Sam Van Aken discovered that an old New York state orchard—with varieties of stone fruit 200 years old—was about to be abandoned in 2008. He bought it to save those species but also to experiment: Grafting from the existing trees he created the magical Tree of 40 Fruit, which produces over 40 types of fruit. Read more…
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This amazing magical tree produces 40 different types of fruit
The Hitachi Seaside Park is one of the most beautiful parks in the planet: A place where millions of flowers grow every year in the most amazing displays of colors imaginable. Here you can see about 4.5 million baby-blue nemophilas blossoming in April—but there’s more, much more. Read more…
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A never-ending ocean of 4.5 million flowers in Japan
Over a century and a half ago, Charles Darwin first described the remarkable adhesive capabilities of barnacles. He couldn’t figure out how their natural superglue worked, though. And it took until now to finally unlock the barnacle glue’s mysteries . Read more…
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After 150 Years, Scientists Finally Know How Barnacle Glue Works
Following rumors earlier this week , Amazon has just announced its new Kindle Unlimited subscription service . Pay $10 a month, and you can read as much as you want (from a pool of 600, 000 books, at least). Read more…
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Kindle Unlimited Is Here: Read As Much As You Like For $10 a Month
I love the 3D concept art by Neil Maccormack because it doesn’t look like 3D at all. His renders—which he finishes in Photoshop—feel like acrylics painted with real brushes. His palette—which sometimes reminds me of Ralph McQuarrie’s—is crucial for the painterly feel of his creations. Read more…
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Stunning sci-fi concept sketches are actually 3D renders
Amazon is testing an ebook rental service called “Kindle Unlimited.” The e-commerce company put up test pages for the service, which will offer “unlimited access to 600, 000 titles.” Users would pay $9.99 a month for access to the extensive online lending library. Amazon yanked the pages today but they’re still available on Google Cache. Read more…
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Amazon’s Prepping a "Kindle Unlimited" Subscription Service For Books
Behold the spectacular trailer for Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms, a new Chinese animation feature that feels like a wild magic mix between Seven Samurai, Ran, and Lord of the Rings through a Studio Ghibli lenses. It looks amazing and, the cel animation was done by just two animators: Li Wei and Pei Fei. Read more…
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I can’t wait to see this awesome Chinese animation movie
According to Duke Engineering, their axial engine is the most efficient and lightest engine you can put in boats, light aircrafts, and generators—the mechanical engine of the (near) future! Maybe. I don’t know if their claims are true and I don’t really care. I just love watching it in action in this eternal gif. Read more…
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This is the weirdest engine I have ever seen
Chromebooks are great if you want a super cheap computer, but they’re not without their limitations; you (basically) have to run everything in a browser. And Microsoft is aiming to give them some competition with full Windows 8 machines around those same, dumb low price points . Read more…
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Watch Out Chromebooks: Super Cheap Windows 8 Machines Are Coming
If you’ve ever been to a supermarket in the UK, you were probably surprised (if not a little grossed out) to see stacks of eggs hanging out with nary a refrigerated one in site. As it turns out, we might actually be the crazy ones. Read more…
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Why the British Don’t Refrigerate Eggs