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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat you’re looking at above isn’t dead leaves, but rather real camouflaged insects. To be more specific, they’re known as the “dying leaf-mimic katydid”. This species in startle display showing false eyespots on wings. This leaf-mimic katydid resembles a dead or diseased leaf at rest to protect itself from the predators. There’s also the dead […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo, you’re not looking at a fan-made CG creation of a real Pokemon character, but rather the Pink Fairy Armadillo. It’s the smallest species of armadillo and found in central Argentina, where it inhabits dry grasslands and sandy plains with thorn bushes and cacti. The pink fairy armadillo is approximately 90-115 mm (3.5-4.5 inches) long, excluding […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Soviet Union built a reusable space craft named Buran more advanced (both in terms of reliability and payload capability) than the Space Shuttle. The craft was launched oncewithout any crew and the program was canceled at the collapse of the Soviet Union. Buran Under Construction. © capcomespace.net On 12 May 2002, a hangar housing […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou have to be a bit of a character to take on the lead role in Doctor Who. When Jon Pertwee took over, it was the series’ first venture into colour. These new earthbound adventure brought massive popularity to the show and its star, turning in an impressively popular four year run. Known before the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdvancements in robotics are continually taking place in the fields of space exploration, health care, public safety, entertainment, defense, and more. These machines — some fully autonomous, some requiring human input — extend our grasp, enhance our capabilities, and travel as our surrogates to places too dangerous or difficult for us to go. Gathered here […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you love seeking out surreal sites, that look not of this world, then do we have a destination for you. Pamukkale, or “cotton castle” in Turkish, is an unreal little village that has some of the most spectacular turquoise water terraces you will ever lay eyes on. For thousands of years, people have come […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteET could be closer than you think. Research suggests the galaxy is teeming with life – and the nearest habitable world is near enough to see with the naked eye. This other world is just one of around 40 billion ‘Earths’ in the Milky Way. Researcher Andrew Howard said: ‘Potential sites for life to get […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo years ago, Paul McCarthy began searching for an inexpensive yet functional prosthetic hand for his son Leon, who was born without fingers on one of his hands. McCarthy came across a video online with detailed instruction on how to use a 3-D printer to make a prosthetic hand for his son. Michelle Miller […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a first look at the SR-71 successor, Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 Blackbird. Unlike its predecessor, this one will use a new hypersonic engine design that combines turbines and ramjets, making the unmanned SR-72 twice as fast as its predecessor with a cruising speed of Mach 6. According to Leland, a Mach 6 platform would not […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you know that there’s a real-life Tatooine planet, complete with two suns? Kepler-16b is a Saturn-mass planet consisting of half gas and half rock and ice, and it orbits a binary star, Kepler-16, with a period of 229 days. “[It] is the first confirmed, unambiguous example of a circumbinary planet – a planet orbiting […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe most notable claim is that the six manned landings (1969-1972) were faked and that the twelve Apollo astronauts did not walk on the Moon. Conspiracy theorists (henceforth conspiracists) base their claims on the notion that NASA and others knowingly misled the public into believing the landings happened by manufacturing, destroying, or tampering with evidence; […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of explorers have reportedly discovered strange man-made ancient pyramids in Antarctica. For those who don’t already know, “when life first came onto the land, Antarctica was one of the continental landmasses to be covered in forests and animals. Much of the fossil record of the Antarctic landmass is under the ice, but fossils, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA British company has unveiled Shreddies, flatulence-filtering underwear that works by using an “activated carbon back panel made from Zorflex. This material is highly porous, so (the company claims) the odor vapors from the farts become trapped and neutralized before they reach the olfactory glands of any innocent bystanders in close proximity to the offending […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst revealed today at an arms expedition in Moscow, the ADS by the Tula Instrument Design Bureau is the world’s first amphibious assault rifle. When on land, it fires 5.45х39 mm bullets – the current standard round for Russian assault rifles, but underwater this gun utilizes a slightly shorter bullet, whose range is constrained by […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor $75000, you’ll soon be able to take trips to the edge of space in this special balloon. Developed by World View, the flight would take 90 minutes to go up at about 1,000 feet a minute, set sail up high for 2 hours with an emphasis on smooth riding, hit an altitude of 19 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou read that right, a team of University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University researchers successfully performed a series of experiments that showed they could send electrical signals directly to the brains of monkeys and that they were able to interpret the signals as touches on different parts of their hands. Plus, “another series of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe had the chance to get our hands on the Cyberith VR movement panel, and also the Oculus Rift Glasses. This Guys are amazing. This is the first time you can really move like you are moving, only that the movement is beeing tracked into the video game! We had the chance to play a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo keep things a bit more on the geeky side, we’ll start things off with a fascinating look (yet non-award-winning photo) at the black dragonfish, which lives in the deep parts of the Atlantic Ocean beyond where any plant life grows or light reaches. Official Source: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp http://www.boredpanda.com/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2013-winners/
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbove, we see KOI 172.02, the most Earth-like planet found yet, and it’s actually about 1.5 times bigger than our blue planet, so it’s classed as a ‘super-Earth’. The planet is also following an orbit that is well within the habitable zone of a star that is rather similar to our Sun – means that […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStefan Klein, an automobile designer / engineer from the Slovak Republic, has successfully completed the first flight of his Aeromobil Version 2.5. About 20-years in the making, this flying car prototype boasts a unique design with folding wings and a propeller in the tail. Display content from YouTube Hier klicken, um den Inhalt von YouTube […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a feature about future technologies, UK newspaper The Sun shows a picture of a cybernetic eyeball, saying that it is the kind of thing that will be commonplace with future generations. However, the eyeball is clearly labelled with the name of Sarif Industries, which -as you may know- is a fictitious company in the Deus Ex: Human Revolution game. […]