Pictures of a goofy-looking Hitler as a child, with kids, and in other unflattering circumstances

Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945), the Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party rose to be chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. Before that, he was just a goof-looking nobody who longed for attention (which is certainly got). ...
Pictures of a goofy-looking Hitler as a child, with kids, and in other unflattering circumstances

Uh, is anyone else creeped out by this odd, rectangle-shaped nebula found in our galaxy?

Aren’t nebulae supposed to be, well, round. And blood-red in color to cap off the creepiness factor. What gives? Astronomers think they *may* be able explain away the Red Rectangle Nebula’s odd shape as an optical illusion but its crimson color still has them scratching their heads.

Uh, is anyone else creeped out by this odd, rectangle-shaped nebula found in our galaxy?

Scientists discovered well-preserved, flowing Wooly Mammoth blood in Siberia

Russian scientists announced this week that they have found the body of a well-preserved fully-grown female mammoth trapped in the ice in Siberia. The creature has extremely well-preserved muscle tissue (colored a natural, fresh meat color) and shockingly, well-preserved, flowing blood. The...
Scientists discovered well-preserved, flowing Wooly Mammoth blood in Siberia

The AVE Mizar - the historic Ford Pinto car that could fly (but ended up killing its inventor)

Man’s’ preoccupation with the capability to escape his earthly domain and soar amongst the clouds has led to innumerable ingenious methods of getting aloft. Some methods have been practical – others not so much. Case in point – the AVE Mizar flying car, affectionately known...
The AVE Mizar - the historic Ford Pinto car that could fly (but ended up killing its inventor)

Wow! Morrigan, the succubus from Darkstalker, cosplay action

Linda Le, one of the best cosplayers around, gives us a marvelous portrayal of Morrigan from the Darkstalkers video game. Morrigan Aensland is a video game character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games developed by Capcom. She was introduced in Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors in...
Wow! Morrigan, the succubus from Darkstalker, cosplay action

Russian daredevil sets world record base jumping off Mount Everest

Valery Rozov, a Russian daredevil, claimed a world base jumping record this month in a leap off the north face of Mount Everest using a special wingsuit built for the occasion. The jump was from 23,687 feet (7,220 meters) to a glacier below at 19,521 feet (5,950 meters). Rozov glided for over a...
Russian daredevil sets world record base jumping off Mount Everest

Chinese company set to build world's tallest building - in only 90 days [UPDATE]

Designed by the same engineers that created the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa that currently stands 2,722 feet over Dubai, Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) will be building a 220-story building in the Chinese city of Changsha in March 2013. The 220-story Sky City building will be the...
Chinese company set to build world's tallest building - in only 90 days [UPDATE]

Reality matches movie special effects - watch this 900-foot burning wooden bridge come crashing down in Texas

Reality matches movie special effects in this video of a burning wooden bridge in San Saba, Texas. The 900-foot railroad bridge runs across the Colorado River between San Saba and Lometa in the state of Texas. Firefighters spent 15 hours attempting to extinguish the fire, but lacking the proper...
Reality matches movie special effects - watch this 900-foot burning wooden bridge come crashing down in Texas

Mind = Blown. Watch 14-year-old female guitar prodigy nail Holy Grail of guitar solos - Van Halen's Eruption

There’s a reason why Van Halen cover bands have always been few and far between – nobody can touch Eddie Van Halen’s guitar work. As we see in this video however, 14-year-old guitar prodigy “Tina S.” is no ordinary guitarist. Watch Tina nail one of the most difficult...
Mind = Blown. Watch 14-year-old female guitar prodigy nail Holy Grail of guitar solos - Van Halen's Eruption

Believe it or not - this intricate rose flower is thinner than a strand of human hair

Harvard engineers created this tiny flower using a technique called “hierarchical microarchitectures”. The tiny but intricate plant shapes, such as vases, flowers, and leaves, begin with a glass plate dipped into a mixture of silicon and minerals (most importantly, barium chloride...
Believe it or not - this intricate rose flower is thinner than a strand of human hair

Irish potato famine mystery finally solved, 168 years later

Scientists believe that they have finally solved the question of what caused the Irish potato famine which destroyed potato crops in Ireland causing the deaths of millions of people. A research team from Norwich, England, used dried leaf cuttings, some of which were nearly 170 years old, to...
Irish potato famine mystery finally solved, 168 years later

