Archive for the ‘Amazing’ Category
The 19 Most Beautiful Movies Ever Made
Much of the films that exist lack a degree of visual beauty that’s pleasing to the eye, despite the cast of glamorous actors and actresses. Some films display a spectacular degree of visual artistry no [...]
Past And Future Plate Tectonics
The general public has never been more aware of the pace at which tectonic plates within the earth’s crust are moving. From New York to California and Japan to Liberia, recent earthquakes have really shaken [...]
The Woman With Over 100 Personalities
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a very real personality disorder with horrifying affects. DID is usually caused by severely traumatic childhood experiences which cause suffers to create multiple personalities as a coping mechanism. Here’s the [...]
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A Magic Flying Carpet
Flying carpets are the stuff that timeless childhood tales, like Aladdin, are made of. For Noah Jafferis, a graduate student at Princeton, the idea came to life when he built a prototype of a Magic [...]
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Researchers Uncover Secrets Of ‘Miracle Fruit’
Miracle fruit sounds like some sort of fantastic food from Eden’s Garden but it’s actually naturally occurring within West Africa. The berries of the Synesapalum dulcifcum plant have surprisingly “magical,” albeit hallucinogenic, properties yet no [...]
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Your Cell Phone Is A Homing Device
Ever wonder how private your privacy is? Ever question how much information Big Brother has access to? Details of your cell phone conversations, text messages, and even your location are accessible by your boss, the [...]
The Sun Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
NASA is now offering uploaded daily photos of the sun no longer limited by the spectrum of human vision. Compliments of NASA’s new Solar Dynamics Observatory, here’s The Sun Like You’ve Never Seen It Before.
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The State Of The Internet Now
The Internet is, in the simplest of terms, a weird, huge, growing beast. Social networks are ferociously fighting to squash each other on the way to the top while collecting our information and fighting for [...]
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Maurice Sendak’s Long History Of Scaring Kids And Their Parents
It has been over thirty years since children’s book author Maurice Sendak released a book that he wrote and illustrated. His latest release, Bumble-Ardy, is facing a huge back lash from parents for the [...]
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Why Is It So Hard To Swat A Fly?
Michael Dickinson, a bioengineering researcher, used super-slow motion film to determine how flies manage to evade threats. Surprisingly, flies are rather elegant nuisances that only require 1/10 of a second to get out of the [...]
