Cool Finds
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Does This Cat Know When You’re Going to Die?
Oscar the cat seems to know who will die and when - or perhaps he's just looking for someone to pet him
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This Robot Is Made Entirely of Paper And It Can Walk
This guy built a whole robot out of paper, and it actually works
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Fire Tornado, Fire Devil, Whatever—Just Look at This Swirling Column of Fire
New York's state climatologist and a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, the columns of dust are more similar to a dust devil
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Honey Was the Wonder Food That Fueled Human Evolution (And Now It’s Disappearing)
Energy-rich honey could have been the food that let humans get so brainy
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This Professor Can Tell From the Pixels That Your Photo’s Been ‘Shopped
A new software package can figure out if a photo has been 'shopped or not
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These People With Amazing Memories Could Help Fight Crime
Super-recognizers - people who remember faces and names extremely well - could help police officers track and find criminals more effectively
What A Pilot Sees in a Week of Flying
A beautiful time-lapse takes you across Europe
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The Real World Versions of Revolution’s Dystopian Cities
A new TV show looks very dystopian, but there are places that resemble Revolution's landscape in the world today
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A Solar Eclipse, As Seen From the Surface of Mars
Advances in space exploration has changed the way we see eclipses
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68-Year-Old Explorer Plans to Cross Antarctica…in Winter
Sir Ranulph Fiennes will traverse Antarctica by ski, in the middle of winter
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Mysterious Spheres on Mars Are ‘Crunchy on the Outside’ And ‘Softer in the Middle’
Opportunity had found an unusual rock formation on Mars
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International Space Station Cameras Will Bring Earth to You, Live, 24/7
Two HD video cameras will stream free live video back from space
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A Map of Every Passenger Plane in the Skies at This Instant
This site tracks thousands of passenger planes as they fly around the world
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What’s Their Bacon Number? Let Me Google That For You
If you've ever wondered what someone's Bacon number is, you now have to look no further than a quick Google search
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Mona Lisa’s Body Might Soon Be Exhumed
The woman suspected to be the subject of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting might be buried in a church in Florence
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An Ingenious Way of Shaming Politicians Into Fixing Potholes
A group of annoyed citizens in Yekaterinburg, Russia, reached their wits' end with the many potholes dotting city roads, so decided to take action
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Farming Family Makes High-Tech Crop Circles
An Alberta family won the Guinness World Record for turning the corn field into a QR code
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The World’s Oldest Color Movie Dates to 1901
A goldfish, a macaw, and some happy children were captured in color video from the early 1900s
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This 6-Year Old Helped Build a Supercomputer out of LEGO And $25 Computer Chips
Sixty-four Raspberry Pi chips and a LEGO rack makes a surprisingly effective computer
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Don’t Trust Robots? The Pentagon Doesn’t Either
Not everyone at the Pentagon is ready to embrace the new robot army
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