security
This Map Plots the Geocoordinates You May Have Accidentally Left Behind in Digital Photos
Ross Otto mapped 140,000 photos posted on WordPress blogs using the geotags embedded within.
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mars
How Different Is Elon Musk's Plan From Mars Colony Visions of the Past?
A short history of plans for colonizing Mars.
mars
8 Alien Landscapes Where You Can Visit Mars on Earth
The closest to Mars you can get without leaving the planet.
computers
You Can Now Listen to the First Computer-Generated Music Ever
It was created by Alan Turing.
australia
Watch A Meteor Light Up the Sky in Australia, Before Crashing to Earth
It was likely around three feet wide.
pennsylvania
The Mystical Early Pennsylvania Settler Who Lived in a Cave
Johannes Kelpius was really keen on the apocalypse.
apples
Watch This Machine Dip an Endless Line of Apples Through Caramel
One of the best fall treats.
deep time
Proteins Preserved on 3.8 Million-Year-Old Eggshell Are a Portal to 'Deep Time'
These proteins are 50 times older than the oldest DNA ever sequenced.
bicycles
America’s Short, Violent Love Affair With Indoor Track Cycling
A fun Friday night once meant going to the velodrome to watch cyclists collide.
miracles
Meet Miracle, a 3-Week-Old Disabled Piglet Who Walks on 2 Legs
Would you consider adopting him?
moon
A 'Black Moon' is Coming
Forget the blue moon.
patent
Why Making a Better Umbrella Is Way Harder Than It Seems
Their design hasn't changed in a very long time.
books
The First Encyclopedia by a Woman Contains The First Image of a Pretzel
In the 12th century, pretzels were for kings apparently.
vintage
Watch What Designers in the 1930s Thought We Would Wear in the 21st Century
A future without headlight accessories is no future at all.
japan
How Did These Ancient Roman Coins End Up in Japan?
They date to the 4th century.
hitler
Hitler Probably Spent WWII High on Cocaine and Oxycodone
How the Nazis waged war with the help of illegal drugs.
fleeting wonders
A Rare, Lonely, Amorous Musk Ox Is Stinking Up a Small Swedish Town
There are only eleven musk oxen in the whole country, and none of them are anywhere near this guy.
mcmansion
How Beige Took Over American Homes
In the early 2000s, the mortgage crisis and HGTV gave us a new use for our houses: flipping them.
