Russia’s unmanned Progress M-28M vehicle docked with the International Space Station today, just week after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket exploded, destroying its payload of supplies and science experiments bound for ISS.
Gardens may be an unruly mess on Earth, but in space, we’ll need our vegetable patches to run like well-oiled machines . That’s why researchers at Purdue University are working out the scientifically perfect cocktail of LED light to grow bumper crops in total confinement.
Having looked at the chemistry behind beer previously, it seemed only fair to also take a look at cider for all the cider drinkers out there. On a hot summer’s day, the cool, refreshing taste of cider is hard to beat. But what are the chemicals behind this flavour? Before we look at the chemistry, […]
For longer hotel stays, it makes life easier to put all your clothes in drawers instead of rifling through a tangled web of t-shirts, shorts, and shoes. Or, you could make things even easier with a suitcase that transforms into a pre-packed dresser.
If there's one thing we can all agree on when it comes to summertime and fruit, it's that summer is not complete without watermelon. Lots and lots of watermelon. What's not to love about a snack that's sweet, refreshing, and healthy?
But watermelon isn't just about the sweet, pink flesh. There's one part of this fruit you're probably ignoring (but shouldn't be): the rind! This is far more than a scrap to be thrown in the trash; it's more versatile than you think and still has a lot of life left in it.
When Daniel Korell scanned a QR code on a bottle of Heinz Ketchup, he got more than he bargained for. Rather than bring up the competition page he was expecting to see, it instead linked to a German porn site called Fundorado. Oops.
rjmarvin writes: The ECMAScript 6 specification is now a standard. ES6 is the first major revision to the programming language since 1999 and its hallmark features include a revamped syntax featuring classes and modules. The Ecma General Assembly officially approved the specification at its June meeting in France, ECMAScript project editor Allen Wirfs-Brock announced.
Няма нищо по-хубаво от лошото време гарнирано с порция изненада.
Само този, който не е изпитвал тази максима, не знае колко истина има в нея.
Най-лесно може да се тества в Стара Планина, където времето се променя на 360 градуса за минути.
Слънцето щедро напичаше докато се изкачвах към скалния феномен Пеещите скали.
Някак подозрително големи мрачни облаци надвиснаха над тях малко преди да ги приближа.
В югоизточна посока небето притъмня.
От време на време снопове светлина рисуваха фигури по зелените хребети.
Краткотраен слънчев портал се отвори над Пеещите скали и същите тези снопове светлина озариха околността в божествен блясък.
Неподправена, чиста до съвършенство, картина изплува пред смаяните ми очи.
Гръмотевичната буря, тихо се промъкваше на запад, където се водеше ожесточена борба за надмощие между земята и небето.
От другата страна, над ждрелото на река Габровница, купести бели облаци, намекваха показно за проливен дъжд.
В посока на залязващото слънце небето се възпламени.
Заваляха златни лъчи.
Бях като хипнотизиран.
Не усетих как онази буря се е пременила в подмамно красиви огнени лъчи, заобиколила ме е и се носеше право към мен.
Ударих го на панически бяг, когато цялото небе се изсипа отгоре ми, без ни най-малко състрадание.
Оглушителни мълнии пронизваха сгъстения въздух, а между гърма и проблясъка дори нямаше забавяне.
С ужас осъзнах, че се намирам в самия епицентър на стихията и мога да се надявам единствено на късмета си, преди следващата светкавица да се стовари отгоре ми.
Поуспокоих се когато наближих гората.
Циклонът измести центъра си и вече не бях в опасност.
Няма нищо по-хубаво от това да се окажеш в периферията на лошото време.
Можеш да прогизнеш до кости, можеш да бъдеш отнесен от гръм, но с кураж и доза късмет получаваш неповторими емоции, които не могат да се купят или откраднат.
by Robbie Gonzalez on io9, shared by Chris Mills to Gizmodo
It’s been almost ten years since NASA’s New Horizon’s spacecraft embarked for the Pluto system. Next month, it will finally arrive. The National Space Society commissioned the video above in anticipation of the spacecraft’s historic flyby. Are you all excited yet? Because we’re excited.
