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March 07 2012

16:58

Las Vegas Growth From 1973 to 2011 Is Bloody Scary [Video]

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Watch Las Vegas massive growth since 1973 till now. It starts a bit slow, but then it becomes fast and unstoppable. It looks scary, especially if you are a coyote or a dead mobster buried in the desert. More »

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February 16 2012

19:46

I Have Never Seen Anything Like These Tornadoes On the Surface of the Sun [Video]

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I've seen many sun flares, but I've never seen anything like this video showing several dark plasma tornadoes on the surface of the Sun, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It's simply mesmerizing and bloody amazing. More »

Tags: Space Clips showcase Sun Tornado Video

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February 10 2012

00:40

This Looks Like the Most Difficult Landing In the World Indeed [Video]

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Flight Global's Jon Ostrower posted videos of three different kinds of airplane approaches and landings. The first one is the most spectacular, as a Airbus A320 approaches Bhutan's airport zooming, close to 12,000-foot mountains. Fast forward to 5:39. More »

Tags: watch this Airplanes Clips landing showcase Video

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January 27 2012

19:20

The Seven Best Auroras From the Biggest Solar Storm In Seven Years [Video]

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On January 22, an M8.7 class flare helped cause the biggest solar storm since 2005. Airplanes had to change routes, and the power grid and satellites were affected. It also caused some of the best auroras ever seen. More »

Tags: watch this Aurora Clips northern lights showcase Solar storm Top Video

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January 20 2012

17:40

New Amazing Videos Show Birds Like You've Never Seen Them Before [Video]

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Birds have always fascinated humans. Their flight has inspired writers, artists and engineers to create poems, legends, novels, airplanes and superheroes. The new BBC documentary Earthflight captures this fascination in a way that nobody has before. It's awesome. More »

Tags: watch this Clips condors cranes Earthflight Macaws showcase Video

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January 18 2012

15:09

The Italian Sunken Ship From Space Looks Surreal [Image Cache]

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Digital Globe has directed one of their Worldview satellites to the island of Giglio, Italy, to see how the Costa Concordia shipwreck looks from space. It's surreal to see the ship peacefully sitting there on its side. Especially because it's not. More »

Tags: Image cache Costa concordia evacuation Italy Ships showcase

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January 17 2012

14:54

This Is the First Mouse I Have Craved In Decades [Design]

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The last mouse I loved was the Apple Pro Mouse that I got at Steve Jobs' MacWorld NYC 2000 keynote. Black, encased in clear plastic, it glowed like the Terminator. The new Thermaltake Level 10 M Mouse is the Terminator. More »

Tags: Design Rant showcase Thermaltake level 10m mouse Top

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January 14 2012

13:57

First Video and Images of the Cruise Ship Sinking In Italy Remind Me of the Titanic [Video]

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The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy, killing at least three people. More than 4,000 people have been evacuated, but 50 are still missing. The night photos remind me of the sinking Titanic. More »

Tags: Ships Clips Costa concordia Ground Italy showcase Top Video

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January 12 2012

19:40

These Should Be the Real Logos Of Nokia, Starbucks, Playboy, Apple and Dunkin' Donuts [Design]

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I love the alternate-reality logo work by svenska designern Viktor Hertz. After his first series, he's back with a new batch of Honest Logos, even better than the first. My favorites: Nokia, Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts. [Flickr via Bored Panda] More »

Tags: Design 7 Eleven Apple Dunkin' Donuts Harley Davidson Honest logos McDonalds Microsoft Myspace Nokia Olympics Playboy showcase Starbucks walk disney

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13:38

This Cute Sea Snail Can Swallow a Fish Three Times Its Size and Kill Humans [Video]

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Watch this nice snail. It slowly moves across the ocean floor—lah-di-lah-di-lah!—until it finds a sleeping fish three times its size. Does it say hello, Mr. Fish, sorry to wake you up? No. It just opens its giant mouth and swallows it. More »

Tags: Wtf Clips cone snail Science showcase Video watch this

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January 11 2012

18:34

World Map of All Wars and Conflicts Happening In 2012 [War]

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Aviation Week's Defense Technology International has compiled a summary of all the current and probable conflicts of 2012, so I made this map*. The only conflict that is not in this map is the incoming Obama-Romney nuclear war. More »

Tags: War 2012 Conflict Map showcase Top World

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03:58

I Just Held the Future of PC Gaming in My Hands and It's Called Project Fiona [Video]

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Just stop me when this sounds ridiculous: A tablet. Built for gaming. Like, really built for gaming. With twin analog joysticks. That are permanently built into it. That's Razer's Project Fiona. And it's more amazing than you think. More »

Tags: Gaming Ces ces 2012 Fiona Pc Gaming PCs Razer Razer fiona showcase Top

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January 05 2012

12:16

This Is Lockheed Martin's New Amazing Fighter—But Do We Really Need It? [Video]

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Last December, Lockheed Martin assembled the last F-22 Raptor ever. It's the USAF's one and only fifth generation fighter*. It has never seen combat. It spent part of its life grounded. Now they want to sell you a new one. More »

Tags: Airplanes F-22 F-X Failure Lockheed Martin Raptor showcase Top

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November 30 2011

20:29

Your Android Phone Is Secretly Recording Everything You Do (Updated) [Video]

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If you have any decently modern Android phone, everything you do is being recorded by hidden software lurking inside. It even circumvents web encryption and grabs everything—including your passwords and Google queries. More »

Tags: Privacy Android BlackBerry Carrier iq Nokia Security showcase Stalkgate Top

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November 28 2011

20:20

Engineered Avian Flu Could Kill Half the World's Humans [Science]

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This isn't a movie. It's not a classic Science Fiction book. This is the real story of a scientist who created a virus with the power to litter the Earth with billions of dead bodies. More »

Tags: Science Airborne Anthrax Asia Avian Flu Bioterrorism Contagion ferrets Flu h5n1 influenza Microbial genetics National Science Advisory Board NSAB Pandemic Ron Fouchier showcase Top

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November 14 2011

20:22

How Do You Get a Million People to Buy a Gadget That Nobody's Even Used Yet? [Gadgets]

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The iPhone and the iPad are card-carrying members. Modern Warfare 3 is, like, the President. I'm talking, of course, about the Million-Plus Preorder Club. Now the Amazon Kindle Fire has joined the ranks. Before anyone even touched a Kindle Fire. More »

Tags: Gadgets Amazon Apple Consumers Desired ipad iPhone Kindle Lust showcase Top Wii

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19:40

24-Hours On a Navy Supercarrier Video Will Provoke Multiple Airplane Lover Nerdgasms [Video]

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This video has it all: timelapses, dramatic photography and tons of aircraft porn. It's a typical day on the USS Carl Vinson, the third of the United States Navy Nimitz-class nuclear supercarriers. Yeah, it's the carrier from that NCAA basketball game. More »

Tags: Airplanes Carl Vinson Clips Osama showcase US Navy Video

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September 30 2011

19:40

Kraft Recalls 137,000 Velveeta Products With Dangerous Metal Wires In Them [Food]

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Do you have any Velveeta Shells and Cheese single-serve microwaveable cups in your fridge? Shame on you. Now here's another reason not to eat these gross things: they may have thin wire bristle pieces inside. More »

Tags: Food Kraft Shells and cheese showcase Veelveta

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February 14 2011

16:00

The Mystery of the Giant Planet Hidden In Our Solar System [Astronomy]

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There's a giant planet right here, hiding in our Solar System. One that nobody has ever seen, even while it is four times larger than Jupiter and has rings and moons orbiting it. At least, that's what two astrophysicists say. More »

Tags: Astronomy Fb showcase Space Top Tyche

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