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This is unbelievable, but the fruit fly G tridens has somehow evolved to have what looks like pictures of ants on its wings. Seriously, its transparent wings have an ant design on them complete with “six legs, two antennae, a head, thorax and tapered abdomen.” It’s nature’s evolutionary art painted on a fly’s wings. Recently…
It’s true. Even if you’re dealing with the brilliant Dark Knight or fantastic Iron Man or the good times of Thor, all superhero movies pretty much boil down to the same thing: an established hero fighting a lunatic bad guy to prevent the destruction of some version of New York City with epic fight scenes…
There’s not to much say. I’m a wimp when it comes to these photos. Tom Ryaboi, an awesome photographer who has mastered the art of taking knee-shaking shots of people looking down on cities from impossible heights, is not. And I’m thankful for Ryaboi’s thrill seeking awesomeness because just looking at these pictures freak me…
The animated GIF has grown to be one of the internet’s finest artforms. But what separates the Michelangelos of the GIF world from the finger-painters is the ability to create infinitely looped GIFs that seemingly go on forever and ever. Here some of our favorites. Be warned; brains will be broken. Have you seen better?…
The wonderful Swedes and their obsession for road safety have struck gold once again: behold the invisible bike helmet that magically appears over a biker’s head whenever there’s a potentially dangerous accident. Genius. https://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477
Scientists have unlocked the secrets of molten magma at a depth of 1400 kilometers using the most brilliant X-ray source in the planet. Their findings are crucial to understand the formation of Earth. They have discovered that the high pressure makes magma so dense that other rocks sit on top of it instead of sinking…
Watch this crazy video featuring a swarm of drones flying around. I just can’t believe they weren’t generated with a 3D animation program. They are real, flying in perfect choreography. Stunning work. https://gizmodo.com/you-wont-believe-these-perfectly-synced-drones-arent-1460768867
Imagine the look on biologist Gerhard Scholtz’s face when he looked down at this crab in New Zealand’s Hoteo river, only to find three eyes looking back at him. Was this the result of a freak nuclear accident? An alien invasion? A mean trick? Nope. It’s just Blinky. The Amarinus lacustris crab, Scholtz would later…
The Air Force has a very special base sitting atop Haleakala, a dormant volcano in Hawaii. It doesn’t look like any other air base because the USAF Maui Space Complex has a very special mission: Spy on objects orbiting Earth. This is how it looks: Talking to Airman, the official USAF magazine, Capt. Shahn Rashid…
A choir of Interior Ministry officers just released their rendition of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” apparently ahead of their big November 10 concert at the Kremlin. There’s fake smoke, dramatic lighting, crooning Soviet-looking dudes and a hilarious choir conductor—a 21st century Mr. Trololo. Or, as one cheeky reporter put it, “In Soviet Russia, lucky get…
Watch the new crew of the International Space Station safely arriving to its destination today because, you know, it’s really awesome that there are humans up there flying in goddamn space! And this approximation video is pretty damn cool.
Writing for Quartz, meteorologist Eric Holthaus says that the super typhoon Haiyan about to hit the Philippines is the worst storm he has ever seen. With sustained winds of 190mph (305km/h) and staggering gusts of 230mph (370km/h), its “intensity has actually ticked slightly above the maximum to 8.1 on an 8.0 scale.” Updated: It broke…
Graphic designer Paula Rupolo came up with the clever idea to see just how far famous brands and logos have penetrated our brains: she swapped the colors of brands with their closest competitor. The results are so weird: coke is blue, Pepsi is red, Google is purple and Yahoo is colorful. It’s like living in…
Math, it’s so boring. Said everyone anytime anyone ever asked them to do basic arithmetic. But it doesn’t have to be! Yann Pineill & Nicolas Lefaucheux of Parachutes.tv has dispelled the notion that math is boring by making it look beautiful. Yes, beautiful. And a little bit like seeing The Matrix. In the video below,…
Photographer Jimmy Nelson has a beautiful new book called Before They Pass Away. It’s a visual expedition into 29 of the most secluded tribes in the world and from the looks of his pictures, it’s absolutely fantastic. The people that Nelson photographed live in such seclusion from the rest of the world that they’re on…
You know what’s missing from technology these days? Sound. We have noises but no sound. We open our laptops and we’re automatically connected to Wi-Fi. Our phones only squeak for alerts, they don’t provide a soundtrack for the future. The old dial up modem handshake though? Now that was real sound. That was like hearing…
Get ready. Or well, get ready to get ready. The new Star Wars Episode VII finally has an official release date which means we can all plan our lives accordingly. The JJ Abrams-ified version of Star Wars will hit movie theaters on December 18th 2015. That’s the third friday in December and a week before…
The object in these photographs captured by Hubble is not a comet. It’s something that no astronomer has ever seen before, according to NASA: An asteroid with six comet-like tails that isn’t moving like a comet and it’s not made of ice. It’s just hanging up there, rotating like a crazy space spider. According to…
Architect Daniel Carrapa offers an interesting view of how humans envision the space cities of the future and what these ideas tell about us today, but I’ve to confess I’m here for the concept porn. https://architizer.kinja.com/the-architect-s-guide-to-life-in-outer-space-1460198019
In the new RoboCop trailer, Samuel L. Jackson claims that the American public refuses to have robots patrolling the streets. But when this happens in real life we shouldn’t reject it, because it could be a great thing. This is not just an hypothetical question anymore. It’s already happening. Drones are right now flying around…
