This Terrifying Haunted House is 26 Stories Underground
Located 26 claustrophobic stories below the surface of the earth, the Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern is not your run of the mill haunted house. It's so f*#@ing scary you might need therapy.
Why we will never be able to make accurate predictions
We think that, one day, with enough computational power and knowledge, we will be able to create an accurate model of weather or the human brain or any real world object or situation, thus gaining useful insight into the past, present or future. But as Esther Inglis-Arkell explains on io9, that's impossible:
This is what the air looks like when a balloon pops
What happens when you blow up a balloon, fill it with corn starch, and photograph it when it pops? Apparently, you make a powderflower. And it looks amazing.
The best Wildlife Photographer of 2013
The Natural History Museum in London has published its worldwide 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards—always extraordinary and beautiful. I love this Japanese macaque by Dutch photographer Jasper Doest, suspended in a galaxy of snow and vapor in the hot springs of Jigokudani, central Japan. The winner, however, is this one:
The One Really Big Error In Gravity No One Seems To Be Talking About
First off, two things: the movie Gravity is likely the most realistic space travel-based movie ever made, and I'm about to spoil the crap out of it by revealing one huge flaw. So, if you don't like spoiled movie, you may want to leave. Okay, there's your fair warning. Everyone else, come along!
Scientists rewrite organism's genome for the first time in history
Brace yourselves, for science has taken a step into a path from which there's no way back: a group of researchers at Yale and Harvard have rewritten the entire genetic code of a living organism for the first in history. Not only that, but they have made it resistant to sickness in the process, Physorg reports:
The Great American Menu: Foods Of The States, Ranked And Mapped
What are the United States' best regional foodstuffs? Its worst? These are the questions that bedevil the mind of man—but no longer! For here, we have ranked them. Rigorously scientific (not), ardently researched (nope), and scrupulously fair (not even a little bit): this is the Great American Menu!
China invents high speed wireless internet using a simple lightbulb
Chinese scientists have created a revolutionary way to connect to the internet using LED-based lightbulbs, Xinhua reports. Coupled with special microprocessors embedded in the bulbs, four computers were capable of connecting to the internet at very high speeds: 150 megabits per second, the speed of a typical FiOS fiberoptics connection. They call if LiFi, for Light Fidelity.
As expected, Japan's sex museums are crazy
I look at these NSFW images of the Ureshino Sightseeing House of Hidden Treasures sex museum, in Japan, and I just can't understand them. Literal what the flying fucks all around.
I can't believe this gigantic ball of fur with a nose is an animal
This giant ball of fluff is not an anime character or an alien being for the next Star Trek. It's a real animal—an Angora bunny. I've seen other Angora bunnies in my life, but never anything like this. That beast can't be comfortable, but it must be so comfortable to use it as a pillow.
Impressive image shows America's newest aircraft carrier about to float
The first time you see an American nuclear super-carrier in person, you can't believe the size. It's simply astonishing.
This skull may have just rewritten the book on human evolution
It's a discovery that could change our understanding of early humans. An incredibly well-preserved, 1.8-million-year-old skull from Dmanisi, Georgia suggests the evolutionary tree of the genus Homo may have fewer branches than previously believed.
Watch People Freak Out When They See Ghosts Inside an iPhone Camera
This prank is such pure evil genius that you can't help but laugh. And feel bad because you'd get freaked out too. Funny man Jack Vale scared the creepy crawly goosebumps out of people by asking strangers to take his picture with his iPhone. Why's that scary? Because Vale had pre-recorded a fake 'ghost' (or zombie)…
This is how small and ignorant we are—and how much we have to explore
As of October 13, 2013, humans have discovered almost one thousand exo-planets, worlds outside our solar system. 998 planets in 759 planetary systems, most of them giant gas worlds. It seems like a lot, but it's nothing. Just look at the tiny space we have covered so far.
This retro adventure game version of the The Shining is so good
I love CineFix retro game versions of movies. Their 1990s Maniac Mansion style remake of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is begging for a real version for iPad. I want to play it. Badly.
