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The Internet’s Kevin Bacon Effect: Any Web Page Can Be Accessed From Any Other In Just 19 Clicks

In theory, every actor and actress in the planet could be connected to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. And in theory, according to Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási, every random web page can be accessed from any other random page by clicking just 19 times or less. That’s what he discovered in his research,…

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In Japan They Sculpt Blocks of Ice Into Diamonds for Drinks

Here’s Hidetsugo Ueno, a barman from Bar High Five, Tokyo, hand cutting ice in the shape of a giant diamond. Why? You don’t need a why. It’s not a perfect sphere, but it sure looks a lot cooler. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-make-the-perfect-ice-cube-5945245

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Who Needs to Knit When You Can Use a Lego Machine that Makes Clothes Automagically?

There are many things you probably don’t know about Lego. One of them, however, is not the fact that you can build anything with it, from sorting M&Ms to an an entire house. This awesome Lego loom is another example of this. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lego-5019797 There are other Lego looms (see below) but this one is truly…

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How Is This Raw Chicken Egg Standing Whole Without Its Shell?

What kind of sorcery is this? How is this egg standing whole without its shell? Apparently, the inner membrane—the thin layer that you can see stuck to the hard shell when you boil an egg—is strong enough to hold it without breaking its shape. But how can you do this? According to author Biswarup Ganguly—an…

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Crazy Guy Remasters 320×240 Doom Screenshot Into Stunning 9600×7211-Pixel Photoshop

This. Is. MADNESS. Watch Deviant Art user Elemental79 converting a 320 x 240 pixel screenshot from Doom—the legendary 1993 game that made first person shooters popular—into a stunning 9,600 x 7,211 image complete with textures, lighting and 3D effects using Photoshop. It’s absolutely nuts. According to the author, “each frame represents ten seconds of work.…

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What Is the Universe? (In One Minute)

What is the Universe? Is the Universe everything there was, is and will be? Is the Universe everything we can observe and things we know exist but haven’t been observed yet? I mathematics part of the Universe or do they exist outside of the Universe? This one-minute-long video shows exactly what the Universe is—but proceed…

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The Universal History of Music In One Awesome Timelapse Drawing

I love timelapse drawings that explain complex things, like timelines or processes. They are usually mesmerizing and beautiful. This history of music is no exception. It’s brilliant. Although some of the technical terms are in Spanish, you will understand it all. [Thanks Oscar!]

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This Is the Most Accurate Lego X-Wing Set Ever

Witness Lego’s Red Five X-wing Starfighter, the latest, baddest and biggest official set to come out of Denmark and, without a doubt, the most accurate and awesome Lego X-Wing ever created. Much better than the original Lego X-Wing Ultimate Collector Series, the previous best. The X-Wing UCS was 1,304 pieces. The Red Five X-Wing Starfighter…

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We’re Safe! The Asteroid Goes Away

We are safe! We knew we were going to be safe, but now we know we are safe. Which is a lot nicer, don’t you think? Now all the paranoids can relax, sit back, look at the sky and wave goodbye to 2012 DA14 as it leaves us at five miles per second. https://gizmodo.com/what-would-happen-if-the-asteroid-actually-hit-earth-to-5984469 It…

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This Is the Russian Meteor Impact Site

Russian authorities claim to have found the impact sites of some of the fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. Two have been found near Chebarkul Lake—one of them pictured here. The other one is near Zlatoust, a town 80 kilometers northwest of Chelyabinsk. Scientists and police have recovered small…

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Here’s the Russian Meteor Entering Earth from Space

The European Meteosat-10 satellite captured the precise moment as the meteor entered Russian airspace over Chelyabinsk at 33,000mph. Here you can clearly see its vapor trail. [Meteosat] https://gizmodo.com/meteorite-explodes-over-russia-panic-spreads-5984476 More reading What would actually happen if the asteroid hit today Videos: Meteorite explodes over Russia, Panic Spreads This Is the Russian Meteor Impact Site

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Meteorite Explodes Over Russia, Panic Spreads

A meteorite has just exploded over Russia. This doesn’t feel good when you know that a 150-foot asteroid is about to fly by Earth—and you read about the actual effects of an impact if astronomers’ calculations are wrong. The Guardian is reporting that 474 people have been injured. https://gizmodo.com/what-would-happen-if-the-asteroid-actually-hit-earth-to-5984469 The videos we are collecting are…

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What Would Happen If the Asteroid Actually Hit Earth Today?

