Researcher Kevin Karsch and his team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are developing a software system that lets users easily insert objects into photographs, complete with convincing lighting and perspective. The system is astonishingly effective–to see it in action, watch their demo video. Here for more infos.

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The Sweden Solar System is the world’s largest permanent scale model of the solar system. The sun is represented by the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, the largest hemispherical building in the world. The inner planets can also be found in Stockholm but the outer planets are situated northward in other cities along the Baltic Sea. It was started by Nils Brenning and Gösta Gahm. It is in the scale of 1:20 million.

Below is the Sun, click to read more about the system.

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Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they’re right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.

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What we have here is Venus and Moon on one single scene. Click to see the larger photo and here for more infos. Credit & Copyright: Iván Éder.

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Planets viewed from Earth as if they were at the distance of our moon. Jupiter would be a massive incredible view.

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Physicist Richard Feynman explains how a train stays on the tracks. From the BBC TV series ‘Fun to Imagine’ (1983).

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