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• Instant Fire Suppression

  DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense) sought to establish the feasibility of a novel flame-suppressio... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 SCIENCE

• Space Shuttle Endeavour: The Final Ride

  

  Getting Endeavour to the CSC required not just the familiar piggyback flight atop a heavy-lift 747, but also an improbable, winding crawl through 12 miles of... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 SCIENCE

• How One Skull May Unite The Early Human Family Tree

  

  At a site in Dmanisi, Georgia, researchers have been finding the bones and tools of early human ancestors for years. Now, however, an unearthed skull is posing... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2013 SCIENCE

• How To Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs

  

  image credit: Ewan Munro cc Scrambled eggs and toast: sounds like an ascetic breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Sounds plain. Sounds boring. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Burgers

  

  is a mesmerizing website made by artist Guthrie Lonergan with hundreds of scrolling, multiplying, clickable hamburgers. (via Laughing Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Airships

  

  image credit: Boston Public Library cc Since the 1850s, engineers have been experimenting with powered lighter-than-air flight, essentially balloons with... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Superyacht Of The Future

  With its sleek weave of intertwining curves and its spacecraft-like design, it looks more akin to Beijing's famous 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium than something... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 TRAVEL

• How French Toast And 8 Other Foods Got Their Names

  

  image credit: Jonathunder cc You could debate which country boasts the best local food and flavor, but one thing is clear: Some of our favorite foods have been... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• The Abominable Snowman Lives

  

  image credit: Wanida.w cc Research by Professor Bryan Sykes, a geneticist from the University of Oxford, has found a genetic match between an ancient polar... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CULTURE

• Jeepers Creepers! Why Dark Rides Scare the Pants Off Us

  

  image credit: Mttbme cc When the mysterious amusement-park attractions known as 'dark rides' were first introduced in the 1920s, they freaked people out simply... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 RANDOM

• Jellyfish Are Taking Over The Seas, And It Might Be Too Late To Stop Them

  

  image credit: Eric Kilby cc Last week, Sweden's Oskarshamn nuclear power plant, which supplies 10% of the country's energy, had to shut down one of its three... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Possible Huge Chunk Of Russian Meteorite Found

  

  The largest discovered fragment of the Russian Chelyabinsk meteorite, weighing around 570 kilograms (1,256 pounds), has been lifted from the bed of Lake... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The 30 Most Important Digital Cameras Of All Time

  

  image credit: brett jordan cc Digital photography has proven to be one of the most world-changing technological breakthroughs of the late 20th century. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 GADGETS, TECH

• Six Seriously Spooky Cemetery Stories

  

  image credit: Jessica Feis cc It's that time of year, when we look to graveyards for tales that scare the dickens out of us. Ghosts, unexplained phenomena, and... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE

• The Great Library At Alexandria Was Destroyed By Budget Cuts, Not Fire

  

  image credit One of the great tragedies of ancient history, memorialized in myths and Hollywood film, is the burning of the great library at Alexandria. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The First Woman To Earn a PhD In Computer Science Was A Nun

  

  Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, born in Ohio in 1914, entered the Sisters of Charity in 1932 and professed her vows in 1940. She went on to study at DePaul... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• New Zealand Forgot To Name Its Main Islands

  

  image credit Google Maps Eight hundred years after the Maori first arrived in New Zealand, and 370 years after Europeans spied its shores, the South Pacific... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• 10 Famous People With Anxiety Disorders

  

  image credit When a person is faced with a stressful situation, the body's reaction is to become anxious. In some cases, that reaction is severe, causing... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Ten Most Expensive Vehicles To Operate

  

  image credit: wbirt cc From supercars to supercarriers, when it comes to burning dollars faster than gasoline, these ten vehicles are the absolute worst. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Annual Horse Roundup At Sauðárkrókúr

  

  Most of Iceland's horses spend their time wild and free in the highlands, instead of on farms. Like sheep, they roam at their own whim, with neither... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT