November 5, 2014 at 1:31 pm

Rosetta and Philae Prepare for Comet Landing

Rosetta and Philae Prepare for Comet Landing

After a ten-year journey Rosetta and Philae have finally reached their destination, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta and the ESA spent the last few weeks studying the comet to find the best place for Rosetta’s lander, Philae, to land. If all goes according to plan, Philae will land on a site named Agilkia on November 12,…

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November 5, 2014 at 12:30 pm

Photos of Museum Paintings Taking Selfies

Photos of Museum Paintings Taking Selfies

Museum of Selfies is a fun art project started by Olivia Muus that shows people in portrait paintings about to take a selfie. Muus explains: “This is a project that started when my friend aka. right hand and I went to the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen. I took a picture for fun…

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November 5, 2014 at 10:02 am

Dropping a Bowling Ball and Feather Under the Conditions of Outer Space

Dropping a Bowling Ball and Feather Under the Conditions of Outer Space

Brian Cox visits NASA’s Space Power Facility in Ohio to see what happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together under the conditions of outer space. The facility is home to the largest vacuum chamber in the world. The clip is a preview from Human Universe: Episode 4 on BBC Two.…

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November 4, 2014 at 7:04 pm

The Great Outdoors by Brian Edward Miller

The Great Outdoors by Brian Edward Miller

Brian Edward Miller is an artist and illustrator based in Erie, Colorado. In the digital illustrations below we see Brian’s unique, ‘art deco-inspired’ style. The four artworks below are a celebration of the great outdoors and were from three different commissioned projects. #1 was an illustration done for the Tarsus Group’s Label Expo in…

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November 4, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Rare Specimens from Earth and Space, Embedded into an Acrylic Block

Rare Specimens from Earth and Space, Embedded into an Acrylic Block

The Mini Museum by Hans Fex is a pocket-sized collection of rare specimens that are labelled and embedded into an acrylic block. Some of the 33 specimens include: lunar rock, dinosaur egg, coal from the Titanic, a piece of the Berlin Wall and the ‘oldest matter ever collected’ at over 4.5 billion years old!…

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November 4, 2014 at 11:04 am

Parents Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy 2014

Parents Tell Their Kids They Ate All Their Halloween Candy 2014

Since 2011, Jimmy Kimmel has asked parents to tell their kids they ate all the Halloween candy and to film their reactions. The annual tradition has drawn nearly 200 million views from the resulting compilation videos. The 2014 edition was just posted online this morning, enjoy!

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November 4, 2014 at 10:06 am

Cat Stares Into the Abyss and the Abyss Stares Back

Cat Stares Into the Abyss and the Abyss Stares Back

This cat is laser focused and possibly focusing on a laser. Either way he’s in a trance and there’s no way you’re getting him out of it until he is good and ready. The title is loosely based on a quote from German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “He who fights with monsters should look to…

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November 3, 2014 at 8:18 pm

Picture of the Day: Volcanic Eruption from Above

Picture of the Day: Volcanic Eruption from Above

Photograph by NASA In this incredible aerial photograph by NASA, we see an overhead view of the Sarychev Peak Volcano erupting on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is a stratovolcano covering almost the entirety of Matua Island in the Kuril Islands of Russia. It is a young, highly symmetrical stratovolcanic cone. During this particular…

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November 3, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Ellen’s Best Scares

Ellen's Best Scares

If you’ve ever watched the Ellen Show, you’ll know the host’s penchant for scaring her guests. Here’s a compilation of some of her best scares to date. Enjoy!

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November 3, 2014 at 1:35 pm

Drone Pilot Films Mexico City’s International Airport from Above

Drone Pilot Films Mexico City's International Airport from Above

Tarsicio Sañudo of postandfly was granted permission by Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to fly his drone to capture the bustling hub from a vantage point never seen before. The amazing footage was shot with an F450 + Zenmuse H3-2D and 3D + GoPro Hero 3 Black.

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