I saw this photo in my feed and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Two grounded F-18s under fire? Not quite: They are two F/A-18 Hornets assigned to the Blue Angels, starring in the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar 2012 Air Show. Just a controlled “wall of fire,” as the US Navy calls it. More »
Not only did Mayor Mike Bloomberg cut the ribbon today at the new Shapeways 3D printing factory in New York, he did it using 3D-printed scissors. And they came out of the printer fully assembled. More »
This stunning picture of an alligator looks like it’s been photoshopped. Amazingly, it’s not been manipulated at all—which is why it’s snagged a prize in the UK Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition. More »
Street View is good and getting better—and that’s thanks to Google’s massive fleet of cars, kitted out to capture the world around us in all its panoramic glory. This is what a parking lot full of them looks like. More »
This isn’t a romantic pink rose, nor any other kind of flower you can name. In fact, it’s a wonderfully delicate crystalline bloom of germanium sulphide with petals that are just 20 nanometers thick. More »
This image, acquired by France’s Pleiades satellite, makes Dubai look like a well lit diorama table. Given its absurd skyscrapers, ridiculous fountains and insanely sculpted town planning, perhaps that should come as no surprise. [ESA] More »
When you were at high school, math was probably an uninspiring string of algebra you had to crunch through. Get to the cutting edge of computational fluid dynamics, though, and it all starts to look a hell of a lot more pretty. More »
Although not indestructible, the MacBooks’ aluminum body is really hard. I can’t imagine what happened to make this one end like this. I got the image on the mail with no context whatsoever. Any ideas? [Thanks Karl!] More »
This photograph by Adam Rhoades looks like a haphazardly developed still pulled from a 1950’s snuff film. But it’s not that at all. It was taken from an iPhone and printed using an old-fashioned photo enlarger. More »
You don’t need to be big to be impressive. This trio of tiny cubesats launched from the International Space Station yesterday, and looked totally badass floating out in the infinite ether. More »
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