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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A rock so fantastically beautiful that it’s hard to believe is real
Sometimes the shark plays the role of David. Especially when it goes up against the giant Goliath Grouper who looks more like a swimming Godzilla than a fish. And in real life, David the shark doesn’t have a shot against the Goliath fish because the ginormous creature can swallow the 4-foot shark whole in one bite. Read more…
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Giant goliath fish swallows a shark whole in just one bite
Watch this video of a young glass mantis eating a blue bottle fly. Why? Because while it’s totally gross, you won’t be able to look away as the food travels all through his body. It’s fascinating and gross beautiful and gross but cool all at the same time. Read more…
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Watching a transparent mantis eat is both disgusting and fascinating
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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Scientist invents ice cream that changes color as you lick it
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
Chuck Palahniuk is writing the second part of Fight Club. It won’t be a new film (yet?)— Dark Horse is publishing this new story in a 10-issue maxiseries illustrated by Cameron Stewart, starting in 2015. Read more…
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Fight Club 2 is coming in 2015
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
When you’re trying to build the fastest car in human history, like the guys making the Bloodhound SSC, you have to make wheels that basically re-invent the wheel. To reach 1000mph and go supersonic, the wheels they’re using weigh over 230 pounds, nearly 3 feet wide and spin four times faster than a F1 car. Read more…
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Here’s how the wheels of the supersonic car are made
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