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History of Web Browsers Infographic is Informative

History of Web Browsers Infographic is Informative

A rather interesting infographic charts the history of web browsers, from the first instance of Netscape, through the rise of Internet Explorer and the crowded market of today. Continue reading

MESSENGER Spacecraft Transmits First Images From Mercury Orbit Back to Earth

MESSENGER Spacecraft Transmits First Images From Mercury Orbit Back to Earth

The NASA MESSENGER satellite has established orbit around Mercury and is now transmitting back to Earth the first images ever shot from the planet’s orbit. Continue reading

Strange Weather Around Saturn

Strange Weather Around Saturn

Methane rain storms on Titan? A storm that has encompassed 2/3rds of Saturn’s northern hemisphere? It’s been an active few months out 740 million miles from Earth. Continue reading

Cassini Image Captures Three of Saturn's Moons

Cassini Image Captures Three of Saturn’s Moons

One of the latest images captured by the Cassini satellite highlights three of Saturn’s moons. Continue reading

Northern Lights from Alaska to Latvia

Northern Lights from Alaska to Latvia

This stunning image was snapped by a NASA physicist during his visit to a conference on auroras, of all things. Continue reading

The Wonderful Gallery of Science

The Wonderful Gallery of Science

images have been important in the story of science and technology for a very long time—especially since the advent of movable type and the printing press in the West. I’m asking for help in compiling the Wonderful Gallery of Scientific Imagery. What images have had the greatest impact on the course of scientific knowledge and technological innovation? Continue reading

The Periodic Table of Periodic Tables

We’ve seen a few incarnations of the Periodic Table ourselves, but there have been so many different variations and themes that the massive number of designs call for a Periodic Table of Periodic Tables. Included are a collection of some of the web’s most popular and most creative Periodic Table renditions. The Halo Periodic Table was only the tip of the iceberg. Link [via]

The Real American Beauty

I’d hit it and then take it to a buffet in my Ford. The real “American Beauty” looks more like this than Mena Suvari. Mena’s got a monster forehead anyway. You ever seen that thing? The size of a damn billboard. Link

Heavy Rain Is Shaping Up Nicely

The upcoming Playstation 3 title Heavy Rain is going to be a graphical powerhouse. It’ll not only put the PS3 back on the map, but it’s supposed to be a pretty decent game too, according to sites like IGN, Joystiq and the like. These new screenshots seem to back that notion up. With beautiful coloring and a dark, stormy atmosphere surrounding the entire game, Heavy Rain could easily give the Silent Hill series a run for its money. After the... Continue reading

Google