Astronomers are completely confident that the 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 is not going to hit us, passing “only” at 17,200 miles from Earth—the closest encounter with an asteroid ever predicted. It’s a close call, but we will be safe. But then again, a meteorite just exploded in Russia. So what would really happen if their…

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Scientists Think They Have Captured the Birth of a Black Hole

This stunningly trippy object is W49B, a supernova remnant 26,000 light years away from Earth. It’s just a thousand years old, which in cosmological terms is not even a heartbeat in the life of a human. It may also be the birth place of a newborn black hole, the youngest ever detected in the galaxy.…

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Did NASA Discover an Awesome Spaceship or Is This Pulsar Just Happy to See Us?

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this incredible image of an object 1,000 light years away from Earth. It looks like an awesome Klingon spaceship accelerating to Warp 10. Or a majestic 12-mile-long Cylon Basestar that flies through the cosmos rotating eleven times every second. It’s name is Vela and it is a pulsar that…

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Amazon Has a Map of Books with Love Stories in All 50 States

This is fun if you’re into this whole Valentine’s thing: Amazon has published a map with 50 books containing love stories set in each of the 50 states of the Union. Definitive proof that there’s love in West Virginia. [Amazon]

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Iceland Wants to Ban Internet Porn

“If we can send a man to the moon, we must be able to tackle porn on the internet.” Those are the now immortal words of Halla Gunnarsdóttir, the political advisor to Iceland’s Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson. Iceland wants to block all internet porn. The Icelandic government believes that, since porn can damage children through…

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This Invention Will Make Your GPS Not to Suck In Cities

Right now your GPS sucks in cities but, soon, that will change. Scientists have developed a new system that increases its accuracy by up to 90%—it can tell where your vehicle is within an amazingly low margin of error of just three to six feet. Right now, the error margin in urban driving can be…

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The Pollywogs: Nutella

The Pollywogs. I didn’t know this band until I saw this video yesterday. Hey, my love for punk starts and stops with the Ramones and The Clash—because I’m old like that. The Pollywogs are from Cologne, Germany, and while I don’t particularly like their music, I have to give them props for this disgustingly awesome…

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At Last, the USAF Has Enough F-35s to Fly a Decent Formation

Here you have it, people: four F-35A Lightning IIs returning in formation to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. According to the USAF, “pilots with the 33rd Fighter Wing began flying the formation for the first time at Eglin AFB last week.” After so many production problems and delays, only now they have enough planes…

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The Internet’s Kevin Bacon Effect: Any Web Page Can Be Accessed From Any Other In Just 19 Clicks

In Japan They Sculpt Blocks of Ice Into Diamonds for Drinks

Who Needs to Knit When You Can Use a Lego Machine that Makes Clothes Automagically?

How Is This Raw Chicken Egg Standing Whole Without Its Shell?

Crazy Guy Remasters 320×240 Doom Screenshot Into Stunning 9600×7211-Pixel Photoshop

What Is the Universe? (In One Minute)

The Universal History of Music In One Awesome Timelapse Drawing

This Is the Most Accurate Lego X-Wing Set Ever

We’re Safe! The Asteroid Goes Away

This Is the Russian Meteor Impact Site

Here’s the Russian Meteor Entering Earth from Space

Meteorite Explodes Over Russia, Panic Spreads

What Would Happen If the Asteroid Actually Hit Earth Today?

Scientists Think They Have Captured the Birth of a Black Hole

Did NASA Discover an Awesome Spaceship or Is This Pulsar Just Happy to See Us?

Amazon Has a Map of Books with Love Stories in All 50 States

Iceland Wants to Ban Internet Porn

This Invention Will Make Your GPS Not to Suck In Cities

The Pollywogs: Nutella

At Last, the USAF Has Enough F-35s to Fly a Decent Formation

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset