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Animated Global Weather

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Check out this interactive map of global weather patterns.  Click and drag to see what interesting weather is happening near you.

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-217.31,-9.52,410

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First Person Hyperlapse Technology

Some new research coming out of Microsoft is able to smooth and fill in first person point of view video as a time-lapse.  The results are compelling.

Check out the technical papers and video results.  A windows app is being developed and will be released soon.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/hyperlapse/

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Innovations in Salmon Migration

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Shark vs Human Killings Inforgraphic

http://ripetungi.com/shark-attack/

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X-Ray Animations of Joints

Check out these x-rays of your joints in motions.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/amazing-x-ray-gifs-show-joints-motion

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Human Feats of Strenght

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFn5QKR220

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Bullet Ant Stings

A bullet ant sting is 20 times more painful than a bee sting.  Tribesmen wear ant gloves getting stung hundreds of times as a rite of passage.  Watch these videos as this westerner endures the pain of a few bites while locals endure thousands relatively effortlessly.

Westerner getting bit …

http://www.hamishandandy.com/2014/worst-pain-known-man/

Locals getting bit …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvIFO9srUw

 

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Interesting Map Infographic Collection

1) Very interesting maps in this link especially how several empires conquered the world.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world/

2) Visualising climate change

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/6/5686770/nine-maps-that-show-how-climate-change-is-already-affecting-the-us

 

3) Some funny maps here: Walmart growth time-lapse, Spread of the last name Smith, Invasion of cows, lightning strikes, craigslist missed connections 

http://time.com/21924/funny-us-maps/

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Shark Submarine Video

This 5 camera shark tracking submarine shows some pretty cool footage of sharks stalking and then ambushing the submarine.  It is great to see these animals studied in more detail.

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Whitehouse Global Climate Wildfire Timelapse

This video from the white house shows how global wildfires are increasing over the years.