Model representing the tectonic plates A representation of how and why earthquakes occur at the junction of tectonic plates. The scenario of such vibrations is about the same: one plate passes under the other and at some point one of the two 'extrudes'. This mechanical model was built at the Wakayama Museum of Natural History in Japan.
The streets of Buenos Aires after winning the World Cup On Sunday, December 18, 2022, a drone flew over the Plaza de la República in Buenos Aires after Argentina's soccer team won the World Cup final. Argentina beat France after the penalty shootout. Messi's Argentina wins the 3rd World Cup in its history, after 1978 and 1986.
The ancient library of Tibet The Sakya Monastery in Tibet has one of the largest libraries in the world. Contains 84.000 manuscripts, including more than 1.000 years of human history. It is 60 meters long and 10 meters high. Only about 5% of the library's manuscripts are said to have been translated.
Scrat finally eats his acorn A few days before the end of Blue Sky Studios, a small group of animators gathered to make this last snapshot of the story "Ice Age" in which the squirrel Scrat finally eats his acorn, 20 years after the release of the first animated film. A farewell scene unveiled almost a year after the announcement of the closure of Blue Sky Studios after its acquisition by Disney.
The most boring penalty During the National High School Football Championship in Japan, the player Taguchi Soraga, Ryutsu Keizai HS school defender, abused the goalkeeper's patience, devoting all the time he had to execute a penalty. It took 35 tedious seconds before he shot the ball. According to some, is the longest penalty shootout in history. Anyway, the strategy worked and Soraga managed to score.
The car of his dreams The story of a man in Russia who buys the car of his dreams: an LADA of the '80s. A funny short animated film by Alex S.
Man adopts a stray dog An animal lover in Brazil tells us the story of the adoption of a stray puppy he found on the street in August 2020.
Dinosaur excavator A renovation at Yale University Natural History Museum in Connecticut, USA, is done with the help of an excavator disguised as a dinosaur.
Dinosaurs: the real story As the dinosaurs take their first steps on the Moon, a giant asteroid is heading towards Earth. Η SERVICE (Jurassic Aeronautics and Space Administration) tries to do everything to avoid disaster. The "Dinosaurs, The true story" is a short animated film directed by Paul-Louis Aeberhardt and IMM students (Multimedia Internet Institute).
The story of a good friendship The friendship that develops between a cat and a dog, as they grow up together in the same house.
The largest 3D map of the universe On Monday, July 20, 2020, astrophysicists have unveiled the largest 3D map of the Universe ever created, as a result of more than twenty years of collaboration between scientists from around thirty different institutes worldwide. Designed by analyzing more than four million galaxies and quasars, Extremely bright galaxy nuclei. "This work simply gives us the most complete history of the expansion of the universe to date" said Will Percival, researcher from the University of Waterloo.
The tragic story of two volcanologists Katia and Maurice Kraft was two volcanologists French, famous for taking incredible images of volcanoes. This meant we often had to approach dangerously close to their subject, too close as it turned. An excerpt from the film "Into the Inferno" of Werner Herzog.