An anonymous reader writes: Let's Encrypt, the project that hopes to increase the use of encryption across websites by issuing free digital certificates, is planning to issue the first ones next month. Backed by the EFF, the Mozilla Foundation, the Linux Foundation, Akamai, IdenTrust, Automattic, and Cisco, Let's Encrypt will provide free-of-charge SSL and TSL certificates to any webmaster interested in implementing HTTPS for their products. The Stack reports: "Let's Encrypt's root certificate will be cross-signed by IdenTrust, a public key CA owned by smartphone government ID card provider HID Global. Website operators are generally hesitant to use SSL/TLS certificates due to their cost. An extended validation (EV) SSL certificates can cost up to $1,000. It is also a complication for operators to set up encryption for larger web services. Let's Encrypt aims to remove these obstacles by eliminating the related costs and automating the entire process."
For electric vehicles to truly supplant their gas-guzzling predecessors, there needs to be as many charging stations on the roads as there are gas stations—if not more. So BMW proposes upgrading the street lights that already line roads everywhere with charging capabilities and energy-efficient lighting.
"The Science Of Noise", the new video from Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's tenth studio album, "Construct", which was released on May 27, 2013 via Century Media Records. The CD was mixed by Jens Bogren (PARADISE LOST, OPETH, KATATONIA) at his Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden.
The band comments: "The festival season has just started, which is a good reason to release our very live based video clip for 'The Science Of Noise'.
"The bulk of the material was shot during last year's 'World Construct' tour, but, for various reasons, the video wasn't completed until now.
"Also, we're very pleased to welcome Erik Jacobson (from the Gothenburg-based DEALS DEATH) as a stand-in guitarist while Niklas is busy with parental duties. Furthermore, our old brother Anders Iwers (TIAMAT, AVATARIUM, CEREMONIAL OATH) is handling the bass guitar, making this a very special run.
"Hope to see as many of you as possible at the shows!"
Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for DARK TRANQUILLITY's follow-up to "Construct", drummer Anders Jivarp told Josh Rundquist (a.k.a. That Drummer Guy): "Myself and our keyboard player [Martin Brändström] have been writing ever since June. Pretty much three times a week we meet up in his studio and just write, so we have a lot of material — actually, almost six [or] seven songs done. Not with guitar solos and vocals, but it's there."
He continued: "We're talking about recording the album in October [and] November, [and it makes] sense to release it in maybe March [or] April [of 2016]."
Regarding the musical direction of the new DARK TRANQUILLITY material, Anders said: "I've been writing, like, 95 percent of it. It's very guitar oriented. It's very… I'm surprised, actually, how a drummer and a keyboard player can create so many guitar riffs. 'Cause 'Construct' was a little bit different; it was more… [It didn't have] too many guitar riffs necessarily. But I would say it's gonna surprise a lot of listeners. Maybe they wil say, 'Oh, [it sounds like] old DARK TRANQUILLITY,' with so much guitar riffs and stuff. It's a little bit towards that direction, I dare to say, even if it's not… I played some of the songs for Niklas [Sundin], our guitar player, and he was, like, 'Woah! Fuck! What's this?' [Laughs] So… We'll see. No ballads so far. I'm very happy with it."
He continued: "I'm surprised, actually, that me and Martin could do that, actually. 'Cause I was… When I started writing, I was, like, 'Hmm… How is this album gonna sound? Maybe like ANATHEMA [and] OPETH… This mellow, soft…' You know?! 'Cause I like that. But when I started writing, it was, like… no. This is what I've got. All this fast stuff. So… Maybe the album after that will be the slow one. We'll see."
Study finds decreased social anxiety among young adults who eat fermented foods
Psychologists have traditionally looked to the mind to help people living with mental health issues. But a recent study led by William & Mary researchers shows that the stomach may also play a key role, suggesting that...
by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Alissa Walker to Gizmodo
It’s good to be young. It’s good to be young when life is simple and fear isn’t something you’ve learned yet and fun can be expressed in its most joyful form. It’s good to be young and have a dad who can take you on a stunt plane ride of your life and bend the world. I mean, look at 4-year-old Lea, she’s having the time of her life in the plane.
When you are on vacation and you don't want to be disturbed, you could certainly use one of these funny door hangers.
Mad Max Fury Road is awesome, and you're doing yourself a serious disservices if you don't watch it in theaters.
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From a hijacker who just wanted more beer to another who wanted the Pope to tell him the third secret of Fatima.
