The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reports on the discovery of a “reverse shock wave racing inward at Mach 1000” in the Tycho’s supernova remnant, making its particles glow as you can see in the photograph above. If you think the idea of a shockwave traveling inward is counterintuitive, you aren’t alone. This is what’s happening: Read more…
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This is a space shockwave traveling 1000 times faster than sound
No, this is not a photoshop. You are looking at a fresh tomato—a cosmomato ? A tomatonaut ?—floating in space, orbiting at 4.791 miles per second, 230 miles above your heads. Why the hell is there a tomato in space? Read more…
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Why is this fresh tomato orbiting in space at 4.8 miles per second?
Crabs are red alien water tarantulas who can regenerate like a mutant. Just look at this crab literally climb out of its old shell and toss away that used exoskeleton like it’s a dirty pair of pants. So gross but so cool. I kind of wish I could shed skin like this. It’d probably be the most refreshing feeling ever. Read more…
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Watch a crab climb out of its old shell like a mutant
Researchers at MIT have developed a handheld milling machine that turns anyone into a skilled sculptor. Like with a 3D printer, users start with a 3D model on a computer, but instead of a machine laying down layers of plastic, the handheld mill removes only what’s needed from a solid block of material to eventually reveal a fully formed 3D object. This could basically turn anyone into a Michelangelo when we’re all able to buy one. Read more…
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Whoa, This Handheld Router Only Cuts Where Needed To Reveal 3D Models
From the audience, this instrument looks like a typical grand piano. Then the maestro takes his seat and begins to play. It’s a sound nobody has heard before, because this instrument, designed by Leonardo Da Vinci five centuries ago, has just been built for the very first time. And it sounds heavenly. Read more…
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Listen to Da Vinci’s Genius Piano-Cello Played for the Very First Time
Off the coast of Japan, an exploding volcano has formed a new island about 650 meters in diameter. You can see it spewing and spouting off black volcanic ash all around as it fills itself out. Pretty cool. Read more…
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Watch a volcano birth an entire new island
We have seen a lot of its bow, but check out this unique view of the stern of the USS Gerald Ford—the first unit of America’s new aircraft carrier class. It’s surprising to see the new location of the island on the aft, which actually makes this ship completely different from the previous Nimitz-class carriers. Read more…
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US Navy’s new aircraft carrier looks mighty from the back too
Airless—or non-pneumatic tires—have popped up from time to time over the past few years, and while they offer many advantages over traditional air-filled tires, they haven’t been available outside of research labs—until now. Polaris is officially the first company to offer a vehicle with non-pneumatic tires on its new Sportsman WV850 H.O. all-terrain vehicle. Read more…
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The First Airless-Tire Vehicle You Can Own Is a Wicked ATV
Like a modern Henri Becquerel , Washington State University doctoral student Marianne Tarun’s discovery came quite by accident. Her simple lab error has uncovered a new way to boost electrical conductivity of a crystal by 40, 000 percent, simply by exposing it to light. Read more…
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Student Finds Way to Boost Conductivity 400x Totally by Accident
Google Wallet and iOS’s Passbook have helped reduce the number of loyalty, debit, and credit cards we need to carry around every day. But they haven’t eliminated them altogether. The creators of Coin want to further slim your wallet with a multi-function card designed to emulate and replace the debit and credit cards you still need to carry. Read more…
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This Single Card Wants To Replace Your Entire Wallet Full of Plastic