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• 40 Photos Of The Oval Office Apple Bowl

  

  image credit Since January 2009, there's a big wooden bowl of apples in the Oval Office. Its steadfast presence is kind of soothing. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 SOCIETY

• This Is Now

  

  The This is Now project is a visual composition which uses real-time updates from the ever popular Instagram application based on users geo-tag locations. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 SOCIETY, TECH

• Iceberg Tsunami

  Jens Møller, together with his uncle and an Australian tourist went to see a glacier just north of Ilulissat in Greenland. While filming from their boat, a larg... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 OUTDOORS

• Caravanserai - Staging Posts Of The Desert

  

  image credit There were once thousands of caravanserai, staging posts for the weary traveller, dotted throughout Asia, North Africa and the South-Eastern parts... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 DESTINATIONS

• Pools In The Sky

  

  image credit Dubai, Melbourne, Zambia, and Bali are among the places with the most impressive cantilevered or otherwise exceptionally suspended water-based... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• The BikeCharge Dynamo Lets You Juice Up Your Devices While You Cycle

  

  This is definitely one of the greenest ways to get around the neighborhood, where you not only save money as you do not burn precious fossil fuel, you also get... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 OUTDOORS

• Can Your Job Be Done By A Robot?

  

  If you think not, you're in for a rude awakening; turns out robots might do your job way better than you do. According to this infographic, robots are not only... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 CAREER, TECH

• 25 European Castles You Can Stay In

  

  image credit Did you know you can become king or queen of your very own European castle... at least for a couple of nights. Many European castles are open to th... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Fox Tale

  is inspired by a Chinese legend. It tells the story of two brothers on the hunt for a fox. But this particular fox is not quite what it seems. Directed by Thoma... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 RANDOM

• The Medical Book

  

  image courtesy Cliff Pickover The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons is Cliff Pickover's new book. Cliff is known for his excellent blog... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 MEDICINE

• Peanuts, Blackjack And Pee: Strangest Space Mission Superstitions

  

  image credit The tension was palpable in the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the minutes leading up to the August 5 landing of the Mars rove... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SCIENCE

• Lamborghini Aventador

  Introducing Lamborghini's new super sports car Aventador with its 700 HP bull power - powerful and classy just like his namesake, Spanish bull legend Aventador ... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 CULTURE, MOTO

• Leader, But Never The Winner

  

  image credit The capacity crowd at the Olympic Velodrome roars in anticipation. Six highly trained and fit cyclists set off on a race for gold. And leading the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 HISTORY, SPORTS

• The 10 Greatest FBI Agents In History

  

  image credit Of all the US law enforcement agencies, the FBI has had one of the most intriguing and controversial histories. From humble beginnings as the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Playing With Matches: Sexy, Silly 1930s Ads That Went Up In Smoke

  

  image credit Smoking is growing more taboo now, but back in the 1930s, cigarettes were sexy. And where there was smoke, there were matches. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 BUSINESS, HISTORY

• 10 Of History's Most Beautiful Typewriters

  

  image credit Typewriters are intricate machines - complex little boxes that require an abundance of ingenuity to produce. They are often beautiful, and they... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HISTORY

• London 2012: 20 Olympic Oddities

  

  image credit Most people are probably aware that Usain Bolt is the 100m Olympic champion, Team GB have done rather well and that Michael Phelps can swim a bit,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2012 SPORTS

• 15 Fairytale Villages Of The Faroe Islands

  

  image credit The Faroe Islands are an island group and archipelago under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark, situated between the Norwegian Sea and the... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Flower Bouquets Made With Discarded Spray Cans

  

  image credit Designer Hillary Coe makes bouquet sculptures using parts of discarded spray cans. The sculptures are part of a series of works, which she has... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Secrets Of Sticky Feet Revealed

  

  image credit Sure-footed lizards and beetles keep their feet dry to secure their grip, according to scientists. Previous studies have attributed both species'... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM