you’ll have heard that it was the …read more
The sci-fi dream of perfect passive invisibility will forever remain a dream, argue engineers. Continue reading You Will Never Be Invisible
The brain loves a right angle. Continue reading How the Morphing Cylinders of the ‘Illusion of the Year’ Work
