10 Fascinating Facts About Edison
Edison with his phonograph (1877). To "hear" Edison bit into his phonograph so the sound vibration traveled through his teeth to his inner ear.You only have to look around you to see things that Thomas...
View ArticleThe Story of saving jewish Children & refuse to take credit for the deed.
In December 1938, Nicholas Winton, a 29-year-old London stockbroker, was about to leave for a skiing holiday in Switzerland, when he received a phone call from his friend Martin Blake asking him to...
View ArticleFrench Woman Receives $15 Quadrillion Cell Phone Bill
If Thomas Paine were to update his famous quotation for modern times, perhaps he’d consider cell phone companies just as necessary of an evil as he did government back in 1776. And a French woman has...
View ArticleSoftdrinks Tin can kill U..............Be Careful.
IMPORTANT:SHOULD READ and do not ignore this message without SHARING.On Sunday a family went to picnic with a few drinks tin. Monday, two family members admitted to hospital and placed in the Intensive...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Most Expensive Digital Cameras
The Top 10 Most Expensive Digital CamerasGone are the days when all cameras make use of film that needs to be developed before one can see the moment that it has captured. The rapid development of...
View ArticleParis's Abandoned Métro Stations, Reimagined as Theaters and Pools
Paris's Abandoned Métro Stations, Reimagined as Theaters and PoolsThe Paris Métro, opened in 1900, extends over more than 200 kilometers of track, serving more than 300 individual stops. But there are...
View ArticleThis week in Science
This week in science!Lungs: http://bit.ly/1h2GnQDElectron: http://bit.ly/1k3Ms2vMonkey avatar: http://bit.ly/1k0OTzIElephants: http://bit.ly/1hmFnFmSupernova: http://bit.ly/NpsqkPBlind mice:...
View ArticleWatch Snowflakes Forming in front of eyes
Snowflakes are often said to be completely unique; every fluffy flurry that has fallen to the ground does not have an identical companion. While that might be a tough one to prove experimentally, there...
View ArticleThe Car That Runs On Air
The Car That Runs On AirBringing new meaning to running on fumesFor more than a century, air cars have remained a quixotic quest of engineers—an idealistic exercise with little long-term likelihood of...
View ArticleHalf of all edits to Wikipedia are made by bots.
Half of all edits to Wikipedia are made by bots.Half of all edits to Wikipedia are made by bots. That stat, from a new study monitoring the site’s revisions, might seem like cause for alarm. But...
View ArticleJapanese Charity Breast-Squeeze!
A charity breast squeeze took place last weekend in Shinjuku, Tokyo as part of the “Erotica will Save the World” event.Is this a typical reward for donating to charity in Japan? We go hands on… I mean…...
View ArticleConcrete-Eating Robot Recycles Buildings
Concrete-Eating Robot Recycles BuildingsBuilding demolition demands a lot of heavy machinery to crush concrete and separate valuable materials for reuse. Often, those materials are transferred to...
View ArticleNew State Of Matter Discovered in Chicken Eyes
New State Of Matter Discovered in Chicken Eyesphoto credit: Joseph Corbo and Timothy Lau, Washington University in St. LouisThe retina of the eye is home to rods and a variety of cones, which help the...
View ArticleNissan eliminates blind spots with rear-view mirror that doubles as a...
As car tech goes, here’s a small but useful step forward: Nissan created a rear-view mirror with a full-width LCD that shows a wide angle view behind you. The video feed comes from a rear-mounted...
View ArticleEarliest Case of Child Abuse Discovered in Egyptian Cemetery
When the researchers came across the abused toddler, labeled "Burial 519," in Kellis 2, nothing seemed out of the ordinary at first. But when they began brushing the sand away, they noticed prominent...
View ArticleGiant virus revived from ancient permafrost
Melting permafrost could unleash new human pathogensScientists have discovered a new type of virus in 30,000-year-old permafrost and managed to revive it, producing an infection.The giant virus...
View ArticleOCEA Project Finalists – I-15 Corridor Expansion
his is the first of a series about the five finalists for ASCE’s Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) awards. Established in 1960, the OCEA Award recognizes a project that makes a...
View ArticleTardigrades: The only animal that survives in Vacuum of Space
Tardigrades are tiny water dwelling animals.They're also complete badasses.They are to date the only animals known to be able to survive in the vacuum of space. They can also survive doses of ionizing...
View ArticleUniversity suspends cricket fans for cheering Pakistan's win over India
Pakistan's cricket team celebrate after winning the Asia Cup one-day international cricket tournament against India.Dozens of students from Indian-administered Kashmir were ejected from university and...
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