Next-level frosted glass with backdrop-filter • Josh W. Comeau
joshwcomeau.com/css/backdrop-filter/Glassy headers have become a core part of the “slick startup” UI toolkit, but they’re all missing that final 10% that really makes it shine. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the most realistic lush frosted glass anywhere on the internet.
The World According to Physics by Jim Al-Khalili
app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2eb32ae-e64b-47e8-ad19-864897254b73Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascin...
The unusual manner in which cicadas pee — and why the information is useful
npr.org/2024/03/19/1239528212/the-unusual-manner-in-which-cicadas-pee-and-why-the-information-is-usefulLittle insects pee in droplets. But it turns out that cicadas pee in jets â and why and how they do it could help scientists better understand microfluidics and advance all kinds of technologies.
What time is it on the Moon?
nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00185-zSatellite navigation systems for lunar settlements will require local atomic clocks. Scientists are working out what time they will keep.
507 Mechanical Movements
507movements.com/Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.
So You Want to Learn Physics... — Susan J. Fowler
susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physicsOver the past few years, ever since writing "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You", I've been contacted by people from all backgrounds who are inspired and want to learn physics, but don't know where to start, what to learn, what to read, and how to structure their studies...this post is a condensed version of what I've sent to people who have contacted me over the years, outlining what everyone needs to learn in order to really understand physics.
The Impossibly Complex Art Of Designing Eyes | Co.Design | business + design
fastcodesign.com/3064303/the-impossibly-complex-art-of-designing-eyesToday's video game characters look amazing, with one exception: the eyes. And perfection could still be decades away.
coaltrace: simulating genealogies using charged particles
bedford.io/projects/coaltrace/This is a simulation of the basic demographic / genealogical process. Individuals are born and individuals die. This causes lineages to branch and to disappear, and causes the population to share a common ancestor at some time in the past. The coalescent provides a mathematical description of these patterns of ancestry.