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These are all the deaths in Game of Thrones
Redditor Ma Petit Choufleur did something really cool: mark all the deaths in the Game of Thrones novels and then take this cool photo. Yeah, that’s lots of deaths. “All the marked deaths are present tense confirmed deaths. No flashbacks, and no implied deaths,” he says.
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The International Space Station looks so cool when astronauts sleep
I’ve never seen the International Space Station at “night,” when astronauts and cosmonauts go to sleep, so when I saw that I immediately though “that’s so damn cool!” “The dots near the hatch point to Soyuz if we have an emergency,” says astronaut Mike Hopkins.
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Kawasaki built a time machine and stole a bike from the future
Akira, Tron, I don’t care what pop reference you pick. The new Kawasaki J Three Wheeler EV—presented today at the Tokyo Motor Show 2013—is absolutely insane. And the way you ride this amazing thing is even crazier. Check it out in Sport Mode: The bike has different modes depending on your style and mood, and … Continued
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Amazing new miracle material will keep you dry no matter what
There are a lot of water-repellent surfaces, but nothing as incredible as this new miracle material that—according to research published in Nature—repels water way beyond “what was previously thought possible.” As you can see in the clip above, the water bounces completely off the surface as fast as possible, leaving nothing behind. Its inventors say … Continued
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Five crazy buildings that were actually made by Russians, not aliens
English Russia has a splendid selection of the Top 25 Fantastic Soviet Buildings. I think the word they were looking for wasn’t fantastic but crazymadmegalomaniacal. They look straight from the imagination of a sci-fi writer with double utopian-dystopian personality. It was hard to pick, but here are my five favorites: 5. Crematorium in Kiev, Ukraine. … Continued
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What are the odds of taking this truly rare image?
Fine art landscape and adventure photographer Scott Rinckenberger took this awesome one-in-a-million photo during a long trip from Seattle to the Mexican border: a perfectly lit and exposed image in which a meteor entered the atmosphere just in time for the shot. Here’s his take on it: I’ve been shooting photos for 20 years. I’ve … Continued
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The Mars Curiosity rover is having problems, halts operations
After getting out of a recent reboot into safe-mode status caused by some anomaly, the Mars Curiosity rover has halted operations for a few days after a new problem has been discovered: a soft short.* NASA engineers are running tests now. https://gizmodo.com/the-mars-curiosity-rover-has-landed-live-coverage-fr-5932039 But fear not, my fellow cosmonerds. According to Mars Science Laboratory Project Manager … Continued
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The secret trick to finding Waldo faster than anyone else*
I find this statistical study by Slate’s Ben Blatt fascinating: Waldo—Wally in Europe—isn’t placed randomly on the page. That means that you can find him faster if you follow this simple trick: Don’t look at the corners or the center of the drawing. Leave those till o the end, in case you don’t find him … Continued
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This Airbus A380 landing looked like it was about to crash
I hate crosswinds when landing as much as I love seeing videos of planes safely landing under crosswinds, feeling a knot in my stomach as I see the pilot struggling to keep control and imagine myself inside the plane. Like this giant Thai Airbus A380, which looked like it was about to crash in Narita … Continued
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15 awesome facts about the International Space Station
Did you know that the ISS goes so fast that it would go the Moon and back in a day, that you can connect a hairdryer in Newark to a power plug in NYC using its electrical cables, that is almost as big as Princess Leia’s spaceship, or that three crew members will eat the … Continued
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US Navy’s new carrier kind of looks like a Star Destroyer from the back
We have seen a lot of its bow, but check out this unique view of the stern of the USS Gerald Ford—the first unit of America’s new aircraft carrier class. It’s surprising to see the new location of the island and how wide the stern is. Oh, and it kind of looks kind of Star … Continued
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Incredible photos show terrible aftermath of Sumatra volcano eruption
These images of the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, are as sad as they are strangely beautiful. The contrast between colorful figures and the grayscale of the ash-covered landscape is so striking that it seems unreal. Here’s the entire story told in photos. https://gizmodo.com/this-insanely-gigantic-volcano-explosion-just-happened-1465189438 The Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, in … Continued
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The actual probability of Earth going to hell in the next few decades
We know that climate change is already affecting Earth’s weather in a major way, but we don’t exactly know how bad things are going to get. However, scientists have a pretty good idea of the probabilities of Earth going to hell in the next few decades. This video shows them. “We wanted to find a … Continued
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US Army to get Iron Man suit for troops in just four years
This is not the first time that the US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has talked about their desire to get a real life version of Iron Man’s suit for soldiers, but now it’s giving a very specific timeframe: “The goal is to have a contract in place by next fall and have … Continued
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This is what a 3,400-year-old mummy steak looks like
If you were Queen Tiye of Egypt’s parents you wouldn’t want to go to the Otherworld just with some bread and beer and wine and jewelry. You would like to eat a good ribeye beef steak, prepared with a mixture of fat, beeswax, and Pistacia resin. That’s what Katherine A. Clarka, Salima Ikramb, and Richard … Continued
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That ISON comet is looking more and more spectacular by the day
The European Southern Observatory has published a new photo of ISON. This thing is going to be a huge show in November 28, when it gets really close to the Sun. I wish we could zoom in and discover the Silver Surfer right in the middle of that blue glow. https://gizmodo.com/incredible-photo-of-a-comet-you-can-see-in-the-sky-righ-1465491738
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Too bad this awesome stadium for Qatar’s World Cup is made by slaves
I like Zaha Hadid’s design for Qatar’s flagship World Cup football stadium, but I hate everything else about it, from the modern-day slaves being used to build it to the fact that nobody wants a World Cup in Qatar except the corrupt fat gangsters that rule FIFA. Anyway, now you can take a virtual walk … Continued
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I’d lose contact with reality if I watched this sky in real life
This incredible photo by Stéphane Vetter—featured as NASA’s astronomy picture of the day—makes my head spin a little bit. The weirdly shaped clouds—a glowing tentacle! a spaceship!—combined with the curved aurora that seems to be coming from the mountain and the sun near the horizon makes the entire shot seem completely unreal. It was taken … Continued
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Holy crap! Look at this giant demon squid from hell
Deep Sea News has this incredible composite image of a Magnapinna squid, made from a freaky video taken 1.5 miles underwater by a Shell’s remote operated vehicle. This is the video, which I remember seeing a few years ago: According to Wikipedia, these beasts are harmless, dragging their long flexible tentacles to grab their prey. … Continued
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Guy lost his house in a tornado but he’s happy because his PS4 survived
Redditor HepatitisC posted this photo taken from his Facebook feed: “He lost his house in the tornado yesterday but there’s some light at the end of the tunnel…the PS4 survived!” Obviously, he can only be so happy if he has full home insurance.
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