TIME magazine has released its annual list of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries.
Smallest advent calendar
A bit late, obviously …
A group of German scientists have created the world’s smallest advent calendar, thinner than a human hair, by using an electron microscope to etch lines in a sheet of plastic.
Favourites
My favourite posts from each month of this term:
August
The Cave of Swords — stunning images from an amazing set of crystal caves.
September
Big vehicles – some of the world’s largest vehicles.
October
Heterochromia – what would you look like with eyes of different colours?
November
Science Tattoos – an amazing gallery of people’s science-related tattoos.
December
Are elephants really afraid of mice? – don’t tell me you’ve never wondered.
Trompe l’œil
A trompe l’œil painting makes use of forced perspective to make a three-dimensional image “pop up” out of a two-dimensional surface such as a pavement or a sports pitch.