Which direction is this train traveling? Optical illusion roars through Internet

Robbie Khan of Robbie Khan Photography created this cool animated gif using four frames he shot at a train station in England. He says it is his first .gif and oh boy, what a strange result he achieved with the final pic. Depending on your mood at the time, the train can appear to be moving in...
Which direction is this train traveling? Optical illusion roars through Internet

Levi shows off 132-year-old pair of jeans - the world's oldest blue jeans

Levi Strauss showed off a weathered pair of buckle-back dungaree blue jeans that date all the way back to 1879, and they’re worth more than their weight in gold: insured for $150,000. The first pair of riveted denim jeans (they were riveted at stress points in the pants) was patented by...
Levi shows off 132-year-old pair of jeans - the world's oldest blue jeans

Videographer captures birth of Moore, Oklahoma tornado and its evolution into a EF-5 monster

While the devastation from yesterday’s tornado in Moore, Oklahoma boggles the mind, the video below may prove even more astonishing. An unknown (but brave) videographer managed to capture not only the birth of the tornado in Newcastle, Oklahoma, but also its evolution from a small twister...
Videographer captures birth of Moore, Oklahoma tornado and its evolution into a EF-5 monster

World's best surfers ride some of the biggest and baddest waves last week in Tahiti

Check out this awesome footage of surfers hitting the massive waves at Teahupoo in Tahiti on May 13, 2013. A big swell hit the infamous Pacific surf break this week with waves hitting up to 30 feet in height. Teahupoo is dangerous, with waves breaking over an extremely shallow corral reef only...
World's best surfers ride some of the biggest and baddest waves last week in Tahiti

World's oldest flowing water found in Canada 1.5 miles underground - scientists testing for life

Canadian and British scientists announced last week that they have discovered the world’s oldest flowing water deep under an Ontario copper and zinc mine in Canada. The scientists recovered the water through boreholes drilled underneath the mine. The cache of water was discovered 1.5...
World's oldest flowing water found in Canada 1.5 miles underground - scientists testing for life

Russian explorers prove it's possible to drive from Russia to Canada across North Pole

It took two and a half months at a speed of only 6.2 MPH but Russian explorers have proven that it is indeed possible to drive from Russia to Canada across the North Pole. The seven Russian explorers drove a custom-made bus in an effort to road test the automobile over ice and water. ...
Russian explorers prove it's possible to drive from Russia to Canada across North Pole

"Crazy Ants" invade the south and are so mean, they're even driving the Fire Ants away

Crazy Ants were first discovered in Houston in 2002 by pest control worker Tom Rasberry (and hence are often referred to as “Crazy Rasberry Ants”). The Nylanderia fulva bite is less painful than that of the Fire Ant but they multiply in far greater numbers – and poison ant baits do...
"Crazy Ants" invade the south and are so mean, they're even driving the Fire Ants away

Danger Girl cosplay photo shoot

Danger Girl is an American comic book series that features a group of female secret agents led by a mentor named Deuce.  This is probably one of the most professional cosplay photo shoots you’ll ever see.  Shot by Jeff Zoet over at jeffzoet.com, you can see more of his work at becomepopculture.com.

Courtesy Jeff Zoet photography

 

Danger Girl cosplay photo shoot

Boulder-size object hit moon creating explosion 10 times brighter than anything NASA has seen before

On March 17, 2013, an object the size of a large boulder, crashed into the surface of the moon. The resulting flash of light was 10 times greater than any recorded direct-moon hit to date and in fact was so bright, it was visible by the naked eye from Earth. Scientists at NASA explained that...
Boulder-size object hit moon creating explosion 10 times brighter than anything NASA has seen before

Navy's hydrogen-powered Ion Tiger flies for record 48 hours straight without refueling

The US Office of Naval Research’s Ion Tiger, an experimental surveillance plane that utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell as its power source, flew for a record 48 hours. Yes, a full two days without refueling! The previous record of 26 hours, set in 2009, was shattered thanks to a new cryogenic...
Navy's hydrogen-powered Ion Tiger flies for record 48 hours straight without refueling

Windows Blue to be introduced as Windows 8.1

It’s official.  Windows Blue, the upcoming update to Windows 8 that addresses at least some of the many complaints user have about the new OS, has been christened Windows 8.1.  The upgrade will be free to Windows 8 users and made available from the Home screen when it launches...
Windows Blue to be introduced as Windows 8.1

While in college, Isaac Newton worked on creating a "universal" language for all people

