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Something Huge Hits Jupiter, Leaves Scar

seth — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:33:47 +0000

Noone’s quite sure what it was – a comet, possibly – but some large object has plunged into Jupiter, leaving behind a scar-like blemish on its southern region. Apparently, an amateur astronomer first saw the blemish and alerted NASA which confirmed and published the story. The above image was captured just yesterday by one of NASA’s infrared telescopes in Hawaii.

Deathmasks throughout history

Nerds — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:46:03 +0000

Be prepared to lose some sleep tonight. Princeton University have their impressive collection of death masks online, documented in a series of creepy photos, displaying death masks throughout history. Some amazing examples are on display, for instance, this one to the right, Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States of America, and others like Sir Isaac Newton, Napoleon III and James Dean.

See more of the Laurence Hutton Collection of Death Masks at Princeton’s site or hit the jump below for a few spooky examples

Tolstoy, Leo, Graf (1828-1910)

Newton, Isaac, Sir (1642-1727)

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1808-1873)

Think before you post

Nerds — Tue, 22 May 2007 07:07:26 +0000

Creep-out city. A recent-ish public service campaign in the US is targeting wired kids, encouraging them to think before they post personal details about themselves on their MySpace, Livejournal or personal blogs. Or in our case, when they aren’t posting (har har har)! The creepy child molester ticket checker asking about her panties? Icing on the cake.

Jewels made from your dead loved ones

Nerds — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:30:45 +0000

Well, there goes my appetite. I recently stumbled upon a company in the UK who are making diamonds (real gems, not cubic-zirconium) out of the ashes of your recently passed loved ones (and even from your living loved ones if you so desire!). The diamonds are created from the “cremains” or cremated ashes, of your recently departed by extracting the carbon content from the ashes. The process doesn’t actually take place in the United Kingdom, I suspect due to legal issues, but, it’s reportedly not cheap and the process is patented, “extremely scientific” and kept a close secret. You can even make diamonds from pets and from the hair and nails of your living relatives! I’m really hoping this is a bad taste joke, but, this being the internet it wouldn’t shock me to find out this is an actual practice in use today or worse, a scam to take advantage of the vulnerable relatives of the recently departed.

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