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This Dinosaur Exhibit Is Proof That Our Museums Are Too Prudish

2:00AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Europeans have all the fun: lower drinking ages, funner beaches, easier lifestyles and… dinosaur skeletons having sex in their museums. This exhibit, which clearly shows two T-Rexes “mating”, is located in the Jurassic Museum of Asturias in Spain. More »

Science

World’s First Solar Plant To Generate Electricity Even At Night

2:30AM October 12, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The most obvious criticism of solar energy is that it doesn’t work very well when the sun is down. The new Gemasolar heliostatic plant doesn’t have that problem, on account of a vat of molten salt that keeps it running through 15 hours of dark. More »

Science

Hospitals Could Track Vitals Via Shirts Of Questionable Fashion

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5:00PM September 25, 2011 | Logan Booker

A team out of UC3M in Spain, otherwise known as the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, has come up with this stylish number. It’s designed to track the wearer’s heart rate, temperature and even their orientation (via an in-built accelerometer), and relay that information to medical professionals for analysis or action. More »

Science

Double Leg Transplant Gives Man A Chance To Walk Again

9:43AM July 12, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Some may see despair when they look upon a double amputee in a wheelchair, but Spanish Surgeon Pedro Cavadas saw an opportunity. More »

Online

After PSN Hack Arrest, Spanish Police’s Website Knocked Offline

10:20PM June 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

On Friday, Spanish police arrested three in the PSN hacks. On Sunday, the website for Spain’s national police was knocked offline by a denial of service attack. [BBC]

News

Aeroplane Luggage Thief Smuggled Himself Inside Luggage

11:09PM June 8, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I’m not sure whether this criminal scheme is brilliant or idiotic, but either way, it didn’t work. A Spanish man attempted to plunder valuables from airport bags by making himself one of those valuables, the BBC reports. This takes cojones. More »

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A Beautiful Glimpse Of The Milky Way From Spain’s Tallest Mountain

1:00AM April 17, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Certainly, Norwegian photographer Terje Sorgjerd has a talent for capturing the awe-inspiring. Taken on El Teide in the Canary Islands, this time lapse captures the Milky Way galaxy overhead as sand wafts across the landscape as gold clouds. [The Awesomer]

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World’s Largest Wooden Structure Now Open For Business

5:00PM March 30, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Metropol Parasol, located in Seville, Spain, just opened its doors to the public and is the world’s largest wooden structure. Some pragmatically minded city planners originally wanted to build a parking garage on the site, then they discovered some artifacts of archaeological significance and opted to build a museum/shopping centre instead. More »

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Drinks Placed On Pallet Coasters Should Be Served By A Tiny Man Driving A Diminutive Forklift

10:00AM March 14, 2011 | Jack Loftus

These handmade pallet coasters from Spanish designer Labyrinth have reignited my long dormant love of coasters. More »

Cars

Parking Your Car Enters The Smartphone Age

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12:00PM February 24, 2011 | Daniel Long

I don’t know about you, but parking in the city (or any city for that matter) is akin to pulling out nostril hairs. Yes, it can be that painful. But a Spanish funded solution may have come up with the best way to fix these common parking congestion woes: by fitting each parking spot with an electronic sensor and alerting drivers to the precise spot. More »