Think about something with us for a moment as you revel in these 10 incredible GIFs - just a moment of awe-igniting, illuminating perspective. Think of the most jaw-dropping explosive action sequence you've ever seen committed to modern film. Any sequence it all. It could be the incineration of the White House in ...
As admittedly mind-bendingly cool as the Musical Tesla Coil undisputedly is, this merits a bit of caution. High-voltage, high-frequency electricity is nothing to toy with lightly, nor is soldering in the process of work with potential electrical hazards. This may not be an ideal purchase for any burgeoning Tony Starks ...
What would happen if you mixed a T-Rex dinosaur and a komodo dragon, or an extinct woolly mammoth and an elephant? No one knows, but we may soon find out! Russian scientist working out of a Siberian laboratory may answer these questions, making the ‘Jurassic Park’ movie scenario an actual reality. Is that a good ...
Brusspup's Parlor Tricks Will Slaughter Your Productivity And Make You Like It OK. Fine. We admit it: at the end of the day, for all our reveling in gleefully ingenious nerdiness, there's an easily amused primitive inside us all that can't avert a gaze of wonderment from a flickering lighter's plume or pass up the ...
War Never Changes, But It Does Get Cooler None of you remember how movies end, do you? In fact, we're just not sure most people remember the middle of these movies, or even how they began. Why the lack of faith in the movie-going throngs who guaranteed MINIONS a half-billion-dollar opening weekend, encouraged ...
Ben Stiller made the ultimate sacrifice in There’s Something About Mary when he got his junk caught in his fly. Shortly after the entire neighborhood paid him a visit for the most excruciating experience of his life. Though this is clearly an exaggerated example, you may be surprised just how many times men get their ...
Hidden in our unique office cubicles and air-conditioned buildings, the outside world may seem like a thing of the past, but the next time you’re out hiking stop a second to smell the roses. Mother Earth has spawned a number of strange creatures, but one of the most puzzling is carnivorous plants. They come in a ...
Have you ever seen a glowing cave? Yeh, probably not, but we all know nature can be a beautiful and wonderful thing, even in a strange way. This 30 million-year-old cave system called the Waitomo is no exception to weird, especially once you learn of the origin of the ethereal glow. The New Zealand-based caves get ...
You know all the captains by heart, but when it comes to Star Trek doctors seem to get the short end of the draw. Seriously, how many lives do they have to save before they get some real credit? Whether you’re a fan of Katherine Pulaski, Beverly Crusher, or the Doctor from Voyager, you know just how serious things can ...
Holograms. You’ve imagined the out-of-this-world technology since you were a kid watching Princess Leia explain how Obi-Wan was her only hope. Could we really create good holograms to simulate this effect? Actually it’s been done before. Tupac came back from the dead in his holographic comeback, Mariah Carey ...
Truck drivers just can’t seem to catch a break these days. Most of their vehicles are capped out at certain speeds because they are carrying vital product for the companies they drive for, but that doesn’t stop people from making dangerous lane changes every day. Instead of racking up a body count, Samsung has come up ...
What is it about Mother Nature that can be both destructive and beautiful at the same time? While many people love the sunniest of days, just as many people wish for storms. Honestly, what’s better than having a movie marathon on a stormy Sunday or falling in love in the eye of a storm? Photographer Marc Simon Frei ...
With the number of health conditions out there, you’d think some of them were made up. Honestly, how do you really know that someone is really suffering from an ailment? According to this video narrated by John Green, these weird illnesses are completely legit. Big fan of Disney movies? You won’t be once you hear ...
Transportation’s come a long way over time, especially with trains. The original mechanized rail transport systems dated back to the 1820’s by use of the England. Since then, we’ve been determined for speed and safety. Today’s fastest train is the maglev rail made by Japan that can clock 310 mph.While that’s great and ...
Ever wonder just how many germs are lingering on your hands after a full day of work? Everybody knows plenty of people don’t wash their hands after the bathroom, so why not test this theory out? A mother over at Cabrillo College let her curiosity get the better of her, and she’s quite surprised by the results she’s ...
Is This An Alternative to the Kettle? Water is hard to down especially when the needed daily amount is 2-3 liters. You may have thought of making some tea to switch up your experience. Well, that didn’t work either. Kettles take forever to heat up and you’re not exactly known for your patience. Besides, why make ...
