Strong evolutionary pressure: "The yawn and the associated stretch of the 'stretch-yawn syndrome' have been linked to desire and even of being in love, figuring in the courtship process both in the West and in passages in ancient Indian literature."

vitto Ma-ES

Tags: air-love-evolution-sex

Brochure from a school using Binishell domes for its classrooms - concrete domes built by covering a canvas balloon with wet concrete, and inflating it, before cutting doors and windows out.

silicium Ma-ES

Tags: construction-education-air

Wonderfully stylised homage, played just the right side of parody, but then stomped a bit too much by giant CGI robots. Most of the film does feel like watching someone else play a computer game, cut-scenes and all.

serefano Ma-ES

Tags: filmlog-2stars-robots-air-transport

"The pilot takes off with more balloons than needed to lift his or her weight, and carries ballast (water or sand) to balance out most of this excess lift. To level out or descend, the pilot releases or bursts balloons."

dereck Ma-ES

Tags: air-transport-via:quin-lunacy

"Cabin crew perform a strange folkloric rite that involves synchronised arm movements and warnings of fire and our possible immersion in water, all presumably part of an appeasement ritual whose origins lie back in the pre-history of the propeller age."

cartlen Ma-ES

Tags: ballard-books-history-air-water

"There could scarcely be anything more un-Welsh than being prepared to spend £24 on a bottle of air. This is, after all, the country [that] invented the Cardiff cappuccino - a cup of instant coffee with squirty cream and hundreds and thousands on top."

ganzu Ma-ES

Tags: air-scams-wales-drinks-business

Didn't realise they did this, until last night: "Finally, when the bubble's wall becomes much thinner than the wavelength of visible light, all the waves in the visible region cancel each other out and no reflection is visible at all."

diovel Ma-ES

Tags: light-water-science-air

"The fundamental revelations to the founders of the three monotheistic religions, among many other revelation experiences, had occurred on a mountain. [...] Similar experiences have been reported by non-mystic contemporary mountaineers."

dostres Ma-ES

Tags: brains-religion-via:mindhack-air-delusions

"Speeding from the scene of the crime, a Chinese boy tows a floating plastic bag of stolen natural gas last week. Flouting a government ban, farmers around the central Chinese town of Pucheng frequently filch gas from the local oil field."

timido Ma-ES

Tags: air-crime-via:quin-china

"Flies and other dipterans (insects within the family that includes houseflies, hoverflies, and fruit flies), are capable of making rapid 90-degree turns, called saccades, at 'extraordinary' speeds, says Dickinson, less than 50-thousandths of a second."

centauro Ma-ES

Tags: air-insects

"Because flapping frequency varies so little, peak aerodynamic efficiency is only achieved over a narrow range of speeds, so animals sensibly tune their wingbeat frequency for peak efficiency when cruising."

simplisimo Ma-ES

Tags: air-bees-birds

Roshambo with fifteen elements, and a nice diagram. "Rock pounds out fire, crushes scissors, snake, human, wolf, sponge, blocks (growth of) tree."

catamak Ma-ES

Tags: games-paper-electricity-water-air

"On placing a damp shirt on the ironing figure, this dummy inflates with hot air in its interior, and thus puffs the shirt up, removing creases drying the garment."

criptol Ma-ES

Tags: clothes-robots-via:arbroath-air

Journalist buries himself alive, a bit facetiously. "Hour two was largely marked by a resignation that as it stood, being buried alive was less about confronting my fears and more about contending with the sheer boredom of near absolute solitude."

glacial Ma-ES

Tags: underground-air-via:webb

On the market next year. "Once he tried nitric acid, a toxic chemical that gives off red fumes at room temperature. 'I got it making a really cool bubble, but it could've killed somebody,' he recalls. 'It ate through clothes.'"

rosavlc Ma-ES

Tags: air-water-pollution-science

"Yes Dr Who Dalek fans, you know Who you are, can finally have your very own four foot tall Dalek! In a choice of colours these are just what the Doctor ordered!"

albazro Ma-ES

Tags: daleks-toys-air

Autonomous helium-filled polythene cubes, fitted with tiny fans. "The final result will see a flock of 12 to 20 Mascarillons evolving within a spherical inflatable dome equipped with panoscopic projectors."

fierita Ma-ES

Tags: art-air-via:wmmna-emergence-robots

"Fly as far as you can. When the sun begins to set the last cumulus clouds will evaporate. So fly fast to maximise your distance whilst the sky is working."

operaz Ma-ES

Tags: air-transport-via:boynton-weather-games

"A Texas-based helicopter crewman who fell to his death in October was performing a stunt called 'Supermanning.' The stunt involved hanging from an open cargo door and letting the rushing wind 'fly' his body, attached only by a safety belt."

lossier Ma-ES

Tags: air-death-transport

"To gain the upper hand enthusiasts have spurned cotton strings for glass-coated versions, often strengthened with chemicals. The upgraded strings can be as sharp as a knife and have deadly consequences."

sabina Ma-ES

Tags: air-glass-sport-death