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What Do Fertilizer, Omega-3 Pills, and Pig Feed Have in Common? A Fish
Feb 06, 7:20PM
You have never seen a menhaden, but you have eaten one. Although no one sits down to a plate of these silvery, bug-eyed, foot-long fish at a seafood restaurant, menhaden travel through the human food chain mostly undetected in the bodies of other species, hidden in salmon, pork, onions, and many other foods.
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The Best Science Visualizations of the Year
Feb 06, 7:00PM
From microscopic coral to massive planets, the natural world is full of beauty on a scale that can only be seen with the aid of a microscopic or a telescope. Announced today, the winners of the 11th annual International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge—sponsored by the journal Science and the U.S. National Science Foundation—zoom into microscopic scales and zoom out onto planetary scales.
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Wire Your Speakers, Get Into Photography, Logitech Boombox [Deals]
Feb 06, 6:45PM
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The Sony NEX-3N was a great camera when it hit the market for $500, but at under $300, this deal is unmissable for anyone looking for a great portable camera, ready to downsize their DSLR, or interested in diving into an interchangeable lens ecosystem for the first time. Retractable power zoom lens, tilting LCD, 16MP, and unprecedented value in this price range. [Walmart]
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This Wind-Powered Tumbleweed Robot Aims to End Desertification
Feb 06, 6:40PM
Robots have a hard time walking. They're getting better! But we're a ways away from having a robot that you can send on an excursion through a dune-covered desert. That's why, when he wanted to design a robot to collect climate data, designer Shlomi Mir looked to nature. Specifically, to tumbleweeds.
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How Olympic Athlete's Bodies Have Changed Over the Years
Feb 06, 6:20PM
When you watch footage of the Olympics from back in the 1920s, it's hard to imagine the athletes involved did any training at all. Their physiques are by and large what we would consider average, not the sculpted and toned competitors we know today. But that's because back then the image of the ideal athlete was based on classical human proportions—and average was considered ideal.
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Darts On With Nerf's New Hit-Recording Cam-Blaster
Feb 06, 6:00PM
Are kids bigger little scamps these days or are they just leaving more evidence? Unclear, but they sure have cooler toys, among which they can soon count Nerf's new N-Strike Elite Cam ECS-12 Blaster, a crazy gun that records and plays back your target practice right on the crosshairs—and leaves plenty for the mounting evidence pile.
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This Football-Sized Device Could Replace Your Huge Water Heater
Feb 06, 5:40PM
That 60 gallon tank of hot water in your basement eats up a lot of energy. But tankless on-demand water heaters leave you running water down the drain while you wait for warmth. This tiny Kickstarter water heater promises to change all that, and save you money, thanks to some fascinating technology.
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Sound-Enhancing Bluetooth Tube Amp Doubles as Cheesy Sci-Fi Prop
Feb 06, 5:20PM
Bluetooth speakers tend to trade sound quality for a compact form factor and portability—but not this monstrosity. Looking like a contraption you'd find in Willy Wonka's factory, this vacuum tube amp promises to vastly improve the sound of music streaming from your mobile device.
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How L.A.'s 1984 Summer Olympics Became the Most Successful Games Ever
Feb 06, 5:00PM
It's almost showtime for Sochi, which may or may not have its shit together by the time the opening ceremonies start. While it's too late for Sochi to change its trajectory, perhaps the 2016 host city could jot down a few tips from what are widely considered to be the most successful Olympics ever: L.A., 1984.
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Fighter Pilots Couldn't Ask for a Better Wingman Than the Little Buddy
Feb 06, 4:50PM
Evading RF (radar frequency) missiles is not unlike running from a bear. You don't have to outrun the threat itself but merely offer up a more tasty morsel instead—be that your pudgy buddy or, in the case of air combat, a juicy decoy with an enormous radar cross-section.
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Sochi Official: Our Shower Surveillance Footage Says Hotels Are Fine (Updated)
Feb 06, 4:26PM
By now, you've surely heard the harrowing stories about how the Sochi Olympic village is a hellscape of stray dogs, weird toilets, and unfinished accommodations. Well, according to the Russian official in charge, everything's cool! And he has the surreptitious surveillance footage to prove it.
