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A New Grimm Named Trubel Makes Trouble On A Troubling Grimm
Oh, Grimm. Only you could provide such a game-changing new character and then absolutely refuse to let her change the game until next episode. Our gamechanger is Ms. Theresa Riubel, and if I may paraphrase Agents of SHIELD, “Someone really wanted her name to spell T.Rubel.” Theresa is a young Grimm who doesn’t know she’s … Continued
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How to Enjoy Nature Without Getting Yourself Eaten
Ah, the great outdoors, how I loathe thee. What with all that sunshine, fresh air, and hordes of ravenous apex predators lurking around every trail bend. But if you do insist on communing with Mother Nature, here’s what you need to know to keep from becoming a part of the food chain. Surviving a Cougar … Continued
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A Strange New Mineral Has Been Discovered in Australia
It’s purple, translucent and goes by “putnisite.” Discovered in Western Australia, putnisite contains the unusual elemental combination of strontium, calcium, chromium, sulphur, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen and is notable for its dissimilarity from other, known families of minerals. Photo Credit: P. Elliott et al via PopSci PopSci’s Douglas Main has the details: While dozens of … Continued
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Paparazzi, Tourists, Marathoners: What’s Ruining Our Cities This Week
L.A. is being overrun by photographers trying to snap photos of celebrity spawn. Tourists are making a mess out of Barcelona. And four runners cast a cheatery vibe over what should have been a triumphant day in Boston. Let’s investigate What’s Ruining Our Cites. Paparazzi are ruining Los Angeles The horribleness of TMZ is nothing … Continued
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Epic Astronomy Hang-Out
CosmoQuest, the citizen science project to map craters, is hosting an epic hang-out marathon fundraiser this weekend. Their objective is to raise $295,200 to develop more citizen science software, and they’ve recruited some astronomy-celebrities to help them out. Why does a research project at a university need your money? As they say in the fundraising … Continued
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The Atari E.T. Landfill Excavation Starts Today. What Will They Find?
In 1983, the failing Atari video game company allegedly dumped millions of unsold E.T. the Extra Terrestrial cartridges in a New Mexico landfill. Ever since, game nostalgists have tried to track them down. Today, screenwriter Zak Penn’s documentary crew begin digging, and our friends at Wired got a sneak peek at the excavation. Update: They … Continued
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Elon Musk: SpaceX Will File Suit Against the U.S. Government
Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, announced Friday that SpaceX is filing suit against the Federal Government to protest and break the US Air Force’s awarding of lucrative launch contracts for high priority national security satellites to a sole rocket provider – United Launch Alliance (ULA) – on a non competitive basis. The gloves … Continued
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Don’t Drive 1,000 MPH: Raindrops Will Destroy Your Windshield
Rain hitting your windshield can mean dicey road conditions and traffic snags. According to XKCD’s What If, the force of those drops hitting your windshield can also destroy your car’s windshield. Lesson learned: don’t drive at speeds of Mach 1.5 in a downpour if you want your glass to survive. As XKCD’s Randall Munroe explains, … Continued
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Celebrate Game Boy’s 25th Anniversary With a Tetris Birthday Card
Nintendo’s Game Boy turned 25 this week. We’ve come a very long way in mobile gaming since then, but the gray brick with the queasy green screen still holds a place in our hearts. And Petr Tichy’s browser-based tribute brings back the most universal Game Boy memory of all: Tetris. Go ahead, hum along with … Continued
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Wildlife Vets Treat A Lioness Who Was Gored By A Buffalo
Sometimes nature really is “red in tooth and claw,” as Tennyson famously wrote. It’s also red in horn, as this lioness found out recently. The Africa Geographic blog reports that rangers discovered the female, who they know as Siena, with a nasty gore in her flank from a buffalo’s horn. They quickly got in touch … Continued
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Map reveals all asteroid impacts from 2000 to 2013
There have been 26 asteroid impacts recorded from 2000 to 20013 by the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization’s infrasound detection network. Our friend Félix Pharand-Deschênes sent us this graphic showing the atmospheric impact points. It demonstrates that they’re more common, and dangerous, than we would like to believe. All these asteroids exploded too high in … Continued
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This Immersive Video Makes You Feel Like You’re Floating Upside Down
For a dizzying start to your weekend, grab your headphones and watch Underlapse at full screen. This time-lapse video takes you around an inverted world and screws with your brain in the process. By altering the position of spatial cues, floating the Earth above our heads and suggesting the motion of clouds beneath our feet, … Continued
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Woman’s body becomes part of canvas in fun stop-motion animation
Here’s some visual fun for you. Elvis Schmoulianoff created this trippy stop-motion animation video showing herself get painted as if she was part of the canvas. It’s delightful to see the art surround her and then become her. Elvis writes: Painted is an experiment in stop motion face & body painting that plays with the … Continued
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This Is the Future New York City Where I Want to Live
This enormous building looks like a marine invertebrate has devoured the intersection of two major train lines in Queens. It’s part of a futuristic proposal to convert this transit hub into high density housing and live-work spaces. The thing is so crazy it just might work. Over at The Atlantic Cities, Jenny Xie describes the … Continued
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It’s Spring and the Monsters Are Blooming
A great poet once noticed that April is the cruelest month. I’m pretty sure this is what he was talking about. This gorgeous illustration, which you can see in its full glory below, is by Brynn Metheney, an illustrator and concept artist in Oakland, California. You can see more of Metheney’s incredible work on her … Continued
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This substance is the secret to drink alcohol without getting drunk
Well, this could change things. Apparently there’s a secret method to drinking alcohol without getting drunk. All you have to do is eat some yeast before you drink. Seriously. Line your stomach with a teaspoon of yeast for every beer you plan to drink and you’ll be able to drink all night without acting like … Continued
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The Raid: A Bloody Romp through Jakarta’s Deadliest High Rise (NSFW)
While American audiences must endure summer snoozefests starring ’80s action heros rehashing their glory days, a number of East Asian studios are filling the void with a graphic reimagining of the genre. The bloody jewel atop this brutal cinematic crown is Merantu Film’s The Raid: Redemption. It’s Old Boy meets Man from Nowhere times a … Continued