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Nobody lives here: The nearly 5 million Census Blocks with zero population
from the creator's website: "A Block is the smallest area unit used by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating statistics. As of the 2010 census, the United States consists of 11,078,300 Census Blocks....
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Which domestic league is best represented?
Did you find yourself wondering how many players in the World Cup play for each of the various professional club leagues? The Guardian has got you covered. In a nifty interactive infographic, you can...
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3D Laser Scans of China's Supercave
Southern China is home to some large caves, featuring some amazingly large chambers. A part of the Gebihe Cave System, the Miao Room is considered the world's second large cave chamber by area. via...
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Hawks that hunt in packs
Most birds of prey are solitary hunters. Not Harris's Hawks. "Harris's Hawk" by Alan Vernon - Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus). Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Harris's Hawks hunt...
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Velociraptor-Free Workspace
I came upon this while looking for images for the last post. It's an oldie, but a goodie. It may make an appearance on my classroom wall next year...by ki on DeviantArt (this may not be the original...
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Terrible Taxidermy with Appropriate Names
I think we can all agree that taxidermy is hard. Well, I guess I don't really know that, but the pictures below definitely demonstrate that it can go horribly wrong if done by unskilled practitioners....
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Audio Illusions: You too can understand gibberish
Your brain is really good at pattern finding, but as demonstrated in the audio clip below, sometimes it needs a gentle push in the right direction. Speech that has been garbled incomprehensibly...
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Creepy 3D gifs
It's not anywhere near Halloween, but these 3D Jigglegrams are amazing. Check out all of them at MVHV.tv by The Saline Project: Monsters, Villains, Heroes, and Victims (MVHV).
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The solar system's solid surfaces
I'm not sure if "human skin" really counts as a solid surface...but... [click to embiggen] by xkcd
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All of Tim Howard's record 16 saves in one GIF
I'm late to the Tim-Howard-saves-everything game here, but this is another fantastic use of the GIF format. About half of the saves were inverted since they took place on the other end of the pitch....
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Animated World Cup 2014 highlight reel
This is pretty. Richard Swarbrick has done all sorts of these types of videos- not just for the World Cup, and not just for soccer. You can see them all via his YouTube channel. by Richard Swarbrick,...
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Animation: Pollution is never a local issue
[Researchers] found that pollution from China affects cloud development in the North Pacific and strengthens extratropical cyclones. These large storms punctuate U.S. winters and springs about once a...
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Flying through the Solar System at the speed of light
It turns out the solar system is really, really big. From the video description: "In our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the...
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That greenish mineral? Trilobite poop.
Investigating the composition of sand from around the world is a fairly common activity in many earth science or geology courses. So it wasn't unusual (as a science teacher who subscribes to the NSTA...
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Incredible Images of our Amazing Star: 5 Years & 2,600 Terabytes
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is celebrating its fifth year of continuously observing the Sun. The SDO can take 10 high resolution images of the Sun each in a different wavelength every 12...
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