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Watch This Gorgeous And Terrifying Simulation Of Hurricane Katrina As It Gathers Strength

This dramatic visualisation of hurricane Katrina masterfully captures the monster storm for a period of 1.5 days as it gathers strength over warm ocean waters.


February 21, 2011
Science

NASA Puts The Kybosh On Solar Flare Hype…For Now

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Meanwhile, up in space, a class X solar flare event has triggered the biggest solar storm in four years, which given its large size – had the potential to disrupt ground communications back here on Earth.


November 5, 2010
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Ominous Abandoned Six Flags Is A Few Zombie Hordes Short Of The Apocalypse

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/m4DmNf251CA&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); A video adventurer was daring enough to infiltrate this abandoned Six Flags outside New Orleans—derelict since Hurricane Katrina—and record footage. The environs are haunting, to say the least—and we watched with the expectation of some zombie cameos.