2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was partially inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The story deals with a series of encounters between humans and mys ...
After the picture went viral on Twitter, experts guessed what the bird might be doing, including 'showing off' or flipping over as a way to slow itself down while flying. "They told me it's called "whiffling'," says Cornelissen, explaining the unusual method of a bird slowing down. "A professor o ...
Photographer Vincent Cornelissen took the picture of the dark grey-brown Bean goose flying near the town of Arnhem, in the Netherlands. The picture shows the goose with its body upside down, twisting its neck and head around to its normal position. We're reliably informed the goose is fine, howeve ...
the morphology , ecology , genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the identification, classification, and characterization of bacteri ...
To honor the start of the UK’s Black History Month, today’s Doodle, illustrated by UK-based guest artist Kingsley Nebechi , celebrates British writer, composer, business owner, and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho. A former slave who advocated for abolition through prolific le ...
Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games! Over the coming weeks, join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores Doodle Champion Island: a world filled with seven sport mini-games, legendary opponents, dozens of daring side quests, and a few new (and old ;)) friends. Her ultimate goal? Defeat each ...
Absolutely – if it weren’t for generations of stars, the universe would contain nothing more than the light elements that formed in the Big Bang. Everything else, from the calcium in our bones to the carbon in our DNA, ultimately comes from stars. Deep in their cores, nuclear fusion forces the nu ...
To be a prince, princess, king or queen sounds like a fairy tale that many children dream of. But what is it really like to be born or married into a role of such importance? And if it isn’t the life for you, is there a way out? At the beginning of 2020 the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harr ...
Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Depok-based guest artist Danu Fitra , celebrates Noken , the craft of traditional handmade bags that holds great cultural and socio-economic significance throughout Indonesia’s Papua and West Papua Provinces. In recent years the longevity of th ...