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• Curiosity Mars Rover Breaks Rock To Reveal White Interior

  

  image credit: NASA A rock crushed under the Curiosity Mars Rover's wheels has dazzled mission scientists in more ways than one. Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SCIENCE

• 10 Most Influential Scientists of 2012

  

  Who were the most influential scientists of the past year? In areas ranging from microbiology and genetics to physics and even filmmaking, these 10 individuals... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SCIENCE

• How Did Humans Die In The 20th Century?

  

  And which were the worst killers? War? Disease? Natural disasters? You might be surprised. This infographic shows mortality data from around the world - from... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Explore Everest, Kilimanjaro And More With Google Maps

  

  With Google Maps you can now explore some of the most famous mountains on Earth, including Aconcagua (South America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 OUTDOORS, TREK

• Concrete Tent

  Watch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips from National Geographic quickly construct a tent made of concrete canvas - a material that has all the elements of... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 SCIENCE

• 59 Stunningly Repetitive Photos Your Brain Will Love

  

  image credit: Peggy2012 cc 59 Stunningly Repetitive Photos Your Brain Will Love. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 RANDOM

• Dying To Go Retro? This Modern-Day Morticia Gives Death A Makeover

  

  image credit Caitlin Doughty gushes about death like it's her high-school crush. I don't just pretend to love death. I really do love death, writes Doughty. I... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• This Clock Tracks The End Of The World

  

  Maybe you're familiar with the Doomsday Clock. It's an analogy started by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to track how we close we are to the apocalypse by wa... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 RANDOM

• 50 Insane Facts About Hair

  

  Did you know that everybody sheds 40 to 150 strands of hair everyday? Unless you're bald, of course. And that human hair can be used to make an additive that... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 RANDOM

• The Google Graveyard

  

  It's hard to lose a loved one, especially if that loved one is a Google service. Go through the gates of the Google Graveyard, a virtual space for grieving. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 12 Longest Rivers In The World

  

  image credit: Jialiang Gao cc There are some amazingly long rivers in the world but which are the longest? Here's a list of the top 12 longest rivers in the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 OUTDOORS

• German Cops Issued A Parking Ticket To A Car Made Of Snow

  

  Traffic wardens in Germany left a parking ticket - on a full-sized snow sculpture of a Volkswagen Beetle. Pranksters had built the car overnight in a... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Is Legendary Viking 'Sunstone' Real?

  

  image credit: ArniEin cc The sunstone is a type of mineral attested in several 13th–14th century written sources in Iceland, one of which describes its use to... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Are We Running Out Of Scientific Geniuses?

  

  image credit Is the world clear out of geniuses? Will we ever have another Copernicus, another Darwin, another Einstein to shatter the foundations of our... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 SCIENCE

• Orville Wright And The First Person To Die In An Airplane

  

  image credit The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were the first pilots to have a successful manned flight, when they flew their airplane at Kitty Hawk,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Paranoid Dictator's Communist-Era Bunkers Now A National Nuisance

  

  image credit: Fingalo cc In Albania, 750,000 communist-era bunkers populate the landscape, relics of the paranoia and skewed priorities of former dictator... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• 10 Strange And Fun Facts About Ireland

  

  image credit: gmt903 cc In celebration of St Patrick's Day, here are some fun and interesting facts about Ireland. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Feline Font Generator

  

  With the Feline Font Generator you can turn your name - or whatever words you want - into a font made out of cats. (via Everlasting Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• A Brief History Of 7 Baby Basics

  

  image credit: Duncanogi Take a look at the origins of some of the baby basics on every new parent's baby shower registry. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 FAMILY

• 10 Cool Indoor Treehouses That Can Make Your Kids Happy

  Have you ever dreamed to have a treehouse? If so then you should build or buy one for your kids. If you don't have an outdoor space then you should think about... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 FAMILY, RANDOM