Did you know that there are actually space sounds? Or, that there have been several occurrences of raining fish and that it's possible to travel faster than light? If not, those are just some of the fascinating science mysteries that we've rounded up for you today. Continue reading to see them all.
Swinging around the Sun's eastern limb last Monday (5/13/13) was a group of sunspots labeled active region AR1748. This region produced the first four X-class solar flares of 2013 in less than 48 hours. Continue reading to see more mind-blowing pictures of solar flares.
Japan may be known for their awesome watches, ninja restaurant, Gundam cafe, and these strange inventions, but these five futuristic technologies are right up there with them. They include a "True 3D Display", Live2D, and lots more. While many of these are conceptual technologies, they do provide a glimpse at what's to come in the near future for consumers. Continue reading to see them all.
Though extremely small gadgets may not be practical, all of these that you're about to see are definitely fully-functional. Above, we have Jeremy Clarkson's P45, which is touted as the world's smallest car - though not technically street legal. Continue reading to see why.
Today, Dubai is best known as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region. While Dubai was built on the oil industry, the emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism, real estate, and financial services. Continue reading for more.
For those who don't follow the electronica music scene, Daft Punk is basically a music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They're known for their use of disguises, particularly the ornate robot costumes, while in public and/or performing. Continue reading to see five of their songs played entirely with floppy disk drives.
RHex is essentially an autonomous hexapod robot with flexible legs, and only one actuator per leg. It's actually the first ever documented autonomous legged machine to show general mobility (speeds at body-lengths per second) over general terrain (variations in level at body-height scale). Continue reading for more.
In ufology, a close encounter is basically an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it was started by astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, and was first suggested in his 1972 book The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. Continue reading for more.
The Dubai Police Force is basically the 15,000 strong police force for the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They are under the jurisdiction of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE (who in turn is the ruler of Dubai), and cover an area of 4,114 square kilometers with a population of 2,106,177 people. Continue reading for more.
You've probably come across at least one video showing what happens when people microwave ivory soap, but have you ever wondered why it reacts that way? According to Steve Spangler, Proctor & Gamble whip lots of air into their ivory soap mixture before solidifying it to form bars. The air, along with moisture, gets trapped inside tiny bubbles throughout the bar. So when those bubbles are exposed to intense heat, they boil and expand causing it to foam up. Continue reading for more.
