Jellyfish are right up there with wasps on the list of creatures that pretty much everyone hates. The difference with jellyfish, though, is that there are some subspecies whose stings can kill you almost instantly. (With a wasp sting, the only way one will kill you is if you’re deathly allergic.) So, just how much…
Walmart is America’s biggest box store, so it goes without saying that they have a very large fleet of tractor trailers. The company has recently unveiled plans for a new truck, called the Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience, or WAVE. The driver sits in the center of the prototype truck in an advanced digital cockpit which allows for…
Earlier this month, a team of researchers from Britains Southampton University unearthed a previously undiscovered ancient Roman settlement containing a library of scrolls that provide incredible insight into what life was like for Roman citizens 2,000 years ago. Here are some of the major takeaways, with relevant excerpts from the texts. Prepare to take a…
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); If you think that something called a corpse flower couldn’t possibly be pleasant to be around, you would be correct. If not, you might just think that its name is so absurd that it couldn’t possibly be a real thing. Well, I’m here to tell you that it is a real…
Planetary Resources has created a buzz in the tech and nerd circles with their latest video that has gone viral. They very seriously, and humbly, state they are on a mission to begin mining in space for resources, beginning with asteroids close to Earth. Read more on CBS12, USAToday, and WashingtonPost. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYYPN0BdBw] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/04/26/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-mission/
This video was posted in June, but just went viral now after being posted on BoingBoing. At the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in California an octopus shocked guests when it literally walked out of the water onto the moist wetlands. The scene just screams evolution. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjQr3lRACPI] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2011/11/22/octopus-walks-out-of-water-onto-land-fitzgerald-marine-reserve/
It’s good all the best things come in small packages — because no oneisgetting any taller. At least, Americans aren’t getting any taller. According to a new study, Americans seem to havestopped growing. The report, which looks at height data from many countries over the last hundred or so years,reveals people in the USA were…
After searching high and low for the right woman for the job — Emily, these researchers were ready to get to work. You see, the team of scientists from the University of New England wanted to perform the world’s first tiger shark ultrasound. At just over 12 feet long, Emily was more than two-thirds of…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but for many people, it’s also the most difficult. Finding time to chow down on something nutritious is almost impossible when you have to get ready for work and get the little ones off to school. At this point, most of us feel like eating anything…
A Rubens’ Tube is a long metal tube filled with gas with many holes in it which are lit on fire. It is basically a row of bunsen burners. Derek Muller of Veritasium discusses Ruben’s Tubes in this new viral video, and even checks out an epic Rubens’ Tube plane with 2,500 little flames. When connected to a computer…
As the debate over global warming rages on, it can sometimes be difficult to articulate exactly how crucial it is for us to make some serious changes before its too late. Well, YouTube user BenMizzle09 discovered this video that most likely does a great job summarizing global warming. So, watch this and have all of…
Ruling our planet as the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for 135 million years, dinosaurs were the largest creatures that ever inhabited Earth. The biggest sauropod dinosaurs may have achieved lengths of 190 feet and heights of over 30 feet, which is, in modern terms, an incredible size. Not all dinosaurs were that large; there were creatures…
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New research is claiming that there is no such thing as a vaginal orgasm, a clitoral orgasm or even a G-spot. That’s great Mr Scientist, but what does that leave us with? We are pretty sure that women haven’t been faking it EVERY SINGLE TIME? Have they? Apparently not. Phew. The research author has…
It’s even better than those color-changing shirts from the ’90s. 1. Chromosonic is an futuristic textile that pulses color when sound plays. View this image › Chromosonic / Via chromosonic.tumblr.com Invented by Hungarian textile designer Judit Eszter Karpati, the fabric is silk-screened with a dye that changes with temperature and heats up from the wires…
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This month old video just went viral this morning after being featured on Reddit. Using a stroboscopic illusion created with the sound waves of a speaker, mrbibio seems to have stumbled upon water that stands still in space and time. Of course, it’s dripping like normal, but our eyes and mind perceive it as static. We don’t get it either. …
When someone says leprosy, what’s is your gut reaction to the word? For centuries, those with leprosy have been ostracized and vilified by societies all over the world. This reaction comes from the perception that leprosy is a highly contagious and permanent condition. Luckily, leprosy is relatively easy to treat in the West. Still, you…
Nano-what-now? 1. You never understand what they do all day at work. View this image › CW / giphy.com 2. But you strongly suspect it’s just playing with this stuff. View this image › businessinsider.com That’s liquid nitrogen, BTW. 3. Which blows your mind every time you visit their lab. bboyscience.com 4. They’ve got…