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Shaki Waterfall

After visiting hours, this picturesque waterfall is essentially turned "off" to be used for hydroelectric power.

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A grape meets a hydrogel bead, and sparks fly.

These Physicists Finally Figured Out Why Microwaved Grapes Ignite

They're raisin hell.

Anne Ewbank February 20, 2019

Lithium in various stages of dehydration.

See the Pixelated Desert That Powers Your Phone Battery

A lithium lakebed in Chile from above.

Noor Al-Samarrai February 19, 2019

The two well-preserved ovens virtually intact.

Bishop Auckland, England

Inkerman Beehive Coke Ovens

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

A 360° panorama of Notre-Dame de Paris.

The Long History of the Mind-Bending ‘Tiny Planet’ Panorama

Spherical landscapes helped an 18th-century scientist convey the enormity of the Alps.

Christopher DeCou February 1, 2019

The lift.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paternoster Lift

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

The two mummies at the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Albany, New York

The Mummy Ankhefenmut

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

Christ the King in Poland.

Świebodzin, Poland

Internet Antennas of Christ the King

This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.

Evanston, Illinois

Little Northwestern

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

London, England

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The lift.

Stockholm, Sweden

Gamla Riksarkivet Lift

Sweden's first electric elevator remains hidden within a fortress-like building.

Chicago, Illinois

Cosmic Ray Detectors

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

The datum.

Stockholm, Sweden

Normalhöjdpunkten

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

Four <em>dabbawalas</em> haul lunches, packed in <em>dabbas</em>, through the streets of Mumbai.

How Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Deliver 200,000 Homemade Meals a Day

The city's food delivery people run an impressive relay race, which relies heavily on the local railway network.

Akanksha Singh December 12, 2018

Detail of the figure.

Dolmen de Dalí

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

Users can make mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes using the Augmented Reality Sandbox.

This Interactive Sandbox Allows Users to Make Topographical Maps in Real-Time

You can move mountains and make it rain.

Anna Kusmer November 29, 2018

The HeliosCentric console, which may have more great music in it yet.

For Sale: A Wood-Paneled Console That Helped Shape Classic Rock

Bowie, Marley, Zeppelin, and more recorded on this piece of music history.

Matthew Taub November 26, 2018