Cool Finds

This Alberta corn field was shaped into a massive QR code.

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

Don’t Trust Robots? The Pentagon Doesn’t Either

Not everyone at the Pentagon is ready to embrace the new robot army

A male, left, and a female, right, of the new monkey species.

Meet the World’s Newest Monkey Species

Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's newest species of monkey

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Slinkys Can Float in the Air (For a Second)

Further proof that Slinkys are magical

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Russian Mammoth Discovery May Lead to Furry Clones

Scientists discovered the remains of a woolly mammoth in Yakutia region on Russia’s Arctic coast

The Brazilian wandering spider

Could Spider Venom Be the Next Viagra?

Researchers are studying the surprising side effects of the banana spider's bite

Just think of what you could do with all this space.

Microsoft Wants to Build You a Holodeck

Video game designers are pushing away from their old best friend, the television

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The World’s Closest International Relationships, According to Facebook

An interactive map depicts the Facebook friendships between countries

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Say Hello to Your New Octopod Overlord

Designer Sean Charlesworth has built a robot octopus out of 3-D printed parts

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From Tweets to Tunes – Musicians Sonify Twitter

A group of musicians is reading your Tweets, and turning them into music

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Stop Trying So Hard – Hacks Might Be Happier Than Artists

Being an artist is hard, giving up that dream might make you happiera

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Solar System Lollipops And Other Food That Looks Like Things

Food that looks like things, things that look like food, and food that look like other food. Chaos!

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Scientists Don’t Sleep

Scientific researchers continue working into the wee hours of the morning, but the experiments they really want to do would take 1,000 lifetimes

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Three Decades After Last Sighting, Japanese River Otter Declared Extinct

Japan bids its Japanese River Otter a collective 'sayonara' this week after the country's Ministry of the Environment officially declared the species extinct

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The Navy’s Future Is Filled With Laser Guns

The US Navy is driving the push in the development of laser-based weaponry

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Questions About the Apocalypse? Ask This Guy

David Morrison, an astrobiologist by day, and apocalypse expert by night, is here to clear up your questions about the end of the world

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Yes, Arcade Crane Games Are Rigged - Here's How

Why those cute stuffed animals always slip through your mechanical robot fingers

Trust us, there’s nothing old fashioned about Estonian youth.

Estonia’s Teaching 100 Percent of Its First Graders to Code

Estonia is implementing a new curriculum that will teach 100 percent of its publicly educated students to write code

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