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Odds Are, You Probably Don't Exist

Posted by admin on Nov-23-2011

Author Ali Binazir calculates the odds that you exist, as you are, today. Surprisingly, the answer is basically 0

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Odds Are, You Probably Don't Exist

Hummingbirds Vs. Rain

Posted by admin on Nov-22-2011

Hummingbirds are quite remarkable little creatures. Using high speed cameras you can see how a hummingbird shakes water from its body to get dry. “The delicate bird shakes its head with such acceleration that it can reach a g-force of 34 (Formula 1 racing cars typically reach less than 6g)

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Hummingbirds Vs. Rain

The Human Senses

Posted by admin on Nov-21-2011

Turns out there are waaaay more than five. Once again, elementary school gave us only an elementary education. Source: stephenwildish

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The Human Senses

The Best Big Bang Theory

Posted by admin on Nov-18-2011

I'll buy it, but which one is Beavis?

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The Best Big Bang Theory

Scientists Invent The World's Lightest Metal

Posted by admin on Nov-18-2011

The new metal consists of 99.99 percent air. The other 0.01 percent is made up of interconnected hollow tubes with a wall thickness of 100 nanometers.

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Scientists Invent The World's Lightest Metal

Dancing Cloud Phenomenon

Posted by admin on Nov-10-2011

This is some X-Files stuff, this is. Scientists are uncertain the exact cause, but the leading hypothesis is that ice-crystals in the Earth's atmosphere and electric discharges from thunderclouds create these strange jumping clouds

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Dancing Cloud Phenomenon

Real Life Mutated "Simpsons" Fish Found

Posted by admin on Oct-28-2011

Life imitates art? Pulled out of a lake near a nuclear power plant in Argentina, fishermen in the area are now leery of the lake…with good reason

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Engineers Blow Stuff Up With Science

Posted by admin on Oct-27-2011

I knew I should have been a scientist. via ubyssey.ca

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Engineers Blow Stuff Up With Science

Is It Bulletproof?

Posted by admin on Oct-26-2011

For Science! Oh sure, Blendtec Blenders can take on just about anything you put in them, but how do they stand up to .50 caliber rounds?

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Is It Bulletproof?

Slow Motion Eyes

Posted by admin on Oct-25-2011

This is how creepy your eyes look when record at 240 frames per second. via andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com

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