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Breathtaking Photos of Four Volcanoes Erupting Simultaneously in Russia

In this photograph taken by Cmdr. Chris Hatfield, you can see four volcanoes that are erupting in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula simultaneously. According to NASA’s Earth Observatory: Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has the highest concentration of active volcanoes on Earth. Separated by only 180 kilometers (110 miles), Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Tolbachik, and Kizimen were all erupting simultaneously on…

Take Instant Photospheres With This One-Shot Omnidirectional Camera

Sometimes you want to take a picture of a thing, but there are times when you just want everything. So far, your options for comprehensive photospheres involve taking a whole crapton of pictures, or throwing some kind of crazy ball or something. This upcoming camera from Ricoh makes it a hell of a lot easier.…

Hot Damn, this Dead Space concept art is stunning

We’re all eagerly awaiting the release of Dead Space 3 — but in the meantime, here’s something to tide you over. A brand new book gives you a look inside the designs of Dead Space, from the beautiful space vistas to the terrifying worlds of the Necromorphs. And we’re lucky enough to bring you some…

How a Film Crew Captured Four—Count ‘Em Four—Simultaneous Volcanic Eruptions

A volcano erupting on its own is no big deal; they’re like earthquakes, no one cares unless it’s catastrophic. But to have four separate volcanic cones—each fed by separate magma sources—all erupting within 110 miles of one another simply doesn’t happen. Ever. This must be what witnessing Haley’s Comet was like. The Moscow-based Airpano film…

Amazon Scores Exclusive Downton Abbey Streaming Rights For Years and Years

Great news for those who can’t get enough of the Crawley family—Amazon cut a deal with PBS that will bring the British period drama to Prime Instant Video exclusively. So later this year, Netflix will lose Downton. Which is exactly what Lord Grantham has grappled with in the series. Starting today, seasons one and two…

Warm Bodies is Romeo and Juliet and Zombies, only better

What if Juliet was a post-apocalyptic scavenger, Romeo was a zombie who ate Paris’ brains, and Mercutio was a monosyllabic Rob Corddry? Zombie romcom Warm Bodies takes us to a post-apocalyptic future in which zombies stalk the Earth eating human brains—at least until one walking corpse, R, falls for Julie, one of the last living…

This Must Be the Secret Backdoor to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude

Here’s the secret door to Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Or its toilet pipe. Or just an awesome photo of an ice column in a tunnel carved in the rock, near Lake Tahoe. In any case, a beautiful image. [Full Frame Collective—Thanks Attila Nagy!]

The Joy of Space Age Fashion

We all admire the crazy/sexy fashions of Star Trek, Barbarella and Buck Rogers. But the era of Moon landings and space dreams gave rise to tons of amazing fashions. There was spacesuit chic, robot glamour and alien loveliness. The Space Age Planet Tumblr collects some of the coolest images of space age clothing and makeup,…

The grotesque witch concept art from Hansel & Gretel will probably turn you on

The absolute best part of the so-garbage-it’s-good feature film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was the vast collection of lady witches, a.k.a. “arrow fodder.”. Character designer Ulrich Zeidler has released his collection of horned-head witches and boil-necked beauties for your ogling pleasure. They are so hideously gorgeous we want them to start a band. [via…

How Stanford’s Million-Core, Five Dimensional Super Computer Will Silence Jet Engines

The modern day jet engine may be powerful enough to shuttle travelers across a continent in just six hours but it’s also unbearably loud—for both the ground crews that work around them and residents within earshot of airports. And while aircraft engineers are developing quieter designs, building and testing these hushed prototypes can run into…

Video of Zenit-3SL Rocket Failure Over the Pacific: “Houston, We Got a Limp Dick!”

If you must fail while launching a rocket, you hope it gets destroyed in a fiery ball of fire. At least that makes for a good show worth a few million dollars. Sadly, the people from Sea Launch didn’t even get that from their Zenit-3SL rocket, which failed miserably today at 6:56am GMT, after lifting…

These natural formations look like alien ruins

These columns are found in Varna, Bulgaria. They’re hollowed out and filled with sand, almost perfectly round, and grouped together. And they’re 100 percent natural formations. Sometimes even prehistory is in on the conspiracy to make us believe that we’ve discovered evidence of alien visitors. These columns are no minor outcroppings. They can reach about…

There Is Blatant Racist and Sexist Language Hiding in Open Source Code

GitHub is an exceptionally popular open-source community where any developer can find code for pretty much anything. But there’s a problem—some of that code contains extremely offensive racist, sexist, and homophobic, language. A word of caution before you proceed, because these search results are very NSFW. You don’t have to look hard for to find…

What Kind of Maniac Watches Live-Streaming Super Bowl Ads Online?

There are plenty of people who claim to watch the Super Bowl “for the ads.” Well you can force those people to put their money where their mouths are. Once again Hulu is streaming the Super Bowl ads, and only the ads. God save us all. The whole thing is part of Hulu’s AdZone. Excuse…

Scientists record the first video of thoughts forming in the brain

Japanese researchers have recorded a real-time video of thoughts forming in the brain of a live animal as it stalks its prey. The breakthrough was made possible by using zebrafish — a species with a translucent head — and a fluorescent protein that lights up when single neurons are activated. And this study may give…

You Don’t Have to Be a Netflix Subscriber To Watch Its Fancy New Series

House of Cards may not be Netflix’s first stab at original content, but it’s by far its most important. Whether people turn to the streaming service for shows it can’t find anywhere else will define the company’s chance at future success. Which is why, starting today, the first episode of House of Cards is free…

Here’s William Hurt as the legendary physicist Richard Feynman!

The BBC and the Science Channel are making a docudrama about the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, starring William Hurt as scientist, physicist and all-around awesome person Richard Feynman, who investigated the tragedy as part of the Presidential Rogers Commission while battling cancer. The movie, titled 73 Seconds: The Challenger Investigation, won’t air until the…

Path is paying $800,000 for its little privacy debacle and will have forced privacy assessments for the next 20 years. https://gizmodo.com/paths-big-mistake-updated-5883395

When you can’t talk, but you can sing

We all know the things that deal a blow to our voices. Anything that injures the throat physically, like a hit or a physical constriction, will leave us croaking. Same with infections, or excessive use of the voice, or sometimes just plain stress. We’ve all experienced the strange semi-choking sensation of not being able to…

Reminder: Being On Sale Doesn’t Make Something a Deal

One of Best Buy’s daily deals today is $40 off the Hipstreet Equinox 2. Normally retailing for $180, the 10.1-inch Android 4.0 tablet can be yours this very Friday for a mere $140, which is $40 closer to the roughly zero dollars it’s worth. Remember, kids: a sale and a deal are two entirely different…