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NYC’s 3,500-Year-Old Monument Is Being Cleaned With Freaking Lasers
Cleopatra’s Needle is New York City’s oldest outdoor monument; it’s been around for a whopping 3,500 (!) years, and has spent the past 133 of those in Central Park. This spring, it’s getting gently blasted with laser beams—all in the name of conservation. The Central Park Conservancy has teamed up with the Metropolitan Museum of … Continued
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In 1881, Engineers Blew Up A Mule For “Science”
There is a messed-up picture behind this cut, and it was taken all the way back in 1881. Photography had finally gotten good enough to take instantaneous photos, and it took people no time at all to decide to blow something up and film it. Why? Apparently, establishing what happens at the instant a mule … Continued
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Sorry Bill Nye, This Is The Science Vs. Religion Debate We Need
While the recent smack down between Bill Nye and Ken Ham grabbed all the headlines, the scientific community was far more captivated by a debate featuring physicist Sean Carroll and theologian William Lane Craig that explored the existence of God in light of contemporary cosmology. Carroll is a physicist at CalTech and the author of … Continued
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Comcast’s X1 OS Can Now Stream Video From Smartphones to Your TV
Comcast’s X1 entertainment OS is getting a big update which will improve features across the platform’s services, and also introduces a slew of new ones to the mix as well. The result will change how you use Comcast services across your TVs, mobiles devices, and computers. Comcast is billboarding the X1’s new livestreaming capability that … Continued
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Hands-On With the World’s First 3D-Printed Teddy Bear
Despite the existence of softer plastics and materials, 3D printers are still primarily designed to create hard, solid objects that don’t have much bend or give. But a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University has successfully hacked a machine to create the world’s first 3D-printed teddy bear using a technique called felting. The final result looks … Continued
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This New Godzilla Trailer Just Made The Movie Infinitely More Awesome
And it was already pretty awesome. Look, I’m sorry for how effusive I’m being, but if you’re any kind of Godzilla watch this new international trailer and tell me Godzilla doesn’t immediately jump to the top of your must-watch list. … Update: It seems I may have jumped the gun and it may not be … Continued
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If you put all humans on a pile, they would take a really small space
According to the always entertaining Vsauce, this is the volume that the entire human population would take if you put everyone on a pile in the Grand Canyon. We are just a bunch of ants, yet we have managed to transform the entire landscape of Earth.* * Even if you took all of humanity across … Continued
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Which Major Marvel Character Was Almost In X-Men: Days of Future Past?
Andrew Garfield talks about what scene he wanted added to Amazing Spider-Man 2. Stan Lee hints at his Guardians of the Galaxy cameo. And our first look at a returning guest star in Arrow’s season finale. Plus, are we finally going to get an official Star Wars cast this week? Spoilers now! Top image: X-Men: … Continued
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The Tech That Powers Six of the Greenest Buildings of 2014
Hearing the word “sustainable” conveys pretty much zilch about what makes a building efficient—more than anything, it’s a term that tends to bore people. But if you look closer at the mechanical systems at work in some of the most energy efficient buildings going up today, you’ll find technology that sounds almost sci-fi. The American … Continued
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The economic viability of US nuclear reactors is worsening, says a report by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. Any additional loss of nuclear capacity, the study argues, would increase carbon dioxide emissions, making it more difficult for the US to achieve its 17% emissions reduction pledge by 2020.
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This Brain-Inspired Microchip Is 9,000 Times Faster Than a Normal PC
You’re looking at Neurogrid: a slab of silicon inspired by the human brain, which is 9,000 times faster than a normal computer brain simulator and uses way less energy to boot. Developed by a team of Stanford bioengineers, it’s worth pointing out that this is hardly the first microchip to be inspired by the human … Continued
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Urban Birds Make Music With Their Bodies in “Birds on the Wires”
Prepare to be blown away by the beauty found in apparent randomness. Usually birds make music by singing; these birds did it just by sitting. Brazilian musician Jarbas Agnelli took a photo of birds sitting on electric lines and, using the birds’ positions as musical notes, turned the scene into a song. I was surprised … Continued
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Science’s Dirty Secret: All You Need to Know About Fecal Transplants
This is how far a mother will go. Your daughter has been sick for more than four years with a severe autoimmune disease that has left her colon raw with bloody ulcers. After multiple doctors and drugs have failed, you are frantic for her to get better. Then you send her disease into remission, virtually … Continued
Bryn Nelson - Mosaic - Tech NewsDesign
This International Typeface Morphs Flags Into Fonts
This typeface is truly international. The 106-character font is based on national flags from around the world, abstracting their symbols and shapes to create an incredibly inclusive set of characters. The brainchild of Luis Fabra and his team of designers, Multinational Typeface has been designed for the Singapore branch of the international advertising firm Grey. … Continued
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Rumour: A Plastic HTC One Will Match Galaxy S5’s Specs, Undercut Price
Would you be prepared to ditch the superb HTC One M8’s aluminium unibody shell in favour of a plastic one if it meant you’d be able to keep a few more readies in your wallet? If you answered yes to that question, you may soon get a chance to follow through on it — HTC … Continued
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Now You Can Get Totally Free Voice, Texts, and Data on Your iPhone
FreedomPop’s crazy free voice, text, and data plan is awesome, but it’s just been limited to Android handsets. Now, it’s added iPhone support to its lineup. Now, you can use an iPhone and still get FreedomPop‘s typically great offering: 200 voice minutes, 500 messages and 500MB of data per month, all for free. If you … Continued
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Apple’s Updated Macbook Air: Faster Processors, $100 Cheaper
Apple has refreshed its MacBook Air lineup today, with the super-slim laptops now sporting Intel’s latest Haswell silicon to boost their speeds—and selling for $100 less. Both the 11- and 13-inch entry-level Airs now feature a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, compared to the previous 1.3GHz chip. They still both come with 4GB of … Continued