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• Understanding 9/11 - A Television News Archive

  

  The 9/11 Television News Archive is a library of news coverage of the events of 9/11/2001 and their aftermath as presented by U.S. and international... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 SOCIETY

• OmnesViae: Tabula Peutingeriana

  

  OmnesViae offers a reconstruction of the Tabula Peutingeriana with internet technology. The Tabula Peutingeriana is a medieval copy of a Roman roadmap from abou... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 CULTURE, TECH

• Dadabot

  

  According to YouTube, 30% of the clips on the site account for 99% of its traffic. And some of those clips are viewed millions of times. The most watched video... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Living Rock - Massive Monuments Carved In Situ

  

  image credit Most buildings and sculptures are made out of stone which is quarried and then taken somewhere else to be carved or used in construction. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Top 10 Possible Authors For The Works Of Shakespeare

  

  Despite William Shakespeare's status as a literary giant, a small but vocal group of scholars, playwrights, actors, and conspiracy theorists have long argued... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• 14 Things You Might Not Know About Star Trek

  

  You know those long lists that keep popping up online, the ones that claim they're going to tell us 10 or 25 or 100 things we supposedly don't know about this o... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 RANDOM

• 10 Hackers Who Made History

  

  image credit The computer world has a rich history of hackers who steered the progress of computer science and gave shape to computers, the internet, and... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 COMPUTING, TECH

• Buckycubes

  Buckyballs are a set of 216 powerful rare earth magnets that can be shaped, molded, torn apart and snapped together in unlimited ways. Now there are... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 PHYSICS, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• How Big Are Solar Flares?

  A solar flare is a sudden brightening observed over the Sun surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release of up to 6 × 1025 joules o... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 SCIENCE

• Schweddy Balls

  

  Ben & Jerry's is unveiling a new flavor, and it doesn't sound too tasty. 'Schweddy Balls' is an homage to an old 'Saturday Night Live' skit featuring Alec... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How To Solve A Rubik's Cube

  A young girl is faced with the challenge of completing a Rubik's Cube until she thinks of a novel solution to the problem. YouTube link (thanks Will)The Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Ruins Of Detroit

  

  image credit Up and down Detroit's streets, buildings stand abandoned and in ruin. French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre set out to document... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE, DESTINATIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• The John Rolfe Society

  

  Artist Mike Caplanis recently announced the launch of The John Rolfe Society - a Facebook community showcasing satirical caricatures penned by the... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 HUMOR, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY

• The 200 Million Dollar Ghost Town

  New Mexico, home to several premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project - a... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 SCIENCE

• See How Fast Wildfire Spreads

  Video shot September 5, 2011 on the north edge of Bastrop State Park near Austin. All but about 100 acres of the 6,000-acre park have been blackened by fire.... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS

• Golf Solitaire Pro

  

  is a new game by Mark Klocek. It's a deceptively simple to play, but joyously addictive solitaire game. Try to clear the course before the deck cards run out. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 GAMING

• Extremely Ripped Competitive Bodybuilders

  

  The 2011 Mr. Olympia competition is coming up in about a month. Mr. Olympia is the premier event in the world of pro bodybuilding - the event that made 7-time... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 FITNESS, SPORTS

• Magnetic Void

  A film by James Miller. British United Shoe Machinery Ltd. was the head office in Leicester, England of a company which for most of the 20th century was the... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 CULTURE

• Dolphins Talk Like Humans

  

  image credit Dolphins do not whistle, but instead 'talk' to each other using a process very similar to the way that humans communicate, according to a new... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Calories Busted By Cafe Culture

  

  image credit In a fast-paced world, demand for tasty, convenient food 'to go' has spiralled. But before you stop to buy your next cup of Italian-inspired... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 DIET & WEIGHT, HEALTH