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Good night, Los Angeles
Gavin Heffernan sent us a compilation of his time-lapse city traffic videos, all of which except one are shot in the City of Angels. A nice way to shut down for the day. Go have a cocktail, Angelenos. This is part of a series in which we are featuring beautiful time-lapses of cities and remarkable … Continued
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This guy is driving a batcycle around Japan in a perfect Batman costume
Apparently there’s a crazy dude going around in Japan in full Batman uniform driving a batcycle. And that’s perfectly fine by me, quite honestly. Go Batman go! SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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NASA gives the go-ahead to the world’s most powerful rocket
Today, NASA has officially committed to build the new Space Launch System, the world’s most powerful rocket ever, which hopefully will take us to Mars by 2030. The program is now set for development—the ‘first time that an exploration class vehicle has gotten this status since the space shuttle.’ According to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden: … Continued
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This is the coolest ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video, period.
Check out famous race and aerobatic pilot Bruce Bohannon taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge inside his plane. He placed the ice water in a little bucket between his seat harness and his shirt, took off, and then did a loop. The only thing cooler than this would be if an astronaut did it in … Continued
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Scientists find water clouds outside the solar system for the first time
This beautiful purple jewel is an artist rendition of W0855—a Jupiter-sized brown dwarf 7.3 light years from Earth. If the scientists who just published a new paper on its composition are right, it’s the first object outside the solar system in which we have observed water clouds—an amazing discovery. Keep in mind that we have … Continued
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Magic bookcase makes itself in neat stop-motion video
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I daydream that I have the power to move stuff or make wonderful things with my mind alone—because I can’t be bothered to move from my sofa, really. Superlazyass-Man. That would be my superhero name. Or Mary Poppins. And my superpower will look just like this video. SPLOID … Continued
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Massive Buckyball cube video is so satisfying it gives me goosebumps
The deadly magnetic metal spheres known as Buckyballs may be officially banned, but they keep living in the homes and offices of rebels who keep making cool stuff with them. Like this massive cube assembled with 10,000 magnetic spheres—without a doubt the most satisfying video so far this month. SPLOID is a new blog about … Continued
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Amazing photo of the Milky Way over Yellowstone’s alien hot springs
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day has an amazing picture by Dave Lane today, a 16-photo panorama of the Milky Way arching over Silex Spring, Yellowstone National Park. The amazing pool colors—caused by bacteria thriving in the magma-heated waters—make this look like a picture from an alien world. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome … Continued
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Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson morphed into one person
Maybe one day—when we get an X-Men vs Avengers movie crossover—we will see Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) morphing into the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson). Until then we will have this fan morph, which looks surprisingly beautiful. Usually, these kind of morphs end being pretty terrible. Do you have any other favorite of actors or actresses? Post … Continued
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The mesmerizing traffic of the Panama Canal in a fascinating time lapse
I can watch this time-lapse video of the Panama Canal’s ship traffic forever. Up, down, up, down—so mesmerizing. Here is a first person angle: SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Pilot takes off from car road in the Alps to do some crazy acrobatics
I can help but to feel a mix of awe, envy, and fear as I watch Red Bull Air Force pilot Hannes Arch taking off from a road in the Austrian Alps and then perform some what-the-hell-are-you-noooooo-oh-my-god-you-got-to-be-kidding acrobatics way too close to all those amazing ridges. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join … Continued
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Gorgeous renders look like alien planets or Minecraft worlds
Lee Griggs is an expert in Maya and Arnold, a 3D rendering engine that produces amazing images in the right hands. Like his topographical experiments. He uses millions of tiny geometric elements combined with beautiful color palettes to create exquisite abstract visualizations. Some could be alien planets, others could be microscopic photos of minerals or … Continued
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Terrifying video shows the lung capacity of smokers vs nonsmokers
I’ve seen many photos and videos of smokers’ lungs—all of them disgusting—but I’ve never seen a better case against cigarettes than this Vine showing the differences in lung capacity between a smoker and a nonsmoker. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Amazing video shows hundreds of pelicans diving into a feeding frenzy
Birds are awesome creatures, but seeing huge flocks of them—like these pelicans diving into a feeding frenzy—both amaze and scare the bejesus out of me. Maybe is Hitchcock’s fault. Or maybe it’s because I know these sons of dinosaurs are really waiting for their opportunity to eat us all one day. SPLOID is a new … Continued
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A sneak peek into the guts of the new European Space Shuttle
Photographer Enrico Sacchetti got a peek of Europe’s new experimental space shuttle, the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, and sent us this cool photo of its guts. The IXV will be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on October 2014. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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Wingsuit guy flies so close to trees he probably got twigs in his pants
I’ve seen people in wingsuits flying so close to the ground that I thought they were going to land on their belly at any time. I’ve seen them fly through tight canyons or so close to a cliff that they could high five people standing there. But this flight between trees seems like the most … Continued
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This champagne glass is shaped after Kate Moss’ left breast (NSFW)
A (false) legend says that the first champagne glass was molded using the left breast of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France till her head rolled. It was actually created in England, like this new champagne glass modeled after the left breast of Kate Moss, the modern Queen of Fashion. Let’s compare with the real thing … Continued
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F-16s flying over Greenland look like snowspeeders over Hoth
Enjoy this cool video of some Royal Danish Air Force’s F-16s flying low level over Greenland. I imagine the pilots wearing rebel helmets looking for Imperial AT-AT walkers. Pew pew. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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One of the best live medleys in the history of rock ‘n’ roll
Sometimes you don’t need striking imagery to make a great music video. You just need David Bowie and the camera of a documentarist like D. A. Pennebaker, who filmed Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture. This scene in particular is one of the best medleys in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The only problem when … Continued
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