Miscellaneous | Stuff I Like

Concorde's last flight: Is this the greatest aviation photograph of all time?

In 2003, Lewis Whyld took an instantly classic photograph of the Concorde on its last flight, soaring over the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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The Reason Why Ships Are Often Painted Red on the Bottom | Mental Floss

No matter the color of a vessel, the hull below the water line is often painted red. The reason has something to do with worms.

Now you know!

Miscellaneous | Stuff I Like

The Apollo 11 Landing Site: What's It Like Now? - The Atlantic

The American flag is bleached white. But some of the boot prints could remain undisturbed for tens of thousands of years.

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The Art of Space Art

A history of the thriving subgenre of imagining what the surfaces of other planets look like.

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10 Modern Board Games That Don't Suck!

If you’ve spent any time on Kickstarter perusing successful projects, you may have realized we are in a sort of board game renaissance. We’re not talking Trouble, Mouse Trap, or Life, these games c...

Science & Technology | Science

Large trial yields strongest evidence yet that antiviral drug can help COVID-19 patients | Science

Remdesivir sped recovery of patients by several days, although it's "not a home run."

Science & Technology | Science

Cooped Up at Home? Help Scientists Spot Penguins from Space or Seek Out Galaxies - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Science & Technology | Science

Scientists Are Starting to Take Warp Drives Seriously, Especially This One Concept

It's hard living in a relativistic Universe, where even the nearest stars are so far away and the speed of light is absolute. It is little wonder then why science fiction franchises routinely employ FTL (Faster-than-Light) as a plot device.

Science & Technology | Science

Voyager 2 shut off its instruments to save power, NASA says - CNN

Voyager 2 was only expected to last for five years, but it's still operating 42 years after launch.

Science & Technology | Science

Is there a wormhole hiding at the center of the Milky Way?

We talk to Dejan Stojkovic, professor of cosmology, about whether the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy might actually be a wormhole instead.

Sports | Surfing/Skating/SUPing

A Look Back At Some Of The Best Musical Moments In Skateboarding History | Pitchfork

With skateboarding soon to be an Olympic sport, let's have a look at the best combinations of music and skating ever committed to videotape.

Sports | Surfing/Skating/SUPing

The Worst Wipeouts Ever

Why not watch people getting pounded in the surf from the comfort of your chair, is that wrong? Contains ouchy to the max.

Sports | Surfing/Skating/SUPing

Four Pro Tips on How To Become A Better Surfer

Simple, valuable advice from four of the sport’s most elite coaches

Sports | Surfing/Skating/SUPing

The 15 most common excuses for dropping in on fellow surfers

Taking off in front of a surfer who is riding a wave under priority is not a good thing to do. Drop-ins are an intolerable violation of the surf etiquette but still quite common these days.

Sports | Surfing/Skating/SUPing

The best cheap surf destinations

Surf travel can be inexpensive. Explore the most affordable countries in the world for surfing.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

How to Travel Around the World With Just a 20lb Backpack | The Art of Manliness

Editor's note: This is a guest post by David Danzeiser. I hung up the phone with the travel agent. I had just finished booking 45,000 miles worth of flig

I should try this.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

Watch people surf the most dangerous wave in the world

You are right to fear the ocean.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

How to: Make DIY Barrel Aged Cocktails At Home (No Barrel Required...)

The tradition of barrel or cask aging distilled spirits, wine, and beer goes back thousands of years. Letting the liquid mature within wood is what gives them their distinct flavors,...

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

What Is Cocktail Attire? (with pictures)

For men, cocktail attire means a casual suit or a nice button-down shirt and tie. Women's cocktail attire generally means...

A guy should know how to dress.

Miscellaneous | Guy Stuff

Men, What Are We Afraid Of?: Men's Lives: GQ

How to overcome fear

Humor | Humor

Brutally honest job titles that are more accurate than the official ones - Lost At E Minor: For creative people

This list is marvelous. If you have ever wondered what a Head of IT does (Director of Turning Things Off and Back On), or what a Receptionist does (Executi

Miscellaneous | Miscellanneous Stuff

Radio Stations Abandoned Decades Ago Are Still Transmitting And No One Knows How

The strange sounds from these un-owned radio stations keep internet sleuths up at night. Are they actually used for espionage?

Miscellaneous | Miscellanneous Stuff

Four 2015 Energy Ideas 'Back to the Future' Got (Almost) Right

Hoverboards, flying cars, automatic fill-ups, and fuel from garbage—Back to the Future's energy ideas are close at hand.

So this isn't exactly science, and it isn't exactly tech...and it's kind of entertainment...so...

Miscellaneous | Miscellanneous Stuff

Top 10 Wrongly Built or Misused Stadiums

It's no secret that World Cups and Olympic Games often leave stadiums where no one needs them, and with Brazil 2014 coming to a close, it's hard not to agree with what many Brazilian protesters have...

Miscellaneous | Miscellanneous Stuff

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 shrines to consumerism dotted suburbia, only to be denied relevance by a push back towards city centers. But few images express the scale of this trend as much as

These pictures are very eerie.

Science & Technology | Technology

Robots deployed at Texas hotel to zap pathogens amid coronavirus outbreak

As the number of COVID-19 cases climbs, a robot designed as a powerful way to clean hospital rooms is being sent into hotel rooms.

Science & Technology | Technology

Here's How the iPhone 11 Pro Stacks Up Against the 4 Best Android Flagship Smartphones | Inc.

