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An Incredibly Detailed Size Comparison Chart of Science Fiction Spaceships
What would it look like if you put nearly every famous science fiction spaceship next to one another? This image
Microbes Can Tell Scientists Exactly How Long a Body’s Been Decaying
In addition to helping determine time of death, microbes may be able to tease out causes of death and place of death
There Are Obese Dogs, So, Naturally, There Are Dog Weight Loss Camps
For these companions, shedding hair is easy, shedding the pounds, not so much
There Used to Be an Entire Museum Full of Weird, Old Robots, And You Can Still Take a Video Tour
Today, people can get their old creepy robot fix on the internet. But there was once a whole museum devoted to old bots
Archaeologists Looking for a Sultan’s Buried Heart Found a Whole Town Instead
Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's missing heart still has not been found, but archeologists searching for it did discover a lost, ancient Ottoman town
Ernest Hemingway Taught One of His Many, Many Cats to Drink Whisky
Ernest Hemingway: author, journalist, crazy cat guy
What Your Messy Desk Says About You (It’s a Good Thing)
Recent research suggests that working in a sloppy setting may actually help inspire creative thinking
This U.S.-Backed Lab Is Meant to Keep Talented Kazakh Scientists From Making Biological Weapons
The unassumingly-named Central Reference Laboratory is slotted to open in 2015 and will securely store and study highest risk diseases
A Wild Golden Eagle Can Take Down a Deer Just As Well As a Trained One
Besides being cool images, the behavior captured on the camera trap is extremely rare for Golden Eagles in nature
Be Careful When Taking Pictures of Other People’s Art
The U.S. Postal Service owes the man who sculpted the Korean War memorial nearly $685,000
This New Grocery Store Only Sells Expired Food
Out-of-date food is often still good to eat, and this man wants to sell it to you
China Claims to Have Bought a Huge Chunk of Ukraine
China says it's purchased 3 million hectares of Ukrainian farming land, but Ukraine says it has no intention of selling land to China
Britain’s Building a Transportation Network Just for Bees (And Other Pollinators)
The idea is to provide passage for insects that play a role in maintaining an estimated 90 percent of Britain's greenery and crops through pollination
Do We Give Beautiful People a Break Or Judge Them More Harshly?
Beautiful people. We love them. We hate them. But do we treat them better or worse than non-beautiful people?
These Hackers Say They’ve Already Cracked the New iPhone’s Fancy Fingerprint Lock
Hackers say they've found a way around the new iPhone's fingerprint scanner, and it doesn't sound all that hard
Medical Instruments Spread a Deadly Brain Disease to Surgery Patients
Doctors in New Hampshire recently confirmed that fifteen people have possibly be exposed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - an often deadly brain disease
China’s Tianducheng Is an Eerie Ghost Town Version of Paris
If and when Shanghai spills far enough into the countryside, Tianducheng and its neo-Classical apartments will be waiting
What Colorado’s Floods Looked Like to Drones
Flooding took down power lines, took out sewage systems, and shut down entire towns. Here's what all that looks like from the perspective of a drone
France Bans Child Beauty Pageants, America Unlikely to Follow
But, even in America, the land of Honey Boo Boo, the question of whether these contests should be banned has been percolating for years
This Guy’s Stomach Made Its Own Beer
At first doctors thought he was lying and drinking in private, but it turns out that his stomach was actually brewing beer
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