Levitating woman

Everyone and their dog have kindly sent me this…..

It is great, especially if you cover up the bottom of the image with your hand.

Like it?

Gravity is all wrong…..

Richard Saunders brought my attention to this lovely video by the ever creative Brian Dunning….

Any ideas?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle!

On Friday I set this puzzle….

When Jane was just eight years old she developed a bit of a crush on Jim.  Jim was eighteen and decided to make a promise to Jane.  He carved a heart into a nearby cherry tree and placed his initials inside the heart.  The heart was out of Jane’s reach by 16 centimetres.  Jim promised to marry Jane when she was tall enough to carve her initials next to his.  Jane’s reach increased by 8 centimetres a year, but the tree was growing by 7 centimetres each year.

How old was Jane when she could ask Jim to keep his promise?

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else, the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

OK, here we go with this week’s teaser.

When Jane was just eight years old she developed a bit of a crush on Jim.  Jim was eighteen and decided to make a promise to Jane.  He carved a heart into a nearby cherry tree and placed his initials inside the heart.  The heart was out of Jane’s reach by 16 centimetres.  Jim promised to marry Jane when she was tall enough to carve her initials next to his.  Jane’s reach increased by 8 centimetres a year, but the tree was growing by 7 centimetres each year.

How old was Jane when she could ask Jim to keep his promise?

As ever, please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took.  Solution on Monday.

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Soooooooo clever

Alison S drew my attention this these lovely illusion-based paintings….

 

If you like them, there are lots more here.

10 quirky science stunts

We are fast approaching the party season.  For the past couple of years I have created little videos containing science stunts to help ensure that you are the life and soul of any party.  I have just released the 2011 video – here it is….

Which was your favourite stunt?

Amazing applied psychology

Over the weekend I tweeted a Boing Boing link about the use of pepper spray by American police as they tried to arrest peaceful students at UC Davies.  If you haven’t seen the video, it is here:

The UC Chancellor, Linda Katehi, refused to condemn the police, and held a press conference about the incident.  Hundreds of students then decided to sit in total silence as Katehi left the conference (more about the incident here).  It is an amazing piece of footage:

If you had been Katehi, how would you have felt?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

First, the tickets for the next event at the Edinburgh Secret Society go on sale at 10 a.m. today!

On Friday I posted this puzzle….

A lovely puzzle this week.

I have a box and inside the box are four stones. One stone is white, another is yellow, the third is blue and the fourth stone is also blue. I put my hand into the box and pick up two stones. I bring my hand out in a fist, look inside my fist and remove a blue stone. What are the chances of the other stone in my hand also being blue?

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now. For everyone else, the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

A lovely puzzle this week.

I have a box and inside the box are four stones.  One stone is white, another is yellow, the third is blue and the fourth stone is also blue.  I put my hand into the box and pick up two stones.  I bring my hand out in a fist, look inside my fist and remove a blue stone.  What are the chances of the other stone in my hand also being blue?

As ever, please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took.  Solution on Monday.

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Can you spot the hidden stuff?

Yesterday’s hidden image went down well, so here are two more.  First, Bernadette V sent me this one….

And @two_blokes sent me this….can you spot the dolphin?

Did you spot them?

Can you see what it is yet?

Take a look at this picture…..

Can you see the embedded hidden thing?  If so, just post a quick ‘yes’ in the comments box, but don’t say what or where it is!

 

A man loses his head!

This is a lovely version of an old illusion…soooooo well done…..

Like it?

Answer to the Friday Puzzle….

On Friday I posted this puzzle….which word in the second line best fits in the first line?

All, Board, Cast, Charge, Land, Rate

Vision, Future, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch

If you have not tried to solve it, have a go now.  For everyone else, the answer is after the break.

It’s the Friday Puzzle!

Which word in the second line best fits in the first line?

All, Board, Cast, Charge, Land, Rate

Vision, Future, Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch

 

 

As ever, please do NOT post your answers, but do say if you think you have solved the puzzle and how long it took.  Solution on Monday.  To keep you amused over the weekend, here a photo of of my favourite piece of taxidermy (from Bad Taxidermy)….

I have produced an ebook containing 101 of the previous Friday Puzzles! It is called PUZZLED and is available for the Kindle (UK here and USA here) and on the iBookstore (UK here in the USA here). You can try 101 of the puzzles for free here.

Want to see something vanish right in front of your eyes?

@mynameistoey brought my attention to this new illusion and it is great.  Simply stare at the centre of the image and it will slowly vanish.

 

Did it work for you?