The Phenomenon of “Crown Shyness” Where Trees Avoid Touching

Crown shyness is a naturally occurring phenomenon in some tree species where the upper most branches in a forest canopy avoid touching one another.

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How Amsterdam’s Airport is Fighting Noise Pollution With Land Art

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, located just 9 km southwest of the city, is the third busiest airport in Europe and one of the busiest in the world. In an average year, more than 63 million passengers pass through Schiphol

The Evolution of Gratitude

How did gratitude evolve? Researchers are starting to trace this common human emotion all the way back to primate behavior.

The Olympia Academy

It’s hard to think about Albert Einstein without imagining an old, crazy-haired genius. But once upon a time, before he ever came up with a theory of relativity

Advanced Robotic Bat Can Fly Like the Real One

Scientists created an autonomous flying robot that mimics the flight characteristics of real bats…

The Map of Mathematics

In this video, the entire field of mathematics summarised, starting at the origins, in a single map…

This shows how pure mathematics and applied mathematics relate to each other and all of the sub-topics they are made from.

8 Beautiful, Weird, and Scary Things Ice Can Do

Frozen water molecules don’t seem to be all that interesting. But, these 8 weird things that ice can do are truly mind-boggling…