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In space, monsters can hear you fart

It’s scientifically inaccurate and stupidly juvenile, but this ad for a fictitious baked beans brand it’s perfectly crafted—made me smile. Fart jokes in space are always a win. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us in Facebook

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Stabilized video of lunar buggy ride is even cooler than the original

There are few things more amazing than watching humans driving a lunar rover. I mean—these guys came in a spaceship from another planet to drive a goddamn buggy on the bloody Moon. The only way to better that video is to stabilize it. For comparison, here’s the original: I’m loving this trend of stabilizing shaky…

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We still have time to destroy ourselves before the future comes

According to Carl Sagan, the only thing that can stop us from reaching the stars is a) a global extinction event or b) nuclear self-destruction. I thought B was out of the question already but, according to the Wall Street Journal, perhaps we aren’t there yet. The news is that Russia has deployed SS-26 Stone…

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This prefab portable home is nicer than most suburban houses

The ÁPH80 prefab houses are made at a CNC (computer numerical control) mill factory located in Northern Spain. Designed by architect Camino Alonso—one of the owners at architectural firm Ábaton—is a compact 29.5 by 9.84 feet (9 by 3 meters) home that can get carried in a truck and deployed in 20 minutes. The houses…

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Stunning image of a burning hot Blackbird’s jet engine

This is an image of the very last test of the Pratt & Whitney J58, the engine that powered the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and A-12 Oxcart. It used to get so hot at full afterburner that it looked like it was about to melt. Those shock diamonds are beautiful. https://gizmodo.com/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr-71-blackbird-5511236 I love this description excerpted…

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Five surprising things that will happen in the next five years

IBM Research’s 5 in 5 list—five things that will happen in the next five years—is here. Some are quite surprising and awesome. The bad news: no flying cars and/or realistic sex robots yet. The good news: doctors routinely using your DNA information to heal you effectively. But even while that may seem kind of surprising,…

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The future of naval warfare: Are US supercarriers useless?

DodBuzz asks an interesting question: Will aircraft carriers remain useful in future wars? The answer is no. And the reason is missiles like you’re seeing in this photograph: a Raduga KH-22 cruise missile mounted on a Tupolev Tu-22 Backfire long-range strike bomber. Mark Jacobson—former advisor to General Stanley McChrystal and ex-CIA chief General David Petraeus—told…

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1940 photo of a Nazi fighter test seems from the future

This photo of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter being tested in a wind tunnel comes from the archives of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the national aeronautics and space research centre of Germany. It doesn’t feel like a photo from 1940. This facility actually looks from the future. Most people associate wind tunnels…

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Video: This explosive Christmas tree made of detonation cord is nuts

RatedRR never fails to deliver crazy videos of things exploding, firing, or bursting into flames. This video of a Christmas tree made of detonation cord—a flexible plastic tube filled with an material that explodes “at a rate of approximately 4 miles per second”—is fantastic. As promised, there would some explosions in Sploid. Happy holidays! SPLOID…

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New research: Great white sharks are surprisingly similar to humans

A new genetic study on great white shark’s hearts has found that these animals are strikingly similar to humans. More than zebrafish, in fact, which is now widely used to “study cancers, neurological diseases and blood disorders” because of their similitude to humans. Cornell University’s professor Michael Stanhope—the lead author of the paper published in…

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Amazing photo of severed hand surgically attached to an ankle

Medicine is amazing but sometimes it can look like the darkest corners of Stephen King’s brain. This is exactly the case: Chinese doctors saved a man’s severed hand by attaching it to his ankle, creating some impossible anatomy in the process. Xiao Wei—an industrial worker in Changde, China—suffered a dramatic accident in which his hand…

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Crazy video: Heavy military trucks being dropped from a plane

“Some heavy big trucks being dropped from a military plane in the middle of the night,” says the YouTube description, “huge machines, being launched at incredible speed!” Indeed. I love the faces of those soldiers waiting to jump after the trucks: The soldiers and the hardware belong to the the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which…

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I don’t know what Interstellar is all about but I can’t wait to see it

Christopher Nolan’s teaser for his new movie is nothing but a few clips of some classic moments in America’s space history with Matthew McConaughey voiceover. But, every time I watch it, I get goosebumps. Interstellar also stars Michael Caine and Jessica Chastain. It’s coming to theaters in a year. I will be there.

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This is what the Universe would look like if it were a tiny model

The observable Universe is a 92-billion-light-year sphere—a place so big that it’s impossible to imagine its dimensions. But what if the Universe were as small as a scale model train? Then the Horsehead Nebula would look something like the above. I came across this Imgur post and I thought it would be fun to try…

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An incredible photo of a colonial base in an alien world called Earth

This otherworldly photo is so amazingly weird and exotic that you may think it comes from a secret colonial base in the Jovian moon of Europa. In reality, it’s the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica as photographed by Antony Dubber, the chef of the British Antarctic Survey. The outstanding photo is part Ice Lab,…

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This is how steel looks after being shot by a railgun

You probably already saw a railgun in action, but perhaps not the end result. This is how one of those thick steel plates look after being shot. The kinetic projectile just doesn’t give a damn. https://gizmodo.com/this-navy-electric-railgun-annihilates-targets-100-mile-5711467 SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us in Facebook.

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Watch these ink stains turn into a hyperrealist painting

This may seem like some random blotches of ink to the naked eye. But when you take a photo and turn it into its negative, the paper magically turns into an hyperrealistic painting of the Wolverine, all thanks to the mutant art powers of Brian Lai. You can see him action here: Here’s another example…

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Climate change is moving the North pole and affecting Earth’s rotation

I thought I knew all the dreadful effects of climate change, but this new discovery has truly surprised me: “Climate change is causing the North Pole’s location to drift, owing to subtle changes in Earth’s rotation that result from the melting of glaciers and ice sheets.” The entire Earth is tilting because this change. One…

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How the first iPhone copied everything—and the last one did too

The first iPhone was a true breakthrough that shaped the multitouch-dominated world we live in. It took its clues from everyday objects to create a familiar experience that was instantly understood (and copied.) Years later it got stuck in those successful metaphors but, instead of working in another breakthrough, Apple just copied some bits from…

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Guy plays the 20 most overplayed songs of 2013 in one minute

Found by Redditor refie, here are 2013’s most overplayed songs played back by one guy and his guitar in only one minute. The original songs were a pain, but his interpretation is pretty pretty good. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us in Facebook.

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In space, monsters can hear you fart

Stabilized video of lunar buggy ride is even cooler than the original

We still have time to destroy ourselves before the future comes

This prefab portable home is nicer than most suburban houses

Stunning image of a burning hot Blackbird’s jet engine

Five surprising things that will happen in the next five years

The future of naval warfare: Are US supercarriers useless?

1940 photo of a Nazi fighter test seems from the future

Video: This explosive Christmas tree made of detonation cord is nuts

New research: Great white sharks are surprisingly similar to humans

Amazing photo of severed hand surgically attached to an ankle

Crazy video: Heavy military trucks being dropped from a plane

I don’t know what Interstellar is all about but I can’t wait to see it

This is what the Universe would look like if it were a tiny model

An incredible photo of a colonial base in an alien world called Earth

This is how steel looks after being shot by a railgun

Watch these ink stains turn into a hyperrealist painting

Climate change is moving the North pole and affecting Earth’s rotation

How the first iPhone copied everything—and the last one did too

Guy plays the 20 most overplayed songs of 2013 in one minute

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