As you no doubt know, there’s been a great deal of online buzz about the Large Hadron Collider, and how they recently flipped the big on switch. My physics career ended at grade 12, so I really had no idea–aside from some PR-powered notions about the origins of the universe–what the LHC was for. Then […]
Watch this CG footage from the Discovery Channel, depicting a 500 km-wide asteroid striking the Earth. Note how it peels away the Earth’s crust like you might dig the skin off an apple with your fingernail.
If you don’t watch until the end, here’s the punchline. That’s happened at least six times in Earth’s history. Fingers […]
You’ve probably seen these extraordinary photos, but if you haven’t, go check out this Daily Mail article:
Skin painted bright red, heads partially shaved, arrows drawn back in the longbows and aimed square at the aircraft buzzing overhead. The gesture is unmistakable: Stay Away.
Behind the two men stands another figure, possibly a woman, her stance also […]
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