Feb 20
Mercury Sure Looks Good in Blue
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It might look like poor old Mercury is feeling a bit blue, but fear not – these are false-colour images produced by NASA’s Messenger space probe. More »
Feb 19
The Best Dad Ever Has Been Illustrating His Kids’ Lunch Bags Every School Day Since 2008
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David Laferriere is a graphic designer and illustrator. He’s also an awesome dad who has been drawing stuff on his kids’ sandwich bags since May 2008, using Sharpie markers. In his own words: More »
Feb 19
Feb 19
Are Computers Ruining Education?
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The original description for this image says “My med school this morning. Future doctors of america learning ADHD one imgur link at a time.” More »
Feb 19
When Phillip Bump heard about the recently discovered 17-million-digit prime number—the world’s biggest!—he decided to celebrate. So he took it and, six digits at a time, converted it into RGB. The result is strangely compelling. [Phillip Bump via Boing Boing] More »
Feb 18
Is This Awesome Image of NYC a Photograph, a 3D Render, a Painting, or All of the Above?
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Check out this spectacular image focusing on the Mandarin Oriental hotel, located at 80 Columbus Circle in New York City, showing Central Park in all its perfect early October sunset glory. Isn’t it too exquisite to be just a photograph? Perhaps. Maybe it’s a 3D rendering—I can see stuff that makes me think of that. Could it be a really meticulous painting? I can see the hint of brushstrokes here and there. Or a Photoshop… or maybe it’s all of the above. More »
Feb 18
What kind of sorcery is this? How is this egg standing whole without its shell? Apparently, the inner membrane—the thin layer that you can see stuck to the hard shell when you boil an egg—is strong enough to hold it without breaking its shape. But how can you do this? More »
Feb 18
If you thought stunning images of nebulous gas clouds in space couldn’t get any prettier, think again. Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsävainio has combined art and science to make these stunning 3D-esque animated GIFs of nebulae. More »
Feb 17
If you want to jailbreak your real iPhone, you’re going to have to put a little work into it. But if you pick up one of these toys, it’ll come that way straight from the factory floor. More »
Feb 14
Power-Desperate, Stranded Carnival Cruise Passengers Make a Rat King Out of Phone Cords
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Carnival cruise ship Triumph suffered a fire then a broken tow line that left it stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for four days. It’s approaching port now, but passengers are pissed and desperate for power. This picture, tweeted by ABC’s 20/20 account, is a glimpse at the hellhole that boat has become. More »
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