Is this the most amazing bathtub in the world? (Spoiler: Yes, yes it is)

It’s not a new image, but I just saw it popping again on my feed and I had the irresistible urge to get in there, to enjoy this bath during that sunset until I look like a California prune. Read more…

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Is this the most amazing bathtub in the world? (Spoiler: Yes, yes it is)

A rock so fantastically beautiful that it’s hard to believe is real

This looks like some 3D rendering of a fantastic alien matter that can’t possibly exist on Earth. But, being the amazing planet we live in, it is actually a real thing: “A bismuth crystal illustrating the many iridescent refraction hues of its oxide surface.” We live in a wonderful world, people. Read more…

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Why did JJ Abrams make these new stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars?

The new Star Wars hardware keeps trickling out. This is the new stormtrooper helmet, an updated model that looks way more modern but also less menacing than the original one. The left one is an actual unit in a warehouse. The right one is a render. They look nice but I have a question for all of you: Read more…

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Scientist invents ice cream that changes color as you lick it

37-year-old Spanish physicist and electronic engineer-cum-chef and ice cream master Manuel Linares has invented an ice cream that changes color. The formula is a patent-pending secret but he claims it’s “entirely made with natural ingredients.” He calls it Xamaleón. Read more…

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A never-ending ocean of 4.5 million flowers in Japan

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

Spectacular photos of the US Navy’s most powerful battleship ever

This is the USS Iowa, the first of the largest, most powerful battleship class ever in the United States Navy, equipped with nine 406mm cannons that could fire nuclear shells —the only American ship in history with this capability. This photo series is old but still stunning. Read more…

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Scientists discover that spiders kill and eat fish too

A new research paper just published in the scientific journal Plos One brings us new fuel for nightmares: Spiders not only eat other insects but also kill and eat fish often much larger than them. And it’s not only one or two species, but many species at a global scale. Read more…

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Elon Musk vows for 2026 manned Mars mission—wants self-sustaining city

Elon Musk just said that his SpaceX spaceships will get humans to Mars by 2026, with or without NASA. It may seem cocky, but coming from a man who has built this entire company so he can die on Mars —and to “help ensure the survival of humanity”—those words are not to be taken lightly. Read more…

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NASA’s Orion crew module looks like a liquid metal alien spaceship

NASA’s real life interstellar Enterprise concept ship may look straight out of Star Trek, but their Orion crew module for Exploration Flight Test-1 looks chrometastically cool, like the alien spaceship in Flight of the Navigator. Read more…

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