While a young student just beginning college, Isaac Newton worked on drawing up plans for a “universal” language. Under his carefully-designed language system, the names of similar or related things would all begin with the same letter For instance, all musical instruments would begin with...
While in college, Isaac Newton worked on creating a "universal" language for all people

Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere pass troubling critical milestone

Scientists announced this week that the level of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a level not seen on earth for a long time, surpassing 400 parts per million (0.000400 mole), a dire milestone. The best available evidence suggests the amount of carbon dioxide gas in the...
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere pass troubling critical milestone

Digital ATM heist nets thieves $45 million - biggest ATM fraud in history

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have revealed that an international team of thieves had stolen close to $45 million in a matter of hours using hacked ATM debit cards. In New York City alone, thieves struck 2,094 ATM machines in 10 hours withdrawing $2.4 million in cash. It was the largest ATM...
Digital ATM heist nets thieves $45 million - biggest ATM fraud in history

It's not an illusion, the lips on this plant are real. Meet the Hooker Lips plant.

Yes, this plant is real and not photoshopped. The Psychotria Elata plant is commonly known as Hooker Lips or the Hot Lips Plant for the shape of its bright red bracts that resemble two luscious lips. Found in the tropical rain forests of Central and South American countries like Colombia, Costa...
It's not an illusion, the lips on this plant are real. Meet the Hooker Lips plant.

Viral video - high school student points out the obvious to teacher after being asked to leave classroom

Video of a Texas high school student being asked to leave the class has gone viral but not because the incident was funny or violent but rather because it appears that the student may have given the teacher a valid lesson – or at least his personal opinion of public education and a teacher’s...
Viral video - high school student points out the obvious to teacher after being asked to leave classroom

New child abuse sign shows special "invisible" message to children when viewed from height under 4 feet

The Spanish organization, ANAR Foundation (Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk), recently released a brilliant campaign that makes similarly powerful use of a special form of photography that takes advantage of the process of lenticular printing to send an offer of help to abused children...
New child abuse sign shows special "invisible" message to children when viewed from height under 4 feet

Bold, and much welcomed, move from Barnes and Noble - Google Play available on Nook HD tablets

Yes, we can now call them tablets now without wincing. Barnes and Noble nulled out one of the biggest complaints consumers had about their Nook HD tablet/reader line, by announcing today that the Google Play store will now be made available on their Nook HD tablet devices. Nook HD users will...
Bold, and much welcomed, move from Barnes and Noble - Google Play available on Nook HD tablets

Ender's Game movie (2013) - status watch

Ender’s Game (2013), based on the popular novel by Orson Scott Card, began pre-production on November 18, 2011 with a scheduled release date of October 25, 2013 in the UK and November 1, 2013 in the United States. The movie was directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins, Wolverine) and produced by...
Ender's Game movie (2013) - status watch

Corps of Engineers confirms that sensitive National Inventory of Dams (NID) database was hacked by Chinese

The Army Corps of Engineers has admitted that an unauthorized Chinese user has hacked the National Inventory of Dams (NID) database in January 2013 and that the attack was not discovered until sometime in April. There are about 8,100 major dams in the U.S., and the NID database has information...
Corps of Engineers confirms that sensitive National Inventory of Dams (NID) database was hacked by Chinese

Scientists unveil worlds' smallest stop-motion film - each dot in the video is a single atom

Scientists at IBM have unveiled the worlds smallest stop-motion film (certified by Guinness Book of World Records). The video below is magnified 100 million times its actual size. The one-minute movie, “A Boy and His Atom,” depicts a boy named Atom who goofs around with an actual...
Scientists unveil worlds' smallest stop-motion film - each dot in the video is a single atom

Oh no, not again. Will the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 include an eight-core processor? Looks like it might.

Really, again? SamMobile, who has a good record when it comes to Samsung leaks, has reported that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will indeed arrive with a octa-core processor, which was unexpectedly absent from the UK and US release of the Galaxy S4 flagship. The device will reportedly...
Oh no, not again. Will the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 include an eight-core processor? Looks like it might.

First Tunguska meteorite fragments reportedly found by Russian mineralogist

On 30 June 1908, a powerful explosion occurred over an isolated region of Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. The blast was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, registered 5 on the Richter scale and is thought to have knocked down some 80 million trees over an...
First Tunguska meteorite fragments reportedly found by Russian mineralogist