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Spider Web Music

Scientists and MIT used laser imagery to make 3D maps of spider webs and then calculated the vibrating frequency of each thread based on size and elasticity. Using this information, Markus J. Buehler's team then converted these frequencies into sound and music.

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Cork Harbour Sea Shanty

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Sound art duo Softday released As I Roved Out One Morning, a sea shanty musical piece in collaboration with Sirius Arts Centre, Hannah Fahey, and the Softday Deep Water Singers that highlights the dangers of the proposed incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour. The duo worked with the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to gather information, field recordings, conversations, and transcripts of An Bord Pleanála oral hearings to use as input to the piece.

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Attic Turbo Jet Engine

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YouTuber Integza used a 3D printer to build a working turobo jet engine in his attic! Check out his journey of multiple attempts in his video, before reaching a working prototype at the end.

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4 Musicians 1 Cello

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Watch this crazy video of the Wiener Cello Ensemble 5+1 perform the Bolera with four musicians but just one cello!

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Siúcra

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Axis Ballymun released a fantastic love-letter to the Irish Langauge this week, written and performed by Roxanna Nic Liam. Siúcra elegantly addresses the tension many Irish people experience when it comes to Gaeilge.

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Top Gun: Maverick LEGO Trailer

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Onbeatman recreated the entire trailer of Top Gun:Maverick from scratch in LEGO!

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Earth Orbit 4K

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Seán Doran created a video of earth orbit in 4k from timelapse photography taken from the ISS.

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Surfing Sealions

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Look at this amazing video of surfing sealions at Santa Barbara island off Southern California captured by pacificoffshore on Instagram.

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BBC Winterwatch

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BBC Winterwatch is back this week & next on BBC Two at 8pm every night from Tues to Fri. aside from being a fascinating and enjoyable hour long TV show about nature and animals during Winter, they also have a set of live wildlife cameras viewable online from 10am to 10pm each day. Make sure to check out the 15-20 thousand starlings roosting at night under Aberystwyth pier!

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