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A Metal Almost As Light As Air
Researchers in the US have broken the world record for the lightest structural material. The metal-based micro lattice structures are significantly less dense than the rarest aerogels and other ultra-light foams, while exhibiting high strength and an unexpectedly high ability to absorb energy and recover shape after compression- yes! These metals have memories. The materials [...]
30 Million Dollar Painting Pissed On
A 36 year-old woman, named Carmen Tisch pulled down her pants, punched, scratched and profusely slid her buttocks against a painting worth more than $30 million. She has been apparently arrested by the Colorado police and accused of damage worth more than $10,000. Carmen was said to be drunk while she behaved in such [...]
Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk is a project aiming to connect long distance lovers. Each person has a pillow for their bed and a ring sensor which they wear to sleep at night. The sensor wirelessly communicates with the other person’s pillow; when one person goes to bed, their lover’s pillow begins to glow softly to indicate their [...]
Snowflakes very very close
I love watching out the windows when it’s snowing but I never wondered how a snowflake really looks like. Somebody did … and here are some awesome close up photos of snowflakes They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we [...]
If browsers were guns
No really … what if browsers were guns ? Make sure you scroll all the way down
A Well-Planned Retirement
Outside England’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were £1 for cars ($1.40), £5 for busses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, [...]
Dry Water
Dry water, also known as “powdered water”, is a solidified form of water, where water droplets are surrounded by a sandy silica coating. Dry water actually consists of 95 percent liquid water, but the silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a liquid. The result is a white powder that [...]
Spirolaterals
Imagine you have a little robot that holds a pencil. Set it down on a sheet of paper and give it these instructions: Move forward 3 units and turn right. Move forward 1 unit and turn right. Move forward 2 units and turn left. Move forward 1 unit and turn left. Move forward 2 units [...]
A little girl on a plane
A congressman was seated in first class next to a little girl on an airplane. He turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.” The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total [...]
The Difference Between Diaries
Her Diary Tonight I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn’t [...]
