Author Archives
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Tesla’s solar roof
Solar Roof complements your home’s architecture while turning sunlight into electricity. With an integrated Powerwall battery, energy collected during the day is stored and made available any time, effectively turning your home into a personal utility. Glass solar tiles are… Read More ›
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We’re All Gonna Die
The world is a vampire, and politics is hell. On the We’re All Gonna Die podcast, premiering today, the Daily Dot staff complains about the world. Come with us as we dissect the viral political news of the week. Straight… Read More ›
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The First Artificial Skating Rinks
But, as Tim Jepson and Larry Porges write in the National Geographic London Book of Lists, it smelled noxious. “At the time, ice couldn’t be manufactured and kept frozen in sufficient quantities to create a proper rink. The appalling smell… Read More ›
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4k StormLapse
https://vimeo.com/219046468 The ingredient based explanation for supercell thunderstorms cites moisture, wind shear, instability and lift as the reasons for their formation. I prefer to focus on the big picture. Supercell thunderstorms are a manifestation of nature’s attempt to correct an… Read More ›
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Rheo comes to iOS
Rheo is the best way to watch, discover and react to great short videos on phone, tv and web. Are you ready to experience video in a brand new way? Host your own channel that your friends can watch at… Read More ›
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Apple’s ‘Siri Powered’ Device?
There is much talk about Apple released an Alexa competitor at WWDC and I, like many other people, am struggling to see how this could work. One of the reasons people offer for the better Alexa and Google Home experience… Read More ›
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She was the daughter of a U.S. spy, an exile from Burma, a flight attendant in a war zone, and half of an epic love story. But how much of that was true?
Disorder, the result of World War II’s aftermath and simmering interethnic conflict, had afflicted Burma for as long as Paula could remember. Consequences were visible: People displaced from the countryside lived in shantytowns along Rangoon’s fringes. In 1962, the situation… Read More ›
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The World’s Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a… Read More ›
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Can we taste water?
Whether water has a taste of its own or is merely a flavor carrier has long divided the scientific community. Some scientists have proposed that its flavor depends on your saliva and what you were eating previously, while others have… Read More ›
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Montblanc Summit Smartwatch
The 46 mm case made of PVD-coated stainless steel with satinated finishing is water resistant (IP68 standard) and only 12.5 mm thick. It features the first domed sapphire crystal glass made for a smartwatch, covering a high-resolution AMOLED full round… Read More ›
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