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Science

We’re Not So Different, Earth And Mars

7:20AM Adam Frucci | Here are two galleries for you, both taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. It’s amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. More »
Science

Earth And Jupiter Captured In The Same Photo Taken From Mars

12:20AM Adam Frucci | This is a photo of the Earth and its moon and Jupiter and its moons. In the same frame. It’s taken from Mars, and it’s humbling and incredible. Be sure to click the picture to see its full scope. [Reddit] More »
Design

How the World Might Look If We Run Out of Water

9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Someone better work on implementing the beautiful Hexagonal Hydropolis city project. Pronto. One, because there’s plenty of land in the desert. Two, because I’d like to dress up in a Fremen stillsuit. And three, because inside it’s amazingly pretty too: More »
Random Stuff

Earth in HD from the Space Station

10:20PM Jesus Diaz | Today is Earth Day, you hippie treehugging commies you—you too in your jet, Al Gore—and to celebrate NASA has posted high definition video of our home planet from the space station. Ain’t it pretty? More »
Science

Obama Considers Zany Climate Engineering Gadgets to Fight ‘The Warming’

2:40PM Adrian Covert | Obama is apparently considering using a machine that would suck up smog and shoot it into the upper atmosphere—reflecting the sun’s rays—as a way to fight global warming. I’m not joking. More »
Gadgets

And Now a Clock for the Truly Geocentric

10:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Ulysses Nardin’s Planet Earth clock is a jaw-dropping timepiece. How can you not feel like a criminal mastermind with an intricate mini universe perched on a pretty mahogany box sitting atop your desk? More »
Cameras

Teens Capture Amazing Shots 32Km from Earth’s Surface With a Balloon

3:40AM Mark Wilson | Using a $US77 Nikon Coolpix and a $US60 latex balloon filled with helium, a team of teenage students captured these remarkable shots from 32km above the Earth’s surface. More »
Science

Selene Captures Amazing Footage of Earth Eclipse

3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Selene—the Japanese lunar orbiter that is mapping the moon and searching for Nazis—has captured one of the most stunning views of Earth from the Moon, one in which you can’t see it: A penumbral eclipse. More »
Science

What if the Earth is a Giant Alien Hard Drive?

2:30PM Brian Lam | “What if we could manipulate the earth’s own magnetic field and thus program data into the natural energy curtains of the planet?” More »
Science

Huge Hole Found on Earth’s Magnetic Field, Run Around In Panic Now

1:10AM Jesus Diaz | NASA’s Themis, a satellite flotilla studying geomagnetic disturbances, have discovered a large hole on Earth’s magnetic field, which protects us against solar particles, which can cause severe disturbances in power grids, computers, and communication. Updated. More »