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Covering Yourself in Aerogel and Jumping Into a Pool Looks So Surreal

Aerogel has extraordinary properties but it can be tough to work with. This video by Veritasium looks at modifying aerogels to take advantage of their unique characteristics. Aerogel’s extraordinary properties are due in large part to its structure. Aerogel is a solid but on the nanoscale it has a mesh or sponge-like structure. The struts of this structure are nanoscale, as are the pores at around 20nm across. This makes silica aerogel incredibly light (it was once the lightest solid but has now been superseded by graphene aerogel), transparent and…

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This Super Trippy Edit Was Made By Some Kind of After Effects Sorcerer

Check out this trippy visual made by motion graphics artist, Agustín Vidal Saavedra. This animation of church ceilings was created using Adobe After Effects. For more edits like this, check out his work on Behance and Instagram. Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/ecstasy-of-saint-francis-by-agustin-vidal-saavedra/

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