Covid-19 is strangling tourism down everywhere
on this planet. In Thailand monkeys are roaming
free thus being a photo subject here and there.
But what if there’s no tourists to gather food from?

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If you thought, you’ve seen it all, think again. A theme
park in the south of China has opened a new attraction
(Bungee jumping tower, 70m height). To open the tower
officially, they decided for a rather doubtful event.

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While on the northern hemisphere there’s winter,
the southern hemisphere is summertime. Australia
has been struck with the hottest temperatures for
the last 50 years. this has consequences…

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What does it look like if a blizzard is heading towards
New York? A spectacular time lapse recording from
the One World Observatory (the visitor deck atop the
One World Trade Center) shows the white snow squall.

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Streaming is a power consumer par excellence. The
EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager has warned that
streaming will be the reason for massive power usage
of the internet. Over 200 billion kWh will be used.

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220 years ago the metric system found it’s way to
our modern life. Everything measured is based upon
the metric system however there are some countries
still using the imperial system (USA, Australia, UK)

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Now we’ve seen a lot of things, some of them being
weird. But this is really awkward. In Russia there’s a
study active where it is determined if cows produce
more milk when having a VR headset on.

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The life of an animal can be very dangerous.
Especially if natural needs urge you to get water.
This deer herd has been struck by a python killing
one of them by quickly snatching out of the pond.

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Nature can be cruel as always. In this clip a monkey
in midst of a zoo in Thailand has been caught by a
python. Lots of other monkey mates tried to come
the captured one to help but at no success…

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How dangerous can lightnings be? Well in India
a farmer had to witness that himself in action.
It was a stormy rainy weather where sheep gathered
close to a truck in order to be safe from the rain…

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We all know that lawsuits with ridiculously high sums are
common in the USA, especially when it comes to lawsuits
against non-american companies. But in this case a lawsuit
filed against Johnson&Johnson is getting our attention.

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What looks awesome and beuatiful (sort of) is also an
active warning that the glaciers are melting away in a
way faster speed than expected by now. As a result of
global warming this should make us think about it.

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This is heart-touching! A bear family seems to have found food
in a dumpster at Lake Tahoe. While the adult bear and the
second sibling were able to get out of the dumpster by
themselves, the other one was not so lucky and got stuck.

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For many people Friday 13th is a day to fear as it
means bad luck for them. Although there’s no proof
why that is, it’s proven that bad things do not happen
more often at this special date constellation.

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Usually most food in Asia (China, Japan preferably) is consumed raw
to half-raw or barely-coocked. This sometimes leads to awkward and
icky scenes at the table. For example the squid that begins to twitch
once garnished with soy and vinegar sauce. (watch video here).

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It seems as if there’s more radioactive garbage all
around the world. One of these rather unknown
ticking time bombs is on Runit Island, part of the
Marshal islands. There you’ll spot something odd!

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Now this is something you don’t see often. What looks
like the live version of Tom & Jerry, except for the mouse
being the cat and the dogs being Tom, this is amazing
that the cat was able to fend of the attack without loss!

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Flooding is one of the most dangerous and destroying
nature catastrophes the world can face. Silent rivers
become devastating monsters, tearing down everything
in it’s path. Here’s an interesting prevention method.

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In Brooklyn, NY the measles are all around. Now the
mayor has spoken and enforces all parents to have
their children vaccinated. Those who refuse to do so
will be fined 1000 US$.

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They’re majestic, gigantic and they look like nothing could shake
them at any rate. However it seems that they are weak against
strong winds. A cruise ship has been hit by strong winds close to
New York, USA. The cruise ship was en route to Florida

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When animals tend to do silly stuff, they end up
in an epic compilation. In this video you will see
cats, dogs, goats and smaller rodents who have
witnessed that man’s items are not animal’s items

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And if they dare… well… then it gets painful! This cat
had to experience it when a crab gets finally pissed.
One less cat bothering this crab ever again! And it’s
only understandable why one wouldn’t get pinched!

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It is time again! The bloodmoon in 2019 can be seen
well on January 21st. In Europe the event will start at
4.10am, the full darkness will be reached at 6.12am
and at 6:43am the whole event will be through.

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Big images can become a challenge for older computers,
slim internet lines and mobile devices. Yet do we want to
show you images that are of very large scale, say 16MP
and up. We found a way to do so now with DeepZoom!

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Well, when glass shatters, you see the cracks afterwards. But how
dos the glass actually break? Are the cracks expanding in given
time or are they instantly there? A question, The team of the
Action Lab was trying to find out. The following video is the result.

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As the team of Netspark’s blog is recreating, we hope the
server will still work in the background and publish the
posts for us while we’re spending some quality time with
our beloved ones. In case you’re here: Have some fun!

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We all know it from our childhood: Christmas was
often the time where we looked forward to fool
around in the snow. But with ongoing time the
temperatures were no longer allowing snow.

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Planet discovery in a far distance is quite a challenge. A team
for space science has discovered “2018 VG18” which is 120 AU
(astronomical units) away from the sun. It’s nickname “Farout”
is symbolic according to it’s distance from the sun.

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Gene manipulation using CRISPR is a topic which is known for some
time now. But in China CRISPR has been used on the embryos of two
girls which have been born recently. Do we start playing God now?
And what about possibe genetic mutations that may occur?

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This little bear tries to get to his mommy bear but the
slope seems too steep and to snowy for it’s little paws
to finde adequate hold. What looks dramatic, however
has a happy ending. And we all love happy endings!

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Living outside the protecting sphere of our planet is
unthinkable. The space is too cold, too air-less and
possibly other things that eradicates a man’s life fast.
But there are planets with similar life conditions.

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When you think of waves, sea and sand, you might
picture out a nice sunny beach with warm sun on
your skin beathing the salty yet clean air the sea
provides while the waves roar in.

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