Since the dawn of humanity, an estimated 100.8 billion people have lived and died, a number that increases by about 0.8% of the world’s population each year. What happens to all of those peoples’ bodies after they die? And will the planet eventually run out of burial space? Farnaz Khatibi Jafari traces the evolution of […]
From Thinkgeek: To build a lightsaber, a Jedi or a Sith must first harvest a colorless crystal. It is the crucial final test to advance from apprentice to fully-fledged Force-wielder. This Lightsaber Crystal Growing Lab gives young apprentices the chance to grow their own crystals. When a Jedi or Sith attunes the colorless crystal to […]
During Halloween this year, there’s a few franchises that are going to be very popular costume-wise, including Suicide Squad, Star Wars, and last but not least, costumes of “Stranger Things” characters. The “Joyce Byers” cosplay you see above was spotted at Dragon Con 2016 and is one of the most elaborate “Stranger Things” costumes we’ve […]
If this video by the folks from Nukazooka represents how Minecraft would be like in real life, it would be a very, very terrifying experience. If you think creepers from the game are scary, wait until you see the one features in this short film! The only unrealistic thing? Diamonds. Diamonds would just never be […]
So someone on the Internet decided to translate this scene from Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS from binary to text: 01010110 01100101 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 01101110 01111001 00101100 00100000 01001110 01101001 01101110 01110100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01101111 00101110 00100000 01010111 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110000 01101100 01100001 01111001 01100101 01100100 […]
Not only is this Legend of Zelda chest a working NES console, but it also features a levitating triforce and a matching custom crafted controller! This is truly a thing of beauty and would be a worthy addition to the den of any gamer geek. The console was recently for sale on eBay, but unfortunately, […]
Prepare breakfast, go for a 40-minute run, empty the dishwasher, vacuum the house, mop the floor, go see my mom, start writing that long article I’ve been delaying for the past month. Yeah, maybe we should start planning our day when we get up in the morning instead of the day before. Procrastination is not […]
Can you imagine this, someone created some Chewbacca slippers that make sound while you walk. And yes, these are officially licensed. Warm your feet with these fuzzy Wookiee slippers, featuring the sound of Chewbacca (but not the smell). When you walk, these slippers alternate between two different Wookiee roars: RRRAARRWHHGWWR and WAAAAAAAAARGH. And for when […]
Google has tweaked its “deep learning” AI to use an external memory bank. It’s an attempt to replicate the way human brains use short term memory to simplify reasoning. The company demonstrated the approach by having the system teach itself the London Underground (subway) map and figure out the quickest route between stops. It’s a […]
In this segment of the SciShow, host Hank Green tells us all about sonoluminescence, the phenomenon where sound (at a certain frequency) creates an imploding bubble and generates light when going through a liquid. So, a mantis shrimp’s claws are pretty strong… so strong that they can produce a bubble that’s about as hot as […]