A comparison of which smartphone is best, and which you should choose.

Science & Technology | Technology

The Laser Weapon Is Really, Really Finally Here

Rejoice if you look towards the dystopia of the Star Wars universe, for laser weapons have finally, at long last, arrived. The laser, a weapon system perpetually “ten or fifteen years away” from operational use, is off the development treadmill and en

Science & Technology | Technology

Robocalls are closer to being a thing of the past

You don't have to put up with endless spam calls.

Science & Technology | Technology

Scientists create contact lenses that zoom on command

Nosebleed seats may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have created a prototype contact lens that is controlled b...

This is cool.

News | News

Hundreds of planes are parked in giant 'boneyard' in the Arizona desert after coronavirus pandemic sees travel plummet by 95% - with some aircraft unlikely to ever take to the skies again

Delta Air Lines, among others, are turning to Pinal Airpark some 90 miles south of Phoenix, to keep planes in good condition while they are not in use during the global health crisis.

News | News

Watch: Pilot lands 394-ton A380 sideways as Storm Dennis rages

The Etihad Airways A380 from Abu Dhabi was forced into a special manoeuvre when landing at Heathrow due to strong crosswinds.

News | News

Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in Nike extortion trial

Michael Avenatti is guilty on all three counts he was facing, according to a decision by a jury in federal court in New York on Friday.

News | News

Dummies find out why it’s a bad idea to rob a gun store

A group of suspects tried to rob a gun store in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, only to be chased down and detained by the store’s employees. The four individuals, two of whom are minors, were charg…

So these guys may be the dumbest people on Earth.

News | News

Senate: No direct proof of conspiracy between Trump campaign, Russia

"We were never going to find a contract signed in blood saying, 'Hey Vlad, we're going to collude,'" one Democratic aide said.

History | History

10 Huge Misconceptions About Famous Medieval Figures

Renaissance thinkers didn’t heap much praise on the Middle Ages, but the period is full of inspiring figures who performed …

Business & Finance | Finance

Learn To Invest Like A Casino Rather Than A Gambler

At its essence, a stock’s price is the price at which a buyer and a seller agree to transact, because the buyer believes a company will do better than everyone else’s current expectations and the seller thinks it will do worse.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Things that 'Blade Runner' got right and wrong about 2019

The seminal sci-fi movie "Blade Runner" is set in November 2019. Here's everything the movie got right, and got wrong, about life today.

Entertainment | Entertainment

When The Day After Terrorized 100 Million Viewers With a Vision of Nuclear War | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

I remember this well. It terrified me.

Sports | Sports

Will Empty Bleachers Change the Psychology of Sports? | WIRED

When German and US soccer kick off this summer, there will be no crowds. That might squelch the home-field advantage—and the emotion that drives players.

Sports | Sports

How can Patriots get Tom Brady, offense on track?

Sunday's win marks the first time in the QB's 20-year career that he played the entire contest and didn't lead the team in touchdown passes in a game.

Sports | Sports

MLB Awards: A look at the top candidates to beat out Angels star Mike Trout for AL MVP

Trout is the best player in baseball, but is he the most valuable player in baseball?

Sports | Sports

The 2018 Free-Agent Class No Longer Looks Poised to Change Baseball - The Ringer

If Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw, Josh Donaldson and others don’t rebound, and teams fail to spend big for another year, it could spell trouble for free agency as we know it

Sports | Sports

Red Sox-Yankees: Why MLB players say Boston is 'the roughest'

It’s easy to group the Red Sox and Yankees, but no place in baseball is tougher on its own than Boston, according to players who experienced both.

Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness

Side effects include ... a potential treatment for baldness - CNN

A drug originally developed to treat osteoporosis may soon be used to reverse hair loss, new research finds.

Pets & Animals | Pets & Animals

Everything you think you know about bald eagles is wrong

Bald eagles look awesome. Heck, all eagles look awesome. It’s why they’re a good national symbol—they seem so fearsome and regal. But despite their image being absolutely freakin’ everywhere, the average American probably doesn’t know a whole lo

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit fails to launch rocket to space during first test flight - The Verge

Small satellite launcher, Virgin Orbit, plans to conduct the first test launch of its LauncherOne rocket on Sunday, May 24th. Unlike other rockets, LauncherOne is designed to take off from underneath the wing of a giant 747 airplane called Cosmic Girl.

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

The Hypersonic SR-72 Is Coming: A Mach 6 Monster? | The National Interest

It could be a game-changer. 

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Trump said to propose roughly $3 billion NASA budget boost for 2021 – TechCrunch

President Donald Trump is set to request a budget of $25.6 billion for NASA for its fiscal 2021 operating year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. It’s looking for nearly $3 billion more than the $22.6 billion NASA had for its current fisca

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

More Bad News For Apple As New iPhone Designs Exposed [Updated]

Apple's new 2020 iPhones have been exposed and NOT everyone will be happy...

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

How Close Are We to Star Trek Propulsion? | Discover Magazine

It’s popular to talk about how the original Star Trek, set in the 23rd century, predicted many devices that we’re using already here in 2014. It started with communicators that manifested as flip-open cell phones that many already consider too primitive, moved through computers that talk and recognize human voices and provide instant translation (all of which are constantly improving), to medical applications such as needle-free injection, anti-radiation drugs, and a medical tricorder.