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• Space Shuttle Disvocery Flight Deck

  

  A 360 degrees panorama picture of Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck during decommissioning in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 15 Foods That Could Survive The Apocalypse

  

  image credit December 12, 2012 is right around the corner. If the coaxial rotation of the Earth does happen to shift, it'll probably be tough to get to the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Creepiest Abandoned Prisons On Earth

  

  image credit Around the world there are many abandoned prisons, once cages for people - some criminals, some political prisoners. Many disused prisons have... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Goshawk Flies Through Tiny Spaces In Slo-Mo

  The Northern Goshawk is a raptor with short, broad wings and a long tail, both adaptations to manoeuvring through trees in the forests it lives and nests in. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

• Incredible Steampunk Animal Trophy Heads

  

  image credit Robo-animals made from gadgets and other objects. Their metallic gaze reminds us that they're no hunter's trophies but creatures fully in control... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Math Of The Rubik's Cube

  

  image credit Last August, 30 years after the Rubik's cube first appeared, an international team of researchers proved that no matter how scrambled a Rubik's cub... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 GADGETS

• The Amazing Longsheng Rice Terraces

  

  image credit Village elders have a saying in Longsheng: where there is soil there is a terrace. Two hours ride from the city of Guilin in Guanxi province the... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• Ants

  Why do ants travel in group? Find out in the new commercial of Belgian public bus company De Lijn. YouTube link (thanks Cora)The Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2011 RANDOM

• All Kinds Of Stickers

  

  image credit A collection of stickers. Bumper stickers, Hallmark stickers, promo stickers of all kinds. Mostly vintage stuff from the 70's and 80's. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Top 100 Images Hubble Images

  

  The Hubble Space Telescope is a joint ESA/NASA project and was launched in 1990 by the Space Shuttle mission STS-31 into a low-Earth orbit 569 km (354 miles)... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 SCIENCE

• Artist Paints With Her Lips

  

  Natalie Irish is one of those artists who doesn't need to use her hands to create mind-blowing masterpieces. You probably haven't seen Natalie's art before and... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Croissants

  Vincent Talleu, a baker from Nancy, France, shows you how he makes croissants. YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• 7 Weird Micronations Of The World

  

  image credit A micronation is a tiny, self-proclaimed sovereign state. Though they claim sovereignty and are often not interfered with by larger government... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 CULTURE

• Cyborg Insects By Dean Christ

  

  I've posted about Dean Christ's cyborg animals art series before when they were really early concepts. Dean told me that now there's a new, improved and larger... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 ART & DESIGN, GADGETS

• Why We Love Chips

  

  image credit Eating just one chip (potato crisp, French fries, or whatever you call them) without then devouring the rest is almost impossible for most people t... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 HEALTH

• Mount Everest In 3D

  For the first time, researchers from the German Aerospace Center have depicted Mount Everest in 3D using optical satellite data. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 OUTDOORS

• How Alcatraz Worked

  

  image credit Alcatraz is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, USA. Often referred to as 'The Rock,' the small... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 HISTORY

• Creatively Decorated Cars For Fun

  

  image credit Everyone loves their car and some people want to show it to everyone. But why would someone look at their cars? Because they turn their cars into... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• SolarCross E-Bike

  

  Electric Vehicle enthusiast Terry Hope outfitted a Specialized FSR bike frame with three solar slats, a 24-volt one horsepower motor, and three batteries to... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 OUTDOORS

• Google To Retire Blogger And Picasa Brands in Google+

  Say goodbye to the Picasa and Blogger names: Google intends to retire several non-Google name brands and rename them as Google products. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH