Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-08
Solar Vortex — Stirring the Sun
An interactive fluid simulation that lets visitors explore the plasma vortices described on the Sun's surface.
Why it surfacedThe page turns a specific solar-physics claim into something tactile: visitors can stir the simulated surface, adjust its physics, save settings, and enter fullscreen mode. It also points toward the Human Computation Institute's Alzheimer's research project, Stall Catchers.
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The Fax Is Thinking
August 8’s newborn domains include a chatbot that replies only by fax, an Elmira tax analysis built from 1,689 sales, a map protecting Jeju divers’ precise fishing grounds, and 58 boxes catalogued into one uncle’s 1,113-book library.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-08 Domain Arrivals issue.