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How Did An IPhone Take This Picture?

10:00AM August 30, 2010 | Casey Chan

Unless the blades of this aeroplane propellor can defy gravity and float, the iPhone’s camera totally distorted reality with this picture. How did this happen? No, it’s not Photoshop. It’s because of the camera’s “rolling shutter”. More »


Science

This Is How A 300 Million-Year-Old Spider Looks Like (Spoiler: Bloody Scary)

11:20PM August 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

When a headline says “Computer Technology Brings 300 Million-year-old Spider Fossils Back to Life,” it’s time to run to the hills, and start stockpiling canned food, gasoline cans, and weapons. Plenty of weapons. More »