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Intricate Architectural Office Supplies Put a Skyline On Your Desk
Feb 06, 4:20PM
The only thing worse than being stuck at a desk all day is being stuck at a desk in an office without a view. So if you're not high enough on the corporate ladder to warrant a window yet, these lovely Archi-desk accessories can put a New York-style skyline on your desk, no matter where it's located.
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Who's the Greatest App Designer in the World Today?
Feb 06, 4:00PM
We've been looking at app design from the very beginning here at Gizmodo, breaking down apps in all their various forms—from music streaming to transit apps, from the botched abyss of app-store search to our ongoing apps of the week—and, in terms of design, there's something to learn from every app out there.
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A Tower Grown From Fungus Is Coming to NYC This Summer
Feb 06, 3:40PM
Buildings "grown" from fungus and other organic materials may seem like a far-off concept to some. But this summer, a group of young Brooklyn architects are planning to demonstrate just how real the technology is—by building a tower out of bricks "grown" from mycelium in the courtyard of MoMA P.S.1.
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New cool car carries a drone for terrain reconnoissance
Feb 06, 3:34PM
This is the Renault KWID, a car that carries a quadcopter drone for terrain reconnoissance tucked inside a little hangar on its rooftop. It may seem like a silly James Bondigh invention, but it actually makes a lot of sense in certain situations.
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A Quick Guide to Amazon's Latest Streaming Video Pilots
Feb 06, 3:19PM
This year's batch of brand new pilots from Amazon Studios just went live, and there are surprising number of stars in the mix. From a drug-laced drama about classical music with Gael Garcia-Bernal to a dysfunctional family comedy with Jeffrey Tambor (wait that sounds familiar), there's something for everybody.
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How Sochi Is Making It Snow in a Subtropical Resort
Feb 06, 3:00PM
So far, the Sochi Olympics has had its share of difficulties. But there might be a sort of reasonable explanation for that! You see, while Sochi's organizers were letting everything else fall to the wayside, they were busy perfecting the one thing totally out of their control: the weather. Here's how Sochi—which is reaching a high of 50 today—made it snow.
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All Science Should Be Taught With Pop-Up Books Like This One
Feb 06, 2:40PM
Securing his place as one of the greatest teachers of our time, Michael Molina's discussion of tectonic plates, continental drift, and how our world started out as one large land mass called Pangaea, is brought to life through this awesome educational pop-up book created by Yevgeniya Yeretskaya.
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A Mercedes-Benz You Can Ride Into the Ocean
Feb 06, 2:25PM
Most Mercedes-Benz owners wouldn't dream of driving their vehicles into the sea, but there's nothing wrong with wanting a little luxury while you're tackling a big wave. And since the carmaker is a sponsor of surfer Garrett McNamara, it teamed up with ad agency BBDO Portugal to design a one-of-a-kind surfboard for him.
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7 Surreal, Towering Ice Castles That You Can Actually Visit
Feb 06, 2:00PM
Are you sick and tired of skiing and ice skating? Why not take a trip to see one of America's mind-bendingly amazing ice castles. It's like a walking through a frosty landscape dreamt up by Richard Serra but built by nature. Tickets are now available!
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The First Image From Gaia's Mission to Scan the Entire Sky
Feb 06, 1:39PM
This image of twinkling stars is the first picture to be beamed back to Earth by the Gaia telescope—whose mission is to scan the entire sky.
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Every Bus and Amtrak Route Across the US, Mapped
Feb 06, 12:40PM
If you're in the unenviable position of having to traverse the country by bus or train, you better make sure this map is on your phone.
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Good Luck Writing a Letter With This 30th Anniversary Mac Font
Feb 06, 11:54AM
It might not look it, but the images above actually make up a font designed especially to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Mac.
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The World's Most Popular Running Routes, Visualized
Feb 06, 11:04AM
With the explosion of exercise apps and fitness trackers, more people than ever are recording the routes they run during their workouts. Now, Nathan Yau from Flowing Data has mined some of that data to visualize some of the world's most popular paths.
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Why We Need to Take Terms and Conditions Way More Seriously
Feb 06, 10:10AM
Every time you install a new app on your phone, you have to agree to some terms and conditions—which you do, blindly. But should we be taking those long passages of text more seriously?
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