Image created from pieces of out of copyright nature illustrations, mostly from Ernst Haeckel’s “Kunstformen der Natur”.
Thanks for the submission:)
kcjo:
Aerogel, also know as frozen smoke, is the world’s lowest density solid, clocking in at 96% air. If you hold a small piece in your hand, it’s practically impossible to either see or feel, but if you poke it, it’s like styrofoam. It supports up to 4,000 times its own weight and can withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite. It’s also the best insulator in existence.
Chemistry at its finest
can i eat that
Why don’t we use this for everything?!?
This shit is about the coolest thing ever.
It’s such a great insulator that a thin layer of it will protect anything from the heat of a bunsen burner.
Even though it’s incredibly light and has an extremely low density, its lattice-like molecular structure makes it able to hold objects much greater in mass.
What if you got loads of it, and made a bed, you could pretend you were a pegasus
Possibly one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
Again, because science boner.
holy shit science
woo!!!
Can it absorb force at all?
Would it make the coolest armor ever?
If I’m remembering correctly, it’s fairly brittle. It’s also very expensive, I looked into getting some as a present for my dad once, $60 for a 2.5x2.5x1 cm block (that’s like the size of a lego), and $200 for a 5x7.5x0.7 cm tile.
SHIT RUN THE BIRDS HAVE FUCKING KNIVES NOW.
Why are you doing this to me
The bird uprising has begun! Everybody run!
Julie D’Aubigny was a 17th-century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who killed or wounded at least ten men in life-or-death duels, performed nightly shows on the biggest and most highly-respected opera stage in the world, and once took the Holy Orders just so that she could sneak into a convent and bang a nun. If nothing in that sentence at least marginally interests you, I have no idea why you’re visiting this website. (via Badass of the Week: Julie D’Aubigny, La Maupin) (thank you, Rachel!)
