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Visualizing L.A.’s 2,043 Annual Bike Crashes
What can LAPD records and Google Maps data tell us about the safety of Los Angeles’ bicycle routes? That’s what a new interactive map of the city’s 2,043 bicycle collisions from the year 2012 seeks to answer. Pairing each reported crash site with Google Street View imagery, the map reveals potential flaws in street design … Continued
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Somehow They Saved The Best Game Of Thrones Trailer For Last
The lords of Westeros getting worried about Daenerys! Jon Snow realizing the danger the Wall is in! So much more! We’ve already discussed how screwed up everyone in GoT is, and how awesome that is, but this newest trailer makes us want to run into the street screaming “For House Stark!” Granted, we generally want … Continued
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This goofy mini golf Masters clip is way more fun than the real Masters
I don’t care that The Masters is a tradition unlike any other because I know a mini golf version of the illustrious golf tournament would be way more fun to play and so much more hilarious to watch. Imagine Tiger getting screwed over by the windmill course. Or Phil mucking up the castle shot. It’d … Continued
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The Easter Bunny Is Coming, But Not How You Think
If you thought that, by coming, this video means Easter is almost here, I’m sorry to disappoint. This new song by Animation Domination High-Def is like a trip on some dosed cadbury eggs, and it is probably the perfect pump up song for your own Easter celebrations. Or it’s a great way to make your … Continued
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Newly Released Color Films Show The Utter Devastation Wrought By WW2
The Hoover Institution has just release five reels of recently restored color films taken by lieutenant colonel William P. Miller from 1943 to 1945. They provide a rare and disturbingly real glimpse into the era, including shots of the battle-scarred cities at the center of the conflict. The films, which were made possible by a … Continued
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Super clever stop motion animation uses wood like you’ve never seen
Andre Maat had the brilliant idea to play with the shape and consistency of wood in his stop-motion video Woodoo and it warps the naturally stiff material into a living, breathing (and smoking object). The execution is pretty fantastic, each shape fluidly transforms into another. I love it when things do things they’re not supposed … Continued
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This Chart Highlights The Vast Differences Between The Sizes Of Stars
Stars are so mind-boggling large compared to our planet that it’s easy to think of them simply as universally gigantic. But just like planets, stars come in different sizes, and when you place a dwarf star beside a hypergiant, it’s clear just how immense those differences are. Designer Axel Ramos created this chart comparing the … Continued
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Remember When CEO Used To Stand For Chief Electricity Officer?
Labor markets, and the jobs within them, are constantly re-inventing themselves. And sometimes they leave behind curious relics, including the period of time when companies were hiring Chief Electricity Officers. In response to this post on jobs that once were thriving career paths, but have now gone extinct, commenter KeithA0000 offered this example of a … Continued
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An Interactive Map Showing Global Cyberattacks In Real Time
Security firm Kaspersky Lab has launched an interactive cyberthreat map that visualizes cyber security incidents occurring worldwide in real time. A quick glance shows that the world is a pretty scary place. The interactive map is a promotional tool created by Kaspersky Lab, but it’s fascinating nonetheless. Threats displayed include malicious objects detected during on-access … Continued
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Reframe Roundup: This Week’s Best Photography Posts
Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It’s called Reframe, and it’s where you’ll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuff related to the crafts of photography and videography. NASA’s Earth Photo of the Year: Puny Islands Float … Continued
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Astronauts will grow their own food (or weed?) for the first time ever
NASA is sending a really cool garden to the International Space Station on April 14, on board the SpaceX Dragon. For the first time in history, astronauts will grow their own food in space using this groovy disco box, an important step towards future long-term space travel and extraterrestrial colonies. Incidentally, this must be great … Continued
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Syfy Turns James S.A. Corey’s Expanse Into “Game Of Thrones In Space”
Yes, please. Syfy has given a direct-to-series order to The Expanse, a new show based on James S.A. Corey’s acclaimed space-opera novels, with the first season comprising 10 episodes. And they’re describing it as “Game of Thrones in space.” This is everything we’ve wanted from Syfy for years. We’ve raved about these books by Daniel … Continued
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Why Did No One Tell Us That John C. Reilly Is In Disney’s Bears?
We had no doubt that Disney’s Bears documentary would be beautiful, and it sure looks that way from these clips. But why did no one tell us that this movie stars the wonderful vocal stylings of John C. Reilly? Not only is Reilly the narrator, but he is also the voice of several bears in … Continued
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Finally, A Stadium Shaped Like A Crocodile
I’m as baffled as you are that it’s taken so long, but it seems someday we still might get the stadium we’ve all known architecture really needs: Turkey’s Burasapor soccer team, nicknamed the “Green Crocodiles,” could soon be getting an architectural masterpiece, a structure that will rival the greatest palaces of the last 200 years, … Continued
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Walk on a Magic Carpet of Light in this Moroccan Cathedral
Watch out, the ground will change beneath your feet at the Sacré Coeur in Casablanca. As part of the installation Magic Carpet 2014, an interactive light show swirls, swarms, and shimmers under the cathedral’s vaunted arches. It’s even more thrilling to watch the lights in action in the video below. Magic Carpet 2014 is the … Continued
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The IT Crowd‘s Richard Ayoade Channels Gilliam’s Brazil In The Double
Richard Ayoade might be best known as Moss from The IT Crowd — but he’s also the co-creator of the sublime horror spoof Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, and director of the movie Submarine. And now he’s crafting a dark doppelganger story, The Double, based on a Dovstoevsky tale. The Double, starring Jesse Eisenberg, is out … Continued
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Scientists Detect A Particle That Could Be A New Form Of Matter
Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider have spotted a long sought-after exotic particle that’s the strongest evidence yet for a new form of matter called a tetraquark. Here’s what the discovery could mean to astrophysics. Above: A neutron star. Credit: Casey Reed/Penn State University. You may have heard that CERN announced the discovery of … Continued
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Rejoice, the weekend’s here. Whether you sprinted or hobbled across the finish line, we made it. Now let’s download some apps! Android Distiller We loved Distiller for iOS, and praise the heavens, now it’s here for Android. This handy app suggests a whiskey based on where or how you’ll be enjoying it, and helps you … Continued
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Breathtaking Illustrations Show The Splendor Of Ringed Planets
Is there any more beautiful than a ringed planet? It’s like an instant signifier of an exotic, non-Earth world. And the sight of a ring floating around an entire world is one of the most poetic and astonishing vistas the universe has to offer. And luckily, some immensely talented artists have created illustrations showing the … Continued
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Scientists Have Successfully Grown and Implanted Vaginas in Four Women
Four women born with abnormal or missing vaginas were recently implanted with lab-grown replacements created from their own cells. All four women are now sexually active and report normal vaginal function. Photo Credit: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative MediciNE via Reuters Via U.S. News & World Report: The organs… were implanted between June 2005 and … Continued