NASA’s Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle in history to catapult humans beyond low-Earth orbit. In this beautiful cutaway – what appears to be an original diagram from Boeing’s Space Division – the legendary rocket’s internal workings are laid bare in captivating detail. Read more…
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The Most Detailed Saturn V Cutaway We’ve Ever Seen
Did you all know yesterday was World Pangolin Day ? Somehow we overlooked it, and we’re kind of ashamed about that. Because look at this thing. It’s an armor-plated mammal, for crying out loud. To make up for the oversight, here’s a video of a pangolin wallowing merrily in a pool of mud. Read more…
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And now, a pangolin cavorting in the mud
Why sleep listening to white noise or ocean sounds, when you could hear the Starship Enterprise in flight? Or the interior of the TARDIS? Read more…
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Go to sleep while listening to comforting starship engine sounds
Scientists from Penn State University have just taken us a major step closer to a Fantastic Voyage future. For the first time ever, researchers have controlled the movements of living cells by inserting tiny synthetic motors directly inside them. Read more…
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Researchers control nanomotors inside living cells for the first time
The third installment of the Riddick franchise may have turned our favorite antihero into a peeping tom, but that didn’t stop it from being a huge hit on DVD. And because of that, Riddick is getting another movie! Read more…
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Vin Diesel announces a fourth Riddick movie is coming
Just a friendly reminder that the NSA ‘s children’s website, “CryptoKids, ” is an actual, not-in-the-least-bit-weird thing that exists. Read more…
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The NSA’s website for kids isn’t creepy. Nope. Not creepy at all.
Back in the late 19th century, impressionist artist Claude Monet captured this striking sunset on the Normandy Coast. Now, thanks to the work of forensic astronomers, we known the precise moment it happened: February 5th, 1883 — at exactly 4:53 PM. Read more…
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Astronomers know when Monet made this painting — to the very minute
This concept plane is called the AWWA Sky Whale and it’s the brainchild of Spanish designer Oscar Viñals. Should it ever leave the ground, the three-floor aircraft would hold 755 passengers and be powered by four large hybrid engines. Read more…
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The monstrous Sky Whale could be the future of air travel
“The human sense of smell is far better at guiding us through our everyday lives than we give it credit for, ” said cognitive neuroscientist Johan Lundström. He was referring to what he and a research team just discovered, which is that humans can actually tell how much fat is in their food just by smelling it. Read more…
This amazing chart follows the rise and fall — and in some cases, rise and fall and rise — of American cities. Peak Bagger has charted the rank of 20 metropolitan areas every decade from 1790 to 2010. Poor Detroit. Read more…
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Fascinating Chart: Top 20 Metropolitan Areas in the U.S.A., 1790-2010