science

A look what silica gel are, what that do and why we use them so much.

[A] single gram of silica gel could have an internal surface area of eight hundred square meters—the size of almost two basketball courts.

Discovered via Tom Scott's Newsletter.

Incredible interactive animations to demonsrate the moons path around the Earth with the Physics behind it. While on the site checkout out the other articles to be just as amazed.

Discovered via 82Mhz.

A 2-D approximation of how an iceberg would float in reality.

Created by JoshData and inspired by GlacialMeg on Twitter. This was discovered on Mastodon through Stef Walter.

These simple but well written articles remind me of the many children encyclopedic books I read through as a child. Its good to see a format like this on the internet thats accessible for all and something which can be, and is, kept up to date.

Discovered via Nicolas Magand