An Inquisitive Mind

Robot hairdresser. He can adjust the length of hair, but it's hard to style it. Maybe with time it will learn to do more advanced things. But even the fact that it doesn't cut off a client's ear is already a good thing. Join

There may be more living organisms living on our skin than there are people on the entire planet. Join

Australia, New South Wales. A 76-year-old amateur photographer, Maurice Ashton, happened to catch a stingray, Aetobatus ocellatus, from the eagle stingray family, jumping out of the water. It is a dream of many photographers to take a picture of a stingray in flight, but such luck is very rare, because these unusual fish jump out of the water suddenly and literally for a fraction of a second. Join

The process of balloon production. Latex is used for production because it is a natural substance and decomposes perfectly in its natural environment. Join

Eighteen hours and twenty-five inches of snow in a minute. A beautiful sunrise as a bonus. Join

The Soel Shuttle solar-powered ferry The Soel Shuttle is a 26-meter solar-powered ferry from Soel Yachts, a Dutch company specializing in electrically-powered water vehicles. Join

This unique bird is called a raven, although it has very little to do with this family. It belongs to the birds of rhinoceroses. Not only the appearance of the horned raven is surprising, but also its unique behavior, the ability to predict the weather and the role played by the bird among the indigenous peoples of Africa. Here it is considered almost a divine providence. Join

Wayahuaca Cave. At 1,155 feet, it is the 2nd longest sea cave in the world, accessible only by zodiacal raft. Join

Super camouflage! The Bearded Owl (scientifically called Strix nebulosa) is able to blend into the bark of trees. It is a large owl with a wingspan of up to one and a half meters. The black spot under its beak resembles a beard, which is why the owl got its name. This owl is not particularly afraid of other predators. It needs camouflage to hide its presence from potential prey. And to attack unsuspecting prey unexpectedly. These are usually small rodents, squirrels. These owls often attack from a low height. They sit on a stump and wait for their prey, then dive sharply at it. They have excellent hearing - they can hear the slightest noise even under a layer of snow. Then the owl jumps right into the snow and grabs its prey. It lives in northern territories, both in Canada and the USA, as well as in the north of Europe and in Russia. Can not build a nest, but chooses and lives in other people's nests. Or uses hollow trees. Join

The unusual mineral sodalite, which under UV light turns into a real "dragon's egg. Join

In the Amazon basin you can find a plant of the lily family called victoria. Its leaves reach three meters in diameter on the surface of the water and can hold up to 30 kg (66 lb). Join

This is what the mating dance of the peacock spider looks like Join

3D printing makes it possible to create non-dismountable modular parametric surfaces, the production of which was not possible before. Applications for such canvases can be clothing, transportation, and even architecture! Join

Crazy adventures through the waterfalls of Venezuela Canaima National Park. Join

The biggest ghost town The city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia Province began construction in 2003. The city is designed for 1 million people. Now about 100 thousand people live there, 90% of the buildings are empty. Join

The most unusual city built on a bridge. Join

Incredible colors of coral reefs. Coral reefs are often called the living forests of warm seas: they are calcareous geological structures that are formed by colonial coral polyps as well as certain species of algae capable of extracting lime from seawater. Coral reefs, mostly formed in shallow waters, cover a total area of 27,000,000 km² worldwide. Join

This is what the hydrophobic material looks like Join

Once a year, Honduras has a fish rainy season. Between May and July, a dark cloud appears in the sky, lightning flashes, thunder rumbles, and it rains heavily for two to three hours. Once it stops, hundreds of live fish remain on the ground. Join

There is a tree nicknamed the "dynamite" tree. Its fruits look like small pumpkins, but when they ripen, they explode with a loud pop, scattering the seeds around at about 240 km/h (149.1 mph). Join