Tired of boring 20/20 vision? Not wanting the conventional fix with Lasik? What’s so great about having human eyes anyways? Well lucky for those with perfect vision and the sight handicapped, a new option may be coming in a few years that will knock Lasik on its butt. A revolutionary company called Ocumetrics ...
Numerous rows of razor-sharp teeth. A killer thirst for blood. Fins for easy hunting. It’s no wonder why sharks are considered so dangerous and scary, but with Shark week fast approaching what do we have to look forward to? Though they may not be as fierce and awesome as your favorite Jaws or Sharknado counterparts, ...
Got a real fear of the creepy crawlies? Do spiders make you flip out like a crazy person? They’re not our favorite animal either by any means, but if you’re planning on visiting Australia anytime soon you might want to take an umbrella with you. That’s right, your worst nightmare is actually a possibility. On May ...
Combines the Utility of Helicopters with a Much-Needed Blastoff Into Our Stratosphere Aerial enthusiast? Can’t get enough of flying helicopters and quadcopters? NASA is taking their new prototype to the skies for a unique flight experience. Hold onto your leather jacket John Travolta, cuz’ this Greased Lightning is ...
Periodic Tablewear is literally shaking up the drinking scene for all you wannabe bartenders out there with a knowledge of the periodic table. Make your friends your newest guinea pigs in your mixed drink experiments for the perfect cocktail. Their laboratory flask cocktail shaker set includes beaker and flask ...
The rising cost of electricity make be leaving you shocked, but you don’t have to take it from the grid. Resist with science! Powerwall is a tesla home battery that provides energy storage capabilities, allowing you to protect your home from power outages automatically while giving you more independence from ...
Doctors Planning The First Recapitation Attempted in History Plagued by memories of the 80's movie Return to Oz and the dreaded head swap scene with Princess Mombi? Or maybe you're more familiar with the silly head jars of Futurama. Either way, prepare for your mind to be blown. A group of veteran surgeons around the ...
Wish you could be invisible? Okay, that may not be possible just yet, but the Navy has discovered the next best thing. It's called Spinel, and this material is made of a synthetic powder that can be formed into sheets of lightweight, transparent, and bulletproof clay. How did the Navy get so innovative you ...
Graphene is the amazing nanomaterial that is pretty much taking numerous industries by storm. One particularly surprising area though is in LED lighting, where graphene-enhanced LEDs are representing a significant upgrade over what we're used to. Lighting has becoming increasingly efficient over time and this is a ...
Using foam to put out fires is so yesterday. Undergraduates at George Mason University have demonstrated that it's possible with a portable device that uses soundwaves instead. The device is unimaginatively named the 'Sound-Blasting Fire Extinguisher' and weighs around 20 pounds. Currently it can only put out small ...
If you have ever had a tattoo you've later come to regret then you'll no doubt know just how distressing that can be. Whether it's the name of your ex or just something you got drunkenly that was never a good idea, having a bad tattoo means either being branded for life or going for painful and expensive laser ...
'Biohacking' is an underground movement that is concerned with the process of upgrading the human condition using hacked together technology. In other words its DIY transhumanism, kind of like Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Already biohackers could give themselves magnetic fingers and now it seems you can hack your ...
You Can Squeeze Orange Peel to Blow Up a Balloon… WTF? Oranges are great but often the amount of effort involved in peeling them makes them just… not really worth it. In fact though, peeling oranges can be super fun thanks to a science experiment that lets you turn that peel into a fuel for blowing up balloons. ...
Does your quadcopter lack the maneuverability you would like from an RC vehicle? Or perhaps you just wish it would be 1/8th of the size and capable of scratching people. Apparently that's what scientists want too, which is why they've been busily working on a means to control actual insects as though they were ...
In this video by the ever-reliable Veritasium, you can find out the magic behind the amazing biology of chameleons that allows them to change color. Spoiler alert: it's not actually magic. What's perhaps most interesting though is that chameleons don't change color to try and blend in with their background. This is ...
Being knowledgeable is great but how much better is it when the facts you're learning are disturbing and unnerving thereby allowing you to make sure that everyone you tell them too will feel a little weirded out for at least the rest of the day and probably forever. Thing is about knowledge, you can't unlearn it. ...