NASA's budget is less than the total cost of the government shutdown
NBC News has a list of nine things that costs less than the final bill of the government shutdown, estimated at $24 billion. Two of them: the 2014 budget of NASA ($17.7 billion) and running the International Space Station for almost eight years (cost per year: $3 billion). High five, Washington clowns.
Prepare to Nerdgasm Over These Iconic Movie Car Posters
This kickass collection of iconic movie car posters was designed by Calm the Ham, which has a pretty prolific movie-inspired design portfolio. From Breaking Bad's '86 Fleetwood Bounder and Pulp Fiction's '65 Chevy Nova, to Batman's Tumbler and Star Wars' Speeder Bike, these rides are beautifully badass.
Take a look at the new crazy cinemas in South Korea
South Koreans call them ScreenX theaters, a new filming and projection technology that shows movies as 270-degree panoramas. The weird part: instead of using a curved IMAX-like screen, they use the walls of the movie theater. I anticipate those walls to be covered with explosive vomit, as people get motion sickness and …
Secret Cold War Sonar Tech Is Being Used to Map Underwater America
Space may be the final frontier of exploration, but there's plenty of Earth left unmapped, too—from the giant canyon recently discovered beneath Greenland
Another great view of Saturn—and how it'll look in 100 million years
Please excuse the double Saturn with cheese posting today but this stunning composite image of the ringed world—as seen from the top—is too good not to mention here.
I want this legendary mini-me Jeep so badly
The Mini Moke is like the French Bulldog of cars: the design is so ugly and weird that is stupidly cute. It's the car you want to drive around all summer, from bistro to beach to bistro all along the Côte d'Azur or New England or Cádiz and the Alentejo. It died in 1992, when the last car rolled out of its factory in…
Soldier Awarded Medal Of Honor, And You Can Now See What He Did
Retired US Army Capt. William Swenson was awarded the Medal of Honor
Newly discovered asteroid could hit Earth in 2032
Shutdown, Obamacare, Syria... who cares—while Humanity wastes time in political shitslinging and unnecessary wars, a team of Ukranian astronomers have discovered a massive asteroid that has a real chance of hitting Earth in 2032 with apocalyptical consequences. It's the second time in history that an asteroid makes it to the top of NASA's space danger list as a potential danger.
The Hidden Easter Eggs That Link Star Wars and Indiana Jones
From a young age I was introduced to what are still two of my favourite movie franchises of all time – Star Wars and Indiana Jones. I suppose it was inevitable, really. With parents who named me after a Doctor Who character, I would expect them to continue being awesome as I grew up.
New images show the true color of Saturn's mysterious hexagon
This is the real color of Saturn's mysterious hexagon storm
The Shutdown Has Ended
Senator Ted Cruz may not like Obamacare in a box, with a fox, in a house, or with a mouse, but it looks like he’ll have to try it anyway. Because the Tea Party, still clinging to their Confederate flags and Muslim president horseshit, lost their battle with President Stompy Feet and the Democrats Wednesday night.
31 Levitating Vehicles From the Dawn of the Hovercraft
Hovercrafts are truly amazing vehicles: Whether on land, water, mud or ice, these air-cushioned craft rule the unpaved wilderness. And they were born from a wildly optimistic and experimental era of engineering—as reflected by these incredible early prototypes and designs.
This incredible bat-cave is 200 feet under Central Park
It took more than four decades to complete, but New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is finally fully armed and operational. It's an impressive engineering work that will quench the thirst of millions of New Yorkers and serve as the future lair of Lex Luthor, Michael Bloomberg's next identity after leaving City Hall.
All the Evidence that Time Travel is Happening All Around Us
This iconic footage of a person apparently talking on a cellphone in a Charlie Chaplin film is just one clue that time travel is happening all around us. People have seen the past, and the future — and there are tons of telltale photographs and films. Here are the clearest signs of real-life time travel.
