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science / cool stuff
Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years
space.com
- 30+ days ago
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Dear Atlas: What Parts of Route 66 Are Worth the Drive?
A curated guide to the stretches and stops that truly deserve your time . Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions...
atlasobscura.com
- 30+ days ago
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Jaguar’s head of design on the company's viral rebrand, its new EV, and why that Musk tweet was actually a good thing
Richard Stevens, Jaguar’s director of design, sits down to discuss the drama. Four years ago, Jaguar’s chief creative officer, Gerry McGovern, sent a...
fastcompany.com
- 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Tested: Porsche Macan Turbo EV Makes the Right Moves
The new Turbo Electric is quick and dominates the canyons, but it's also smooth and quiet, and it charges quickly. We're hammering along on California's...
caranddriver.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online
If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural...
openculture.com
- 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Strategist says 2026 Tesla ‘will look nothing like the one being debated today’
finbold.com
- 30+ days ago
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Aircraft company announces revolutionary new electric model reaching over 200 mph: 'Providing access to previously inaccessible places'
Electra is revolutionizing the aviation industry with its new hybrid-electric aircraft. According to Interesting Engineering, the electric aircraft...
thecooldown.com
- 30+ days ago
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17 concept albums that need to find their way into your collection
Do concept albums, rock, pop, soul, or otherwise, belong within concept art? Well, they certainly do, but there was always a long-winded debate about...
audiophix.com
- 30+ days ago
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BMW Will Build And Deliver All Skytop Cars In 2025
Regardless of how many models BMW has in its already vast lineup, some people still want more. For that extra layer of bespoke, the Bavarian...
bmwblog.com
- 30+ days ago
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7 Weird Life Hacks That Help Your Confidence In An Outrageously Effective Way, According To Research
Confidence serves as a powerful catalyst for personal and professional success. If you feel confident in your abilities, pursuing and achieving your...
yourtango.com
- 30+ days ago
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apps / cool stuff
How to use ChatGPT to write code - and my favorite trick to debug what it generates
zdnet.com
- 30+ days ago
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10 Places That Will Make You Believe Aliens Are Real
The truth is out there. Depending on how you look at it, it’s either a terrifying or strangely comforting thought to believe that we’...
atlasobscura.com
- 30+ days ago
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Smiling Dog Without Back Legs Prefers to Run Free Rather Than Use Her Wheelchair
A wonderfully sweet and smiling dog named Dixie, who was born with paralyzed back legs that eventually had to be removed due to a bone...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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AG Ken Paxton Sues San Antonio For Illegally Funding Abortion Travel
iheart.com
- 30+ days ago
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New solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using the power of the sun — and it's 50% more efficient than a Tesla
The Aptera Launch Edition EV offers 400 miles of range on a single charge using an electrical output in addition to 40 miles per day powered by...
livescience.com
- 30+ days ago
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We've Been Misreading a Major Law of Physics For Almost 300 Years
When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing them three centuries...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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“Heck, I’m Old”: 50 Funny Posts About People Realizing They’re Not Kids Anymore (New Pics)
If we were to believe the Happiness U-Curve, one of the happiest periods of our lives universally is childhood. It's when we don't have any...
aol.com
- 30+ days ago
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PHOTOS: Louis Armstrong Park pops with creativity during Congo Square Fest
The festival, which began 17 years ago, harkens back to the creative expression that took place in the square during slavery. Hundreds of people...
veritenews.org
- 30+ days ago
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Inside the World’s Largest Two-Headed Calf Collection
A San Francisco collector’s unlikely herd of taxidermy cows will have you seeing double. Henry S. Rosenthal stands beside the hand-painted curtain to...
atlasobscura.com
- 30+ days ago
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How to Capture Stunning Spring Flower Photos
Spring flowers offer endless opportunities for creating beautiful photographs, but capturing them well takes more than just pointing and shooting....
fstoppers.com
- 30+ days ago
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Unused ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Concept Art Character Atha Prime Arrives In ‘Star Wars: Jedi Knights’
Proving there’s no such thing as a bad idea, Atha Prime, a character designed for Return of the Jedi but never used in the...
comicbookclublive.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Visionary Meow Wolf Collective Is Bringing Their Immersive Art Exhibition to New York City
The Meow Wolf Collective is bringing their visionary art exhibition to The Seaport in New York City. As with their previous projects, this will be...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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Jaguar’s pink, ‘woke’ electric car slammed by Gen Z: ‘What on Earth is Jaguar thinking?’
This vehicular Pink Panther is falling flat on its face. Jaguar’s alleged attempts to woo Generation Z with a Barbie-pink electric vehicle backfired...
nypost.com
- 30+ days ago
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Why Do We Cook So Many Foods at 350 Degrees?