Go Go Gadget Eyeballs! Get Transhuman Vision With These Telescopic Contact Lenses We've all seen sci-fi films where the lead character is able to zoom in on things they're seeing and it definitely seems like the future. Imagine if you could zoom in on distant signs to get directions without walking right up to ...
Ferrofluid is a liquid that is made out of metal. Specifically it is made from nano-scale iron particles. That means that when you apply a magnet, it will react in all sorts of strange ways. This in turn means that you can create some amazing colorful shows if you have the right colorful ferrofluid along with ...
If you've been reading the news lately then you might have heard about the Mars One mission to send four people to Mars. This is a one way trip because it takes so long and requires so much fuel and prep, so whoever go are essentially going to become the first people land on Mars and the first people to die on Mars. ...
The scientists on a show on the natgeo channel asked this very same question. Since there is no such thing as a bulletproof water balloon, just how many do you think it would take to actually stop a bullet from one of the most powerful handguns in the world? Water is an amazing substance with incredible properties, ...
So this guy from Japan has decided to get in on the mentos and coke phenomenon by taping mentos on his bare skin before jumping into a bathtub. What's perhaps more amazing is what he is jumping into would even be considered a bathtub here in the United States. Its more like a mop bucket. Either way, what you expect ...
Technology is truly amazing and never is this more apparent than when it's transforming lives in amazing ways. Kathy Beitz is a 29 year-old Mother who started losing her vision when she was just in grade school due to a condition called Stargardt disease. A huge blind spot covers the majority of her vision and as a ...
It looks like a weird radiator but in fact it is something incredibly more awesome… Titan is the largest of Saturn's 62 moons and is actually larger than many planets – including Mercury. It has a thick nitrogen atmosphere that conceals huge hydrocarbon lakes. It's an incredibly mysterious object and there's a ...
These Are the 10 Most EXTREME Substances Known to Man What is the darkest 'stuff'? Or how about the most explosive? Not even a meth head would want to touch some of this stuff. If you want to know the superlative substances in all manner of categories, read on… Darkest substance: Nope, it's not 'your ex's ...
If you were to be scanning for explosives then you'd have numerous different options available to you as to how to go about it. You might use bomb sniffing dogs for instance, or perhaps you would use a scanning machine. But did you know you could also use a battery free RFID tag just the size of a stamp? The tag is ...
C'mon, you know you're wondering if its possible to survive the impact. Even if you think to yourself, "I'll just head to a remote island on the other side of the world in the middle of nowhere." , this video will squash those concerns. The Discovery Channel heard our thoughts, and put together a 5 minute video that ...
The idea of 'three parent babies' is something that could very well be a reality after UK MPs voted in favor of the creation of babies with DNA from three people. This is the first place in the world where this procedure will be allowed after a vote that resulted in 382 MPs supporting the idea versus 128 against. ...
When the transistor was first invented it changed the world and led to the development of computers, smartphones and the internet. Without these little devices our world would be a very different place. Since then, the transistor has been getting smaller and smaller and cheaper and cheaper to manufacture. Now ...
Reminiscent of something Batman would carry on his multi-tool bat-belt, someone actually thought to add instant sleep to a spray bottle to knock yourself, and your enemy out. We can imagine someone you hate sitting near you when you give them a quick spray to put them out. In today's always-on world it can be ...
Two smart new devices from researchers at Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft Institute for Micromachining and Information Technology (catchy) in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, may soon help us to kiss goodbye to worries of trying to find a power outlet for charging our phones on the move. The 'Shock Harvester' is a ...
Are you 'delightfully eccentric'? Sure, you just keep telling yourself that. Science though would probably have something else to say on the matter and may in fact find you to be full-blown nuts. Turns out that a lot of our adorable 'habits' are actually medical conditions. If you're looking for a good excuse to ...
This is One of the Weirdest Looking Things You Can Actually Eat! It's called romanesque cauliflower and apparently it's entirely safe to eat and completely natural. Nevertheless, it looks about just as alien as it gets. Not only is it so lime green as to be almost luminescent, but it's also shaped like a cross ...
This man has been helped to see for the first time in 20 years thanks to a pair of futuristic-looking electronic glasses. Mark Cornell became legally blind after a career in the U.S. Air Force lasting for 18 years. Thanks to a company called eSight, he was able to see again using electronic glasses that work by ...
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