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GIF How many times have you stumbled in the dark, trying to locate a flashlight, only to discover the batteries inside it are dead? It’s an inconvenience in the middle of the night, but a genuine problem in an emergency, which is why this roll-up paper flashlight from Nendo seems like a brilliant idea for…

Image: Kent Schimke/Flickr The equations of physics are things that we humans created to understand the Universe, and it can be hard to disentangle them from the Universe’s innate properties. It turns out that one of the weirdest things scientists have come up with, what Albert Einstein derisively called “spooky action at a distance,” is…

Image Credit: Mark Witton During the Cretaceous Era some 70 to 100 million years ago, long-necked sauropods ruled the Earth. But in Africa, not so much. The discovery of a previously-unknown species of titanosaur in Tanzania expands what we know about dinosaurs on this continent, while revealing the surprising degree to which these creatures were…

Image: YouTube The world’s largest video sharing platform has started rolling out measures to restrict the reach, visibility, and profitability of “controversial religious or supremacist content.” Is it working? Let’s find out. As we learned earlier this month, YouTube’s plan for videos that don’t necessarily break the rules, but nevertheless fall into this liminal category…

This Abandoned Wasteland Was Once America's Largest Mall The life and death of the American mall is a familiar story by now. A few decades ago, these… Read more Symbolism aside, folks in North Randall seem excited about this development. Amazon says the new fulfillment center will create some 2,000 jobs “with benefits and opportunities…

The Golden Record. (Image: NASA) Michelle Zauner Philadelphia-based musician, Japanese Breakfast; “outer space electro pop” enthusiast Songs: I can’t choose one Michael Jackson song. “Ain’t No Mountain High” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Mariah Carey, “Fantasy,” Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You,” Slowdive, “Souvlaki Space Station,” Bjork, “Bachelorette,” Kate Bush, “Running Up That…

GIF GIF Source: JAMSTEC Normally, if a story about deep water sea creatures comes along it involves horrifying abominations of nature that have been hardened by some of the toughest conditions for life on planet Earth. But a team of researchers from Japan recently documented the deepest living fish ever seen, and it almost seems…

Video still: Kyle Chapman/ Facebook The man who is known among the alt-right “Based Stickman,” due to a viral clip from March 4th where he cracked a wooden pole over the head of a counter-protester in Berkeley, California, is in jail, charged with “possession of an illegal weapon.” And according to East Bay Express, a…

AMSTERDAM – The village of Bondo in Switzerland has again had to contend with a constant stream. Earlier this week became eight people from Switzerland, Germany and Austria are missing. According to the police had to people who were previously evacuated, and then could return, their house abandoned. Reddingwerkers are now through to the eight…

TAL AFAR – The Iraqi army is, by the propositions of IS in Tal Afar broken. Last week, had Iraq been an important signal IS given: surrender, or die. The army now adds deed to word. The positions are broken up and the army has the old city can be achieved, so that the now…