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Space Engine - a free space simulation

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SpaceEngine - is a free space simulation software that lets you explore the universe in three dimensions, starting from planet Earth to the most distant galaxies. Areas of the known universe are represented using actual astronomical data, while regions uncharted by human astronomy are generated procedurally. Millions of galaxies, trillions of stars, countless planets! >>> Download [...]

 

Xhibitionist luxury Super-yacht

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From official press release: Press release: (scroll down for pictures) Redefining Traditions You can be forgiven for thinking, at first glance, that you’re seeing a leaked still from a yet-to-be released, Fifth Element style sci-fi blockbuster. Far from being fiction, though, this yacht has been designed with very real, very modern and very useful applications [...]

 

Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest (50 amazing pictures)

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Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th Annual Photo Contest has just announced the 50 finalists for this year’s competition. The contest received over 37,600 photo submissions from photographers in 112 countries around the world. The five contest categories this year include: The American Experience — Events, objects or activities connecting the American people to their history or their cultural heritage; photographs [...]

 

 

Glass Microbiology by Luke Jerram

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Created in clear glass, the sculptures are designed for contemplation and to consider how the artificial colouring of scientific imagery affects our understanding of phenomenon. Artist Luke Jerram Luke Jerram has created a number of extraordinary art projects which have excited and inspired people around the globe. Based in the UK, Luke Jerram’s practice involves the [...]

 

The weirdest animals in the world

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The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) The vampire squid is a small, deep-sea cephalopod found throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) The axolotl or Mexican salamander is a neotenic salamander, closely related to the Tiger salamander. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and [...]

 

Dr Kellog’s Most Absurd Medical Contraptions

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Dr John Harvey Kellogg, though most famous for his invention of the corn flake, also ran a very successful holistic sanitarium where the ill and infirmed would subject themselves to his unique medical practices. Here is a selection of the strangest restorative devices to ever come out of Battle Creek, Michigan. Window Tent for Fresh [...]

 

A Slower Speed of Light — MIT Game Lab

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A Slower Speed of Light is a first-person game prototype in which players navigate a 3D space while picking up orbs that reduce the speed of light in increments. Custom-built, open-source relativistic graphics code allows the speed of light in the game to approach the player’s own maximum walking speed. Visual effects of special relativity gradually [...]

 

The biggest man in the world

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Any coach of a basketball team dreams about a player who is 257 cm (8,43 ft) tall and more than 200 kg (440 lb) heavy. They dream about Leonid Stadnik!   His palm is 31 cm (12,2′) long. He lives in Ukraine, in Podolyantsy village.   He is special not only because of his size, [...]