There’s a scientific reason that foods as dissimilar as blueberry muffins and frozen fish sticks get cooked at the same temperature. Whether you’re...
mentalfloss.com
- 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
Tesla confirms it can't sell the Cybertruck even with tax credit and discounts
electrek.co
- 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
BMW Vision Driving Experience Leaks Hours Before Debut
bmwblog.com
- 30+ days ago
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What Is Seppuku And How Was It Carried Out? Newly Translated Samurai Texts Reveal Some Surprising Answers
Four samurai texts dating back centuries have recently been translated into English, complicating Western notions about the practice of ritual...
allthatsinteresting.com
- 30+ days ago
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2025 PGA Show: 9 awesome tech products golf nerds will love
Portions of this article appeared in our "coolest stuff we saw at the 2025 PGA Merchandise Show" article, which you can check out right here. The...
golfdigest.com
- 30+ days ago
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A Gorgeous Fingerstyle Cover of ‘Carol of the Bells’ on an Amazing 26 String Harp Guitar
In the spirit of the holiday season, talented musician Jamie Dupuis performed a gorgeous fingerstyle cover of the classic Christmas song “Carol of...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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Thundersnow Only Occurs in 7 of Every 100,000 Thunder Storms
This rare phenomenon, some time s called a winter thunderstorm, occurs when a wave cyclone experiences strong upward motion. Freezing temperatures...
howstuffworks.com
- 30+ days ago
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Compassionate Couple Raise a Tiny Pink Blob They Found After Hurricane Into a Beautiful Healthy Squirrel
While out walking their dog, Christian Scafidi and Emma Dahlberg found a tiny helpless pink creature in their yard covered with ants. While unsure of...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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2026 Lexus RC and LC Replacement: Everything We Know About the New Lexus Coupe
WHAT IT IS The car set to succeed the Lexus LC luxury sport coupe at the top of the lineup will be based on Toyota’...
motortrend.com
- 30+ days ago
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BYD Just Built a 435HP Pickup That Can Outrun Sports Cars
The automotive world just got its most fascinating paradox – a 2.7-ton pickup truck that out-accelerates sports cars while sipping fuel at 2L/100km....
yankodesign.com
- 30+ days ago
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Stunning Kent seaside town dubbed ‘one of UK’s coolest' attracts host of celebs
The charming coastal town of Broadstairs has been hailed as "one of the UK's coolest places", attracting a host of celebrity chefs to its shores....
kentlive.news
- 30+ days ago
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These Fantastic Spanish Sculptures Were Built to Burn
Las Fallas is both a “collective exorcism” and a celebration of craft. From the outside, Estudio Chuky looks like any of the unassuming warehouses...
atlasobscura.com
- 30+ days ago
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Arielle Zuckerberg explains her 'rizz and tiz' theory about startup founders
"Rizz" will open doors for you, especially if you're a founder, says Arielle Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg, a general partner at Long Journey Ventures and a sister...
businessinsider.com
- 30+ days ago
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Mazda’s Iconic SP is finally headed for production, rotary engine and all
Mazda confirms the Iconic SP sports coupe is on its way to production, reviving the rotary engine in a striking, futuristic form. Mazda has officially...
autoblog.com
- 30+ days ago
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Man Who Surrendered His Dog After a Rare Cancer Diagnosis Re-Adopts Her After He Goes Into Remission
When the loving human to a dog named Minnie got the news in 2022 that he had a rare form of cancer with treatments that rendered...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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Galaxy Caught Turning on Lights at Cosmic Dawn, Stunning Astronomers
A galaxy spotted just 330 million years after the Big Bang has been implicated in bringing light to the choking dark of the early Universe. It's...
sciencealert.com
- 30+ days ago
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Porsche's Electric Cayenne Will Bend The Air Differently Depending On The Model
The electric version of the Porsche Cayenne is undergoing final development ahead of its grand debut in California later this year, and CarBuzz spy...
carbuzz.com
- 30+ days ago
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Rescued Cockatoo Is So Attached to Her Adoptive Human That She Won’t Leave Him Alone
A rescued naked cockatoo named Coco has fallen so deeply in love with her adoptive father Brad that she won’t leave him alone. The...
laughingsquid.com
- 30+ days ago
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science / cool stuff
First-Ever Binary White Dwarf System Destined to Explode as Type 1a Supernova
discovermagazine.com
- 30+ days ago
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Dear Atlas: How Do I Actually Meet Locals When I Travel?
For when you want to make a genuine connection with someone who isn’t your tour guide. Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice...
atlasobscura.com
- 30+ days ago
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auto / cool stuff
American explained how much time speeding actually saves you and the results say a lot
supercarblondie.com
- 30+ days ago
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All the S’mores, None of the Smoke
S’mores are a classic treat that bring together chocolate, marshmallows, and graham crackers in the best way. They’re simple, fun to make, and...
littlehousebigalaska.com
- 30+ days ago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast...
openculture.com
- 30+ days ago
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cool stuff
This Smart Ring Translates Sign Language in Real time
A wearable ring that translates ASL into text? It’s closer than you may think. Cornell researchers are developing SpellRing, a tiny device that could...
mentalfloss.com
- 30+ days ago
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“Weird And Unexpected”: IT Recruiter Shocked After Discovering Candidate Used AI For Interview
Artificial intelligence is slowly becoming an integral part of everyday life. It has begun to replace human tasks, and experts are anticipating a...
boredpanda.com
- 30+ days ago
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architecture / cool stuff
Freedom Plaza Unveils Stunning New Green Space Video and Renderings, Set to Transform Manhattan's East Side
Designed to meet the neighborhood's needs for more public open green spaces, Freedom Plaza will deliver approximately 5 acres of publicly accessible...
berkshireeagle.com
- 30+ days ago
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music / cool stuff
Tom Hanks’ Daughter Recalls Childhood Filled With Disturbing ‘Violence’
spin.com
- 30+ days ago
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