Two recently restored statues of Amenhotep III were recently unveiled in Luxor, Egypt, along with a carved alabaster head from another Amenhotep III statue. Chunks of these artifacts had lain about for centuries, but they’ve finally been restored to give us a sense of their former glory. Read more…
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These Absolutely Huge Pharaoh Statues Were Just Unveiled In Egypt
On the left, a ship in a heavy storm as seen from the deck, going through giant waves. On the right, a ship in a heavy storm seen from a level deep inside, going through the same stress forces. I really don’t know which perspective is scarier. Read more…
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Watch a large ship getting deformed from the inside in a heavy storm
The popular group chat system Campfire is currently being nailed with a DDoS attack. Turns out some blackmailing hackers are trying to extort money from the provider. They’re refusing to negotiate. Read more…
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Blackmail DDOS Attack Takes Out Major Online Chat Service Campfire
When this Jurassic plant was smothered in molten lava one hundred and eighty million years ago, it was almost instantly fossilised—in incredible cellular detail. Read more…
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Molten Lava Fossilized This Plant Down to Its Single Cells
Good news, security lovers! Google just announced that Gmail will be all encrypted all the time. More specifically, every single email you send or receive will use an encrypted HTTPS connection, regardless of which device you’re using and which network. Even public Wi-Fi is okay. Read more…
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Every Single Gmail Message You Send Will Now Be Encrypted
This serpent-like hotel, coiled around the glacial outcroppings of Norway’s gorgeous Lofoten Islands north of the Arctic Circle, has been proposed by the architecture firm Snøhetta . The building’s central loop will enclose a courtyard, offering a “spectacular view and the feeling of being ‘in the middle’ of the elements, ” according to the architects. [ Dezeen ] Read more…
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This serpent-like hotel, coiled around the glacial outcroppings of Norway’s gorgeous Lofoten Islands
I’ve previously looked at the ups and downs of tracking everything in my life , finding that the data helps provide a little guidance but is certainly nothing to live by. What I couldn’t tell, however, is how accurate that data actually was. Rachel Feltman , writer for Quartz, decided to wear four fitness trackers at once to find out. Read more…
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Here’s the Reliable and Unreliable Data You Get from Fitness Trackers
The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3, 000-year-old skeleton . Analysis of the remains , which were found in a tomb in what used to be ancient Nubia , revealed metastatic carcinoma — a form of cancer that spreads to other parts of the body. The discovery shows that the disease is not strictly a modern affliction . Read more…
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The oldest known incidence of cancer in a human has been found in a 3,000-year-old skeleton.
A bulletproof, air-conditioned, diamond-covered, $3.2 million suit? Even James Bond would drool over this. Not that it would matter; it’s also waterproof. Naturally. Read more…
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The $3.2 Million Bulletproof, Diamond-Studded Suit With a Built-In A/C
We’ve known that most critters try to avoid power lines, but until recently, scientists were pretty much in the dark when it came to why . Now, it turns out that to animals, power lines and pylons look like terrifying bands of glowing, flashing bursts of light . Read more…
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Animals See Power Lines as Terrifying Bursts of Light