are so used to picturing us humans on Earth’s surface (and maybe soon Mars) that when we see a planet like Jupiter, one of the first questions that comes to mind is “Can we stand on it?” Let’s for a moment ignore the extreme conditions (gravity, atmospheric pressure, high temperature, and winds) that are found…
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Make Electricity And Fire From A Lemon
If I call lemons a perfect battery that produces little electricity and fire, you might not believe me. Unlike rubbing two sticks together and generating friction, the process of turning a lemon into a working battery is pretty simple. Apart from a healthy lemon, you need copper and zinc electrodes, some steel wool and a…
“Sharknado” Moment On Camera
No, that image is not photoshopped, it really is a shark diving nose-first into the sea. While sailing a few miles out from Perth on the West Australian coast last Thursday, 19-year-old Jake Beazley’s fishing trip was given a brief but brilliant half-time show. “It was around lunchtime when I had myself a good fish…
Carrying a Gun-Like Case Can Get You Detained By Police
man was detained by police officers at the London Stansted Airport for carrying his iPhone inside a case that looked like a firearm. While a gun-like case is a great item that you can show-off, it is not particularly a smart thing to use a case like that in current times with terrorist attacks and…
Someone faces off with alligator to retrieve his iPhone
When 24-year-old Anthony Larrimore dropped his iPhone while snapping pictures of an alligator in Fort Myers — only for the ‘gator to take a shine to the smartphone. The only problem? The iPhone had pictures of Larrimore’s 10-month-old son on it. According to Larrimore’s partner Laciey D’Agostino, the problem began when they decided to try…
Why Time Moves Faster When You’re In Control
We’ve all been there: waiting for a boring meeting to finish or for a bus to arrive and time just seems to drag on far more slowly than usual. Yet our most enjoyable moments seem to whizz by at lightning speed. It seems obvious that more boring events appear to take longer than the ones…
A Possible Alien Life On Moon Titan
Near-infrared radiation from the Sun reflecting off Titan‘s hydrocarbon seas. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho The precursors to life may be on Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan, but not in the way you think. Far from there being DNA or RNA drifting around the muddy surface of his hydrocarbon-rich world, a team of scientists from Cornell…
If you care about privacy you should forget Google and try these search engines
Forget Google and try these 3 search engines Google is the ultimate search engine? Wrong, there are plenty of search engines that offer you same search results if not better. But due to the vast scale of Google, when you need to get information or find something online, chances are you go to Google. However,…
Video: see how a mosquito bites your flesh and sucks your blood
Usually, being bitten by a mosquito is an event that conjures up swear words and frantic itching, but more advanced souls might turn their thoughts to what exactly happens when the insect manages to get under your skin. Thanks to a video shot by researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, we now have a…
This Ancient Laptop Maintains The Best Supercars On The Planet
You’ll be surprised to know that McLaren Automotive — one of the most advanced car companies — still employs a Compaq LTE 5280 laptop from the early 1990s to service the McLaren F1s. The company still uses its DOS-based software to maintain these cars valued at $10 million or more. McLaren F1 was the first…
Photos Of Tesla Model 3 prototype
We’re not sure whether or not Tesla encourages people to snap pictures of Model 3 prototypes when they visit the electric carmaker’s facilities in Fremont, California. We wholeheartedly encourage it though, and a new pair of snaps have emerged to give us our best look yet at the near-final Model 3 design in a stunning…
What will happen when robots become smarter than humans
Everything is going to change. World View The term ‘Singularity’ was first used in the technological sense (as opposed to its definition within physics) by Hungarian American mathematician John von Neumann. In 1958, he said “ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential…
