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That time The Fonz partied with Marvel superheroes
Gotta admit, this would have been one hell of a bash. The January 1978 cover of Pizazz is a winner on so many levels. Click through to see the whole thing, including other 1970s television icons. Most...
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This tiny hummingbird's nest is almost too precious to believe
Catching a glimpse of a hummingbird in flight is rare enough as it is — but imagine stumbling upon one of its nests! "Here is a hummingbird nest my wife found," wrote the Redditor who posted the photo...
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New Theory Explains Moon’s Wonky Gravity
A strange thing happens to satellites when they’re in the Moon’s orbit. When passing over certain craters, they’ve been known to suddenly change course and plummet towards the surface before pulling...
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Travelers to Mars would face a lifetime's worth of radiation exposure
We knew that a trip to Mars would expose astronauts to excessive amounts of radiation, but new data from Curiosity's Mars Science Laboratory is showing that it's worse than we thought. According to a...
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The First Images of Molecules Breaking and Reforming Chemical Bonds
Microscopy is advancing in leaps and bounds these days. It was just last week that scientists produced the first image of a hydrogen atom’s orbital structure. Not to be outdone, Berkeley chemists have...
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Guys Who Are Full of Themselves Get the Girl
A recent study has shown that narcissistic men — guys who have an exaggerated sense of entitlement and an unrealistically positive self-image — are considered sexier by women. At least in the...
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Finally, a successor to the Concorde takes shape
For something that was developed in the early 1970s, the now-defunct supersonic Concorde jet was the most futuristic-looking airliner the world had ever seen. Until now, that is. This unmanned...
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An earlier version of this article stated that the new supersonic jet would be 25% quieter than the Concorde. The correct figure is 75% quieter.
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This 'disco ball' is the densest object orbiting the solar system
Called LARES, this tiny — but remarkably heavy — satellite both looks and acts like a disco ball. By bouncing lasers off its reflectors, Italian researchers are hoping to prove Einstein’s conjecture...
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11 Jaw-dropping Weapons From World War II You Probably Never Heard Of
The Second World War witnessed the introduction of hundreds of cutting-edge and often bizarre weapons, many of which became quite famous. But there were plenty of others that never got the same kind of...
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Could we find alien civilizations using infrared light?
Instead of listening for radio signals, a group of astronomers is proposing that we search for extraterrestrials by detecting their planet’s exaggerated heat signatures — signatures that could be...
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The Russian Eccentric Who Wants to Make Surrogates a Reality
In preparation for the upcoming Global Futures 2045 conference, the New York Times has put together a quick preview, including a biopic of its ambitious founder, the Russian entrepreneur and...
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Why does this bizarro asteroid have a million-kilometer-long tail?
Three years ago, something rather cataclysmic happened to this asteroid. Whatever it was — and it was probably a collision with a smaller asteroid — has now resulted in an exceptionally long debris...
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These stunning maps were made entirely from geotagged tweets
Twitter has compiled a series of maps showing geo-located Tweet volumes since 2009. The resulting maps are intricate, gorgeous — and even a bit revealing. According to Miguel Rios, Twitter's Visual...
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Our intergalactic neighbourhood is more prominent than we thought
Good news, everyone! We’re not intergalactic hicks after all! Turns out that our solar system is located in a large spiral branch called the Local Arm, a prominent feature of the Milky Way galaxy. Top...
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Thousands of silkworms and one robot made this intricate sculpture
Working under the assumption that silkworms are nature’s original 3D printers, researchers at MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter group have created a domed sculpture from silk fibres woven by a robotic...
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The World’s First Mind-controlled Exoskeleton!
Wow, is this a taste of the future, or what? Check out MindWalker — an exoskeleton that will soon enable paralysed and locked-in people to walk using only their mind. Ah, who are we kidding — we're ALL...
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