Steve Aoki explores the Singularity in this futuristic new video
This dazzling new scifi-themed music video by electro house musician Steve Aoki looks like it could be made into an actual movie. It features Angger Dimas, My Name Is Kay — and none other than Ray...
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These 1,000-year-old coins could rewrite Australia's history
Historians credit James Cook with discovering Australia back in 1770. But a long ignored discovery of five African copper coins in its Northern Territory, along with a map with an "X" on it, suggests...
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Humanity Will Never Be Overrun By Spontaneously Forming Space Brains
Good news, everyone! A new interpretation of string theory is proposing that Boltzmann Brains — those disembodied brains that could emerge spontaneously in outer space — will never outnumber humans....
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Google Glass Rival Hires 'Cyborg' Steve Mann as Chief Scientist
Wearables pioneer Steve Mann has joined forces with Meta, an ambitious startup that’s currently working on the world’s first entry-level augmented reality glasses. Meta, which has been under...
View ArticleDefinitely the kind of thing Mann envisions, also.
Definitely the kind of thing Mann envisions, also.
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How a 3D Printer Saved This Baby's Life
Six weeks after he was born, Kaiba Gionfriddo began to experience severe breathing difficulties, the result of a rare obstruction in his lungs called bronchial malacia. In desperation, doctors...
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Portland voters reject fluoridation for the fourth time
For the fourth time since 1956, Portlanders have rejected a plan to fluoridate the city's water. It's the only city among the nation's 30 most populous that avoids the practice — prompting critics to...
View ArticleWatch as this burning railway bridge comes crashing down
Remember that wild scene in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter when that wooden bridge was set ablaze? Well, as you'll see in this unbelievable video, sometimes reality can match the best that special...
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The First Image Ever of a Hydrogen Atom's Orbital Structure
What you’re looking at is the first direct observation of an atom’s electron orbital — an atom's actual wave function! To capture the image, researchers utilized a new quantum microscope — an...
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Dolphin-assisted births? Yeah, let's not go there.
An expectant couple from North Carolina are currently in Hawaii awaiting the birth of their baby. When the time comes, they will have a so-called dolphin-assisted birth — a completely whacked idea...
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Thousands of cave paintings have been discovered in Mexico
Archaeologists have uncovered nearly 5,000 cave paintings at 11 different sites in Mexico, the likely product of early hunter-gatherers. What’s even more remarkable is that the area was previously...
View ArticleAh, that came from the History Channel via Huffington post.
Ah, that came from the History Channel via Huffington post. Forgot to add that to the list of sources.
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Astronomers Map the Extreme Weather of a Distant Hot Jupiter
An emerging branch of science known as exometeorology is offering remarkable insights into the conditions found on some of the more extreme planets in the galaxy — including the weird and...
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These twisted animal mashups are some of the best we've ever seen
Arne Olav likes to create ridiculous new species by splicing together two or more real animals. The resulting chimeras look like something right out a bizarre fantasy movie. The work of Reddit user...
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An algorithm that finds face-like structures on the Earth's surface
A new software program called GoogleFaces uses Google Maps and facial recognition software to isolate geographic structures that look like human faces. It's far from perfect, but the program has...
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