New element!

 "An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is considered a new element with atomic number 115."

507 Mechanical Movements

507movements.com is a cool site that is hosting "an online edition of the classic technical reference Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown [...] published in 1908." The coolest part is that they are animating all the mechanisms so you can see exactly how they work. Not too many are animated yet, but they are coming along. Shown: Number 38, a way of making rotary motion vary in speed during the revolution. Via: BoingBoing

Sorting algorithms visualized

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