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Google Shoots Down Atlantis Find

Frequent users of Google Earth know that there are many unusual things waiting to be found, everything from crop circles to sunken ships.  Last week, many were speculating that the lost city of Atlantis had been found using Google Earth.  However, Google has come forward to explain what exactly your seeing on the map. As [...]

Transparent Fish Head

Fish with a Transparent Head

No, its not something they fished out of some radioactive sludge somewhere, it is actually interesting solution to the problem of keeping things from sneaking up on you.  The Macropinna microstoma or “barreleyes” as it is more commonly known has a transparent head and elongated eyes.  Its transparent head allows the eyes, which the fish can rotate, to see above [...]

Satellites Collide in First Ever Major Mid-Space Collision [UPDATED]

In has been reported as an unprecedented event, two satellites recently collided in orbit, producing a large debris cloud. According to spaceflightnow, “a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said today.” U.S. STRATCOM which tracks thousands of objects [...]

Half-Life: Escape From City 17 – Part One

Amazing Meteor Over Canada

Two Black Holes Collide

Touchscreen Rubik’s Cube

Everything these days seem to be getting the touch screen treatment.  The Techno Source Touchcube is exactly what it sounds like.  A touch screen powered Ribik’s cube.  Its very cool and very pretty.   It works just like a normal Rubik’s cube except to rotate the blocks simply swipe your finger over the section you wish [...]

ICFTW Links: Jurassic Park Edition

Will We Clone a Dinosaur?: Time.com ponders the question.  The idea of using old DNA found in ancient blood to rebuild a dinosaur has been around awhile.  However, with this new theory would use “pseudogenes”, copies of old discarded genes to effectively step back in time.  This concept combined with several others could prove to key to recreating a long extinct [...]

Bird Uses Bait to Catch Fish

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