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F-35 gets turned into popsicle by giant fridge

Cool photo of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II undergoing tests in extreme freezing weather conditions. An F-35B from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force in Maryland has undergone rigorous climatic testing at the U.S. Air Force 96th Test Wing’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The laboratory supports all-weather testing…

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I’m pretty sure this has already happened in a secret lab somewhere

Norwegian director and special effects master Erik Ferguson seems to be obsessed with weird life and organic matter. His short VEv is a good example of this obsession, showing tissue growing in a laboratory—amorphous living beings with basic mobility. Gross and fascinating at the same time. While this is not real, I wouldn’t be surprised…

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Timeline shows the potential future of Russia’s next-gen fighter jet

Here’s the potential timeline for Russia’s T-50 PAK-FA, the fifth generation multirole fighter that will get the designation Su-50once it gets into production on January 2016. The nemesis to the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II will fly with the flag of Russia, South Korea, India and Iran. January 2016 Sukhoi has already produced…

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Neat new image sequence of Rosetta’s lander descending to the comet

Check out this sequence of 19 photos of the Philae lander descending to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12, 2014, taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS imager. ESA says the timestamp marked on the images are in GMT. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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Watch the guts of a DSLR camera in action at 10,000 frames per second

The Slow Mo Guys got a 10,000-fps high resolution camera and pointed it into the guts of a DSLR camera shooting photos at 1/8000th of a second. It’s amazing to see how much vibration there is when the mirror and diaphragm move. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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The world’s largest ice fishing competition looks pretty freaking nuts

This is what people do in Minnesota in the middle of January: Drill 30,000 holes on Gull Lake for the largest ice fishing contest in the world. I’m not so surprised about the fact that there are 30,000 holes in that lake but about the fact that there’s such a thing as an ice fishing…

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Beautiful new photo of the mysterious Mouth of the Beast nebula

The European Southern Observatory has published a new Very Large Telescope photo of the cometary globule CG4 or, like they call it, The Mouth of the Beast. As the ESO says, as with other cometary globules, “the exact nature of CG4 remains a mystery.” There are two theories. Some astronomers think that CG4 may have…

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Farmer makes living drawings using cows, a drone and a truck

Witness this farmer creating an smiley using his cattle—because that’s what you do when you have cows, a truck, food, and a drone. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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These amazing photos are not special effects from a sci-fi film

All those fantastic special effects in Marvel’s and other sci-fi movies are child play compared to something real like the Advanced Test Reactor core at the Idaho National Laboratory. The blue glow is caused by something called the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation: Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes…

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The future of humanity in one photo

Someone posted this photo on Reddit with this title: “So I got a glimpse of the future this morning…” And indeed, we are going to see this more and more in a near future. I am a big fan of virtual reality that can really fool your brain. I want to live in other worlds,…

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This may be one of the grossest-looking foods ever but tastes delicious

“If we’re eating an animal, we’re eating it from head to toe so nothing is wasted,” says our friend Anna Péter—from the Hungarian food blog Malackaraj—in this video that shows how to cook with caul fat, “a layer of fat that surrounds the innards of pigs, cows and sheep.” It looks gross when raw but…

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How breathing marks every single second of our lives

Breathing is not only the most crucial part of our existence but an expression of ourselves at the most basic level. It is the most crucial part of our existence but we rarely think about it—especially in Western civilizations. This short film is a good reminder of the power of breathing and how it marks…

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This Greek island is the perfect paradise—and supervillain hideout

This amazing place is Monemvasia, a fortified town that resisted a siege of more than three years located on a tiny island in the Peloponnese sea connected to continental Greece through a bridge. I want to be in one of those terraces, eating black olives and seafood. The city’s main square The city from the…

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The future of SpaceX rockets looks so freaking awesome in this new video

Despite the 80s hard rock soundtrack—or maybe because of it—SpaceX’s new 3D animation showing their future Falcon Heavy in action, complete with the landing of three of its stages back on Earth, is freaking cool. I can’t wait for Elon Musk’s bandits to solve all problems and see this happening in real time. SPLOID is…

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Striking images of the first war that felt like a video game

The USAF Air Combat Command just tweeted this photo: “Today in 1991, US-backed coalition air forces attained air supremacy over the Iraqis.” Aside from any geopolitical consideration, there’s something unsettling about it. It is simultaneously imposing for what it shows and terrible for what it doesn’t. Above: Formation of three F-15 Strike Eagles and two…

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All the faces of Ultron: The design evolution of the Avengers’ archenemy

Outstanding illustration of the new Ultron on the cover of Empire this week. I remember how fascinated I was the first time I saw Ultron in Avengers. It was issue #162, published in 1977—I saw it much later because it arrived to Spain in the 80s. Here’s how artists changed Ultron’s appearance through the years:…

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US Navy to publicly show its railgun for the first time ever

The US Navy will publicly show their formidable railgun at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. on February 4. The formidable electromagnetic cannon launches solid projectiles over 100 nautical miles at more than six times the speed of sound. You can see it in action here: They will test it…

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Hungarian noodles with bacon fat and sprinkled sugar will kill you fast

I spent the last few days in Hungary, where I had good food and discovered a new Kinja that I will watch every day even if I don’t speak a word of Hungarian: Malackaraj. Where else can I learn how to make something as delicious and deadly as túrós csusza. Watch my new favorite food…

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Star Wars trailer in the style of Avengers: Age of Ultron

I wish Disney really made a Star Wars-Marvel Universe crossover. A cool one, not something dumb. Like the Guardians of the Galaxy finding the remains of an Imperial experimental military base abandoned 100,000 years ago, accidentally activate some portal, and traveling back in time for the war. OK, that’s dumb too. But it would also…

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Japanese craftsman creates perfect sci-fi ship replicas using just paper

This is one of the most amazing craftsmen I have ever seen. He doesn’t only make the exterior of his sci-fi ships using just paper but also the guts! The level of detail is amazing—some look like perfect resin models but it’s only paper. Behold the X-Wing, TIE Interceptor, Viper Mk2, 2001’s Orion and many…

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F-35 gets turned into popsicle by giant fridge

I’m pretty sure this has already happened in a secret lab somewhere

Timeline shows the potential future of Russia’s next-gen fighter jet

Neat new image sequence of Rosetta’s lander descending to the comet

Watch the guts of a DSLR camera in action at 10,000 frames per second

The world’s largest ice fishing competition looks pretty freaking nuts

Beautiful new photo of the mysterious Mouth of the Beast nebula

Farmer makes living drawings using cows, a drone and a truck

These amazing photos are not special effects from a sci-fi film

The future of humanity in one photo

This may be one of the grossest-looking foods ever but tastes delicious

How breathing marks every single second of our lives

This Greek island is the perfect paradise—and supervillain hideout

The future of SpaceX rockets looks so freaking awesome in this new video

Striking images of the first war that felt like a video game

All the faces of Ultron: The design evolution of the Avengers’ archenemy

US Navy to publicly show its railgun for the first time ever

Hungarian noodles with bacon fat and sprinkled sugar will kill you fast

Star Wars trailer in the style of Avengers: Age of Ultron

Japanese craftsman creates perfect sci-fi ship replicas using just paper

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