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Why You Should Always Be Careful While Using A Forklift
4:42AM Adam Frucci | In this video, a hapless Russian warehouse worker destroys about $US250,000 of precious, precious vodka in about three seconds (he escaped unscathed). Insert Yakov Smirnoff joke here. [English Russia via The Daily What]
Science
Russia Wants Nuclear-Powered Rocket To Go To Mars
2:59AM Jesus Diaz | The space race is on again: The Russians are planning a nuclear-powered spacecraft that will get them to Mars faster than Duck Dodgers in the 24-and-a-half century. Space Agency chief Anatoly Perminov promises a design by 2012: More »
Random Stuff
Ominous Cloud Formation Has Russians Fearing An Alien Attack
11:20AM Sean Fallon | If you saw this over your head, what would you think? Aliens have come to kick our asses? God has come to kick our asses? Apparently, the bizarre cloud formation seen in Moscow recently is just a natural phenomenon. More »
Design
World’s Tallest Wooden Building Planned, Looks Like Jenga Tower
12:40AM Danny Allen | If it weren’t for, you know, concrete and steel—more of us would be living in buildings like this planned Norwegian tower. At 16 to 17 storeys high, it’ll also outdo this crazy Russian do-it-yourselfer who built a 13-storey wooden castle: More »
Design
What Is This?
11:00AM John Herrman | My first thoughts: It looks like a cross between a glassed-off launchpad and some kind of prop you’d find in a stunt driving video game. In reality, this is a day-to-day convenience in a major city. More »
Science
In Belarus, “High-Tech” School Uniforms Protect Against Radiation
4:45PM Danny Allen | OK, so developing a “high-tech” uniform with special pockets for mobile phones sounds like something an authoritarian government wearing tin foil hats might dream up. But the jury is still out on what real effects electromagnetic radiation from the devices might have on children. More »
Vehicles
In Russia, Snowblowers Use Mig-15 Jets
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | I like when secrets are finally revealed, like the crazy Sukhoi Su-35 ejection. And I absolutely love it when the answers are really weird, like with the strange jet truck mystery I posted about on Tuesday. More »
Vehicles
What Is This?
11:00AM Jesus Diaz | Please, can somebody tell me what the hell is this green thing parked in a Russian airfield? Who built this nutty contraption? More »
Science
Russia Locks Up Volunteers In Mock Space Ship To Simulate Mars Trip
11:20PM Mark Wilson | A group of 6 volunteers just finished a simulated 105-day mission to Mars. Completely stuck on the ground, the subjects were essentially locked in a room so that researchers could gauge the psychological impact of isolation. More »
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