Cool Finds
The Russian Government Once Funded a Scientist’s Quest To Make an Ape-Human Hybrid
In 1926, a famed Russian biologist was "hell-bent" on creating an ape-human hybrid
These Models Probably Never Thought They’d Be Shooting Fashion Photos With Whale Sharks
A journalist and a photographer juxtaposed beautiful women with whale sharks in order to raise awareness about the species' plight
Dungeons & Dragons Is So Classic It Now Has Its Own Digital Archive
Guides and books from the past 40 years of Dungeons and Dragons are to be preserved online
Bag Full of Otters Recovered at Thai Airport
Eleven live otters turned up in a scanned bagged that someone had abandoned at the oversized luggage area of Bangkok's airport
In 1974, Someone Ordered a Pizza With a Computer for the First Time
Here, witness a key moment in digital delivery: the first pizza ever ordered with a computer
Raw Meat Meets 3D Printing
A bio-cartridge "prints" living cells, one on top of the next, and they naturally fuse to form muscle tissue
Rare Spider Hides Out in London Cemetery Vaults for 150 Years
Around 100 spiders turned up in the tombs, some of which date back to the 1830s
Geneticist Does Not Seek Woman to Give Birth to Cloned Caveman Baby
Geneticist says he's extracted enough DNA from Neanderthal fossils to create an embryo, but lacking a uterus himself he needs to find the right lady
Scientists Don’t Quite Know How This Cat Managed Her 200-Mile Trek Home
Holly the cat's 200 mile journey home has scientists wondering just how animals navigate
We’re Better at Remembering Facebook Statuses Than Book Lines
Turns out, the average person is far more likely to remember a Facebook status than they are a painstakingly edited sentence from a book
Kickstarter Works Best for Game Designers
Games raised the most total money, over $80 million, on the crowd-funding site last year
At Night, Giant Fields of Burning Natural Gas Make North Dakota Visibile From Space
Locals have a new nickname for their state. North Dakota: "Kuwait on the Prairie"
The Most Famous Fake Women in History
Manti Te'o isn't the first person to invent (or, have invented for him) a lady. Here are five other women who never existed
Star Trek Got Warp Speed All Wrong
Hold everything people. The blast of a star and light that happens in Star Trek when they jump to warp speed? Wrong! It wouldn't look like that at all, according to some physicists
The ISS’s New Inflatable Room Could Pave the Way for Space Hotels
Set to launch in 2015, this new piece of the International Space Station is designed to be blown up like a balloon
Just Twenty-Nine Dominoes Could Knock Down the Empire State Building
With just 29 dominoes, you can take down the Empire State Building
Giant Sinkhole Is Swallowing Up a Louisiana Bayou Community
Mining activities likely opened up this apparent pit to hell, forcing residents to evacuate and spewing toxins into the environment
The U.S. Once Wanted To Use Nuclear Bombs as a Construction Tool
From digging a harbor to expanding the Panama Canal, how couldn't nuclear bombs be used?
Horse Meat Turned Up in Irish And British Burger Meat
Hamburger meat is never the healthiest option, but it does come with a few basic assumption—like that it's made from cows
Brits Are Allowed To Insult Each Other Once More
For the past 27 years, it's been against the law for Brits to insult each other
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