Whee! Four skydivers do a choreographed dance in the Skydive Arena wind tunnel in Prague, Czech Republic. The music is “Fot i Hose” by Casiokids.
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High coffee intake may cause auditory hallucinations
What?
If you’ve just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren’t actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of Joe…
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EPA Releases Names of 150 Secret Chemicals
Looks like what we don’t know CAN hurt us.
Here’s a little good news for people concerned about public health: the EPA released the names of 150 chemicals, the identities of which had been kept secret, to the public earlier this month. The New York Times describes the effort by the EPA as intended “to reform what it views as a flawed system for regulating toxic substances. It is the second disclosure of its kind this year, after the release of 40 chemicals’ names in March.” For those who aren’t familiar with EPA regulations, chemicals are often allowed to remain secret because they’re essentially assumed to be safe until proven otherwise, and because industry demands they be kept secret for proprietary reasons…
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The Diwheel – gravity-defying electric vehicle
The Diwheel
The Diwheel is a strange-looking vehicle, which places the rider between two giant wheels, has moved from science fiction to reality.
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Que: The BBQ-Scented Perfume
It is, of course, important to be specific about what sort of barbecue this perfume smells like. Less civilized areas (meaning those outside of Texas) create true culinary abominations and label them as barbecue.
I looking at you, Memphis…
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DIY Magnetic Silly Putty
As far as at-home science experiments go, this one is both kid-friendly and non-explosive. It’s a great way to illustrate non-Newtonian flow and magnetic attraction to kids, but it’s also cool enough to keep grown-ups hanging around to see what happens. For the full instructions for making your own magnetic putty, check out the post on instructables by user mikeasaurus…
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Gillette Etches World’s Smallest Ad on a Human Hair
World’s smallest ad.
It’s a pretty safe bet that this Gillette ad will make it in the Guinness World Records. It was written on a space less than 100 microns short across a human hair, is the smallest yet. (Video)
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Top 10 Photos of the Week
Weight Watchers newest diet plan begins every meal with a vegetable shower
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.” – – A. Whitney Brown
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Most Extreme Toilets in the World
Swarovski-studded toilet
Here is a collection of the most extreme toilets in the world that do anything from play music, check your blood pressure or warm your feet. You can treat your backside to the finest materials and technology that money can buy. The toilets are decked out in precious metals and gadgets that can handle everything from entertainment to keeping tabs on our health. If you are still going to the bathroom in a regular toilet, you simply aren’t living life to the fullest.
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Chinese Scientists Modify Cows to Produce Human Breast Milk
Isn’t it hard for the babies to suck off the cow udders?
Chinese scientists have genetically modified dairy cows to produce human breast milk, and hope to be selling it in supermarkets within three years…
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French Engineer Wants To Tug Icebergs To Parched Saudi Arabia
Go, go gadget iceberg.
The man who can sell icebergs to eskimo may be a great salesman, but the guy who can tug icebergs to Saudi Arabia will be remembered as an engineering genius.
French engineer Georges Mougin may be that man.Fast Company reports that ever since the 1970s, he’s been working on a method to tow freshwater icebergs across the Arctic. Now, with 3-D tech, declassified satellite data, and tugboats, he might have cracked the way to quench the world’s thirst…
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Top 10 Most Extreme Substances
How much do you know about extreme substances.
What are the most extreme substances in the world? No, not Mountain Dew; this list compiles and gives the details on the hottest, most flammable and most acidic substances known to man. One of which can melt through twelve layers of concrete.
What do you get when you stack carbon nanotubes on their ends and sandwich them together? A material that absorbs 99.9% of the light that touches it…
