Stephen Byrne, one of my favorite artist on the web, has illustrated an awesome sequel to “The Force Awakens” where Rey and her friends fight the ultimate evil of the Star Wars universe. The comic is kind of long, so if you’re reading this from the front page, the first panel is right below, and the rest is behind the “read more” link underneath.
Out of all the people that were pranked, only two knew the whole thing was a joke. Unbelievable!
Here are a few segments of Planet Earth being narrated by the one and only Snoop Dogg instead of by Sir David Attenborough. The end of part II is especially funny.
A spectacular display of drone technology by Intel Corporation (USA) involving 100 small aircrafts being launched skywards in formation has earned a new world record title for the Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously.
Controlled on the ground by a crew using PCs with Intel software, the mass of drones lit up the night sky in sync to a live performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and executed a stunning light show resembling a fireworks display.
“Drone 100” took place at Flugplatz Ahrenlohe, Tornesch, Germany, in November 2015. The record was set in collaboration with Ars Electronica Futurelab to push the limits of the UAV industry and to show what UAVs can be used for.
Statistics are persuasive. So much so that people, organizations, and whole countries base some of their most important decisions on organized data. But any set of statistics might have something lurking inside it that can turn the results completely upside down. Mark Liddell investigates Simpson’s paradox.
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Who are Internet Trolls and what do they look like scientifically? Find out in ASAP Science’s new video.
The live action version of “Masters of the Universe” was really, really bad, but when you recut some parts of the movie and apply the music from the “Force Awakens” trailer, it suddenly doesn’t look as horrible as it was back in 1987.
