The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, May 21-25, 2012
By Dan Nosowitz, Popular Science, 25 May 2012.
| 1. Cheetah Cubs |
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Delivered by a rare Ceasarian section, these two cheetah cubs managed to survive and are being raised at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, where they are currently melting hearts. Read more here.
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| 3. SpaceX Dragon Docks |
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft finally docked with the International Space Station this morning - the very first private spacecraft to ever do so.
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| 4. Facebook vs. Instagram |
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Facebook, oddly, released a photo app this week. The app isn't odd, particularly; it's nicely designed, easy to use, quite pretty (especially for the oft-design-challenged Facebook). What's odd is that Facebook recently spent a billion dollars on Instagram - which is basically the same thing, right down to the filters. Buzzfeed FWD found some...interesting similarities between the filters of the two apps.
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| 5. Sky Dive |
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Stuntman Gary Connery makes the highest non-protected - like, without a parachute - sky dive ever, crashing 2,400 feet into a pile of boxes. Read more here.
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| 6. The London Array |
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The London Array is the world's largest wind farm, located offshore. It's expected to be completed sometime later this year. Read more here.
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| 7. Europa's Water |
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Here's what Earth (right) and Jupiter's moon Europa (left) would look like if all the water was removed and shaped into a lovely blue sphere. Europa's ocean is two to three times larger than our own. Read more here.
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| 8. The Green Wheel |
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This hydroponic wheel was actually, according to FastCoDesign, thought up by NASA back in the 1980s as a way to grow plants in space. It was never actually made, for some reason, but designer Libero Rutilo brought it back in this mock-up. Seems like it's work well in apartments as well!
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| 9. Pet Shark?! |
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National Geographic reader James Morgan sent in this shot of Enal, a young Indonesian boy, grabbing onto the tail of his "pet shark," specifically a tawny nurse shark. Read more here.
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| 10. Mars Rover, Photographer |
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Who knew the Mars Rover Opportunity was such an accomplished photographer? Here it snaps a shot at the edge of the huge Endeavour Crater on Mars. Read more here.
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Top image: The London Array (left) and The Green Wheel (right)
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