A pair of warships lost during a historic 1942 naval battle have completely disappeared from their resting places at the bottom of the Java Sea. Large portions of a third ship are also missing. An international investigation has been launched in hopes of solving this bizarre maritime mystery. Read more…
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Two World War II Shipwrecks Mysteriously Vanished From the Bottom of the Ocean
A team of biologists has just named three new salamanders in the genus Thorius ; the tiniest tailed tetrapods known to science. Smaller than a matchstick, these creatures are as strange as they are adorable, their miniaturized anatomy pushing the boundaries of what natural selection can produce. Tragically, all three species appear to be edging toward extinction. Read more…
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Scientists Just Discovered Three Adorably Tiny New Salamanders
Ready to feel anger and resentment towards your younger self for not taking better care of your Hot Wheels toys? Bruce Pascal has been collecting them since he was seven years old, and now that he’s all grown up his collection, with over 3, 000 tiny cars in it , is worth well north of a million dollars. Read more…
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This Guy’s Hot Wheels Collection Is Worth Over $1 Million
Hitting “ reply all ” on a mass email is generally a bad idea, but a meltdown at the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is the worst reply allpocalypse we’ve ever seen. According to The Guardian , more than 186 million useless emails were sent out, after a technician sent a “test” message to all 1.2 million employees of the NHS. Read more…
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This Is the Worst Reply Allpocalypse We’ve Ever Seen
Image: Kishjar/Flickr CC In a welcome reminder that not everything is terrible always, global carbon emissions barely grew at all in 2016. It marks the third year in a row that humanity’s carbon footprint has been stable. They’re still much higher than they should be, but at least they are stable. Read more…
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Global Carbon Emissions Are Stable For Third Year in a Row: Report
At $35, the Raspberry Pi is a fantastic little computer, but when you add in the cost of a display, mouse, and keyboard, things get a little more expensive. Good thing you don’t really need them. With VNC, you can access your Pi from a laptop or desktop computer using the same mouse, keyboard, and display that you always do, no rewiring required. Read more…
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How to Control Your Raspberry Pi from Any Computer Using VNC
The US Navy’s brand new $4 billion warship is an incredible technological feat. The futuristic DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is equipped with two guns that can hit targets from a stunning 80 miles away. The only problem? Rounds for the guns cost over $800, 000 each. And the Navy has now decided that it can’t justify spending that much. Read more…
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The US Navy’s New Warship Gun Costs $800,000 to Fire
Apple haters rejoice! SNL and Dr. Strange himself took Apple’s history of over-the-top marketing of (occasionally underwhelming) iterative design to task and yeah, it was actually funny. Read more…
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Benedict Cumberbatch Presents the Apple Toilet on SNL
2016 has not been a great year for Samsung, and it doesn’t look like it will be getting better anytime soon. The company just recalled 2.8 million of its top load washing machines, because the machines can basically fall apart during use. Read more…
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Samsung’s Nightmare Continues as It Recalls 2.8 Million Washing Machines
Nintendo, once drunk on the promise of touch screens and motion controls, has come to its senses. Four years later, the Japanese gaming giant is quietly taking its biggest mistake since the Virtual Boy off of life support. Read more…
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Nintendo Pulls the Plug on Wii U