Johnny Five, aka the Mars rover Curiosity, continues its scientific journey. The nuclear-powered laboratory in-a-box pulled out it’s laser to blast a rock that got in its way. From NASA: The mission’s ChemCam instrument hit a fist-sized rock named “Coronation” with 30 pulses of its laser during a 10-second period. Each pulse delivers more than …
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Siberian Free Soloing – crazy story of locals climbing en masse
Climbers Jonathan Thesenga and Brittany Griffith are the first Americans to climb at Stolby, a central Siberian nature reserve, where the locals free solo en masse. Comment: Good afternoon! I live in Krasnoyarsk and itself each days off I go there. I confirm, many (a lot of, much) person there goes, but is far from …
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Art: typeface in baroque pop – merging indie rock & unconventional instruments
Video of Sicily’s Mount Etna erupting with lava flows and steam sprays
April 13, 2012 – Europe’s highest active volcano, Italy’s Mount Etna, erupted again this week. The eruption, which spewed blood-red molten lava and grey and white ash into the air, is the 24th in a series that started in January 2011. A decade ago the volcano was at it again, this time more serious. …
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Sweden leads the world in Heavy Metal bands
Sweden has most heavy metal bands per 100,000 inhabitants. According to Metal-archives.com, it’s Scandinavia in general and Sweden in particular that has the most heavy metal bands in the world. According to their study there are 53.2 metal bands per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden. Joacim Cans, singer in the metal band HammerFall, is not surprised. …
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Transporting a 340-ton boulder across Los Angeles – for arts sake
This giant rock will be on display at LACMA for people to walk under it and marvel at its size. Check out how it will be displayed and the artists thoughts about it. See more photos and get the full story at the LA Times