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Watch Kate Upton posing in zero gravity in a bikini because science

Sports Illustrated had a wonderful idea: Demonstrate how zero gravity works on muscular and fat body masses by putting Kate Upton in a bikini and taking her in a parabolic flight. I have to admit that I like her better with gravity. Like Kate, you can also enjoy zero gravity—you only need to pay for…

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Artists creates awesome artificial glowing nebulae over city skies

I love Janet Echelman’s floating alien sculptures. I want them to be everywhere, like otherworldly guardians of the night. Urban skies—devoid of stars thanks to light pollution—are a lot more beautiful with these stunning nebulae in them. There’s a Kickstarter campaign to collect funds to build a new 700-foot long floating sculpture in Vancouver, her…

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Guardians of the Galaxy teaser is glorious sci-fi eye candy

I don’t care what they say about Guardians of the Galaxy. I wanted to see this movie before this teaser trailer, talking raccoons and whatnot, but now I want to see this space opera even more. It’s really going to be some serious sci-fi eye candy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…

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The world’s largest solar plant is killing birds melting them with heat

The world’s largest solar plant is awesome—unless you’re a bird like the one in this image published by the corporation BrightSource Energy. This bird flew over the plant and was killed by its deadly heat levels, which can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (537C). Apparently, this was expected. https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-solar-plant-started-creating-electr-1521998493 The Wall Street Journal and a Ivanpah…

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New York looks gorgeous in the snow—for five minutes, in Central Park

Beautiful image of virgin snow covering Central Park just taken by New York Habitat. New York is truly beautiful covered in snow—until you have to go to the office and have to deal with the sludge of pollution mud and frozen slush that piles up in every single corner. In the words of Erin Gloria…

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The terrible effect of one year of California’s drought seen from space

Here’s the effect of one entire year of drought in California, going from February 15, 2013, to February 16, 2014, as seen from NASA’s Terra satellite. It’s really scary to see the land die like this—especially after you read what NASA has to say about it. Note: The white spots at the bottom of the…

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Sexy Italians turn base jumping into fashion catwalk in the sky

Leave it to the Italians to take something as utilitarian as base jumping and turn it into an elegant fashion cat walk, starting with the gorgeous/crazy Roberta Mancino base jumping in high heels and a sequin dress. From the description: Roberta Mancino expresses her passion for fashion and her love of base jumping in this…

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The fascinating story of how wolves changed Yellowstone’s geography

You must watch this fascinating four-minute video on the effects of the re-introduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Not only they affected the entire live of the park—increasing the number of species in it!—but actually changed the geography of the park itself, affecting the rivers in a way that positively affected everything. SPLOID is…

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What the hell is this freaky rabbit invasion?

This video of a rabbit stampede is freaking the hell out of me. They may be inoffensive but it seems they are about to attack and eat Yu Yu Lam Lam, the woman who’s walking with the bags (which obviously contain food.) SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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Stunning images of the endless buildings and skies of Hong Kong

Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze is a French photographer who loves Hong Kong. These stunning photos are from his latest book, Vertical Horizon, “a deep immersion into the city’s thick atmospheres and a visual record of its wildly diverse built environment.” Some of the buildings seem to go on forever. When I look at them, I feel like…

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The laws of physics turned these pretty ice skaters into ugly derps

Sad and Useless has a collection of ridiculous pictures of figure ice skaters deformed by their crazy pirouettes at Sochi. Look at their beautiful motion getting frozen into a horrible derpy freak show, all thanks to physics. It’s a derp festival! Thank you, physics, for giving us centrifugal forces and inertia. SPLOID is a new…

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No video can capture the colossal beauty of Arches and Canyonlands

Utah is an outstandingly beautiful monumental state, with some of the most incredible landscapes I’ve ever seen in my life. Monument Valley, the Valley of the Gods, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, and of course Arches and Canyonlands, which you can see in this timelapse. They look great here but trust me: No videos or…

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How NASA’s plan to capture an asteroid is crucial to human survival

NASA is committed to grab an asteroid and put it into lunar orbit in the next decade, using a robotic system to put a 40-foot (12-meter) rock into a space shopping bag, and then tow it to the Moon. This apparently useless mission is actually crucial to the survival of humankind. The space agency calls…

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Mars is full of freaking hearts everywhere!

I was really surprised when I saw this collection of hearts on Mars posted by El Comanderino Chris Hadfield. How are there so many craters with the shape of hearts in Mars? Are heart shapes pervasive through the entire galaxy? The hell I know. Just forward this post and tell your favorite astronerd you love…

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NASA reveals the mystery of the rock that suddenly materialized on Mars

At last, NASA’s scientists have revealed the mystery of the mysterious rock that materialized out of nowhere right in front of the Mars Curiosity rover—the infamous jelly doughnut rock rock that surprised everyone at mission control, prompting NASA Mars Exploration Rover lead scientist Steve Squyres to exclaim “wait a second, that wasn’t there before, it…

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Stunning photos taken by the two Russian daredevils atop Shanghai Tower

Check out these incredible photos taken by Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov, the two Russian daredevils who climbed the second tallest building in the world—the 2132-foot Shanghai Tower. The contrast of the lighted clouds and the sleek towers make it look like a snap from a futuristic Earth. I guess we are living in the…

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NASA sees mysterious heart in the darkness of space

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this Heart in the Darkness, for all of you astronomers in love out there, “a heart-shaped cloud of 8 million-degree Celsius gas in the central region of the star cluster NGC 346. NASA says that the “the nature of the heart in the darkness will remain mysterious” until they…

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Watch this guy snowboarding through the streets of New York

Casey Neitstat got out his snowboard yesterday, tied a rope to a Jeep, and zoomed through the streets of New York. He even went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and snowboarded down the stairs covered with snow. Same in Central Park. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

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Madman base jumps into a foggy void with zero visibility

Watch this crazy guy base jumping into a void full of thick fog. I can imagine him thinking: “hmmm, how can I make this base jump thing even riskier? Of course, let’s do it in a foggy day so I don’t even know where the hell I am going!” This is just madness—but pretty exciting,…

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The luckiest deer in the world

If you thought you had problems with the snow, be happy that at least the snow—and the ground itself—is not exploding under your feet, like it happened to this deer. I can’t believe he survived that one. Watch the video, because it’s even better. I like how the other deer is like “fuck this shit”…

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Watch Kate Upton posing in zero gravity in a bikini because science

Artists creates awesome artificial glowing nebulae over city skies

Guardians of the Galaxy teaser is glorious sci-fi eye candy

The world’s largest solar plant is killing birds melting them with heat

New York looks gorgeous in the snow—for five minutes, in Central Park

The terrible effect of one year of California’s drought seen from space

Sexy Italians turn base jumping into fashion catwalk in the sky

The fascinating story of how wolves changed Yellowstone’s geography

What the hell is this freaky rabbit invasion?

Stunning images of the endless buildings and skies of Hong Kong

The laws of physics turned these pretty ice skaters into ugly derps

No video can capture the colossal beauty of Arches and Canyonlands

How NASA’s plan to capture an asteroid is crucial to human survival

Mars is full of freaking hearts everywhere!

NASA reveals the mystery of the rock that suddenly materialized on Mars

Stunning photos taken by the two Russian daredevils atop Shanghai Tower

NASA sees mysterious heart in the darkness of space

Watch this guy snowboarding through the streets of New York

Madman base jumps into a foggy void with zero visibility

The luckiest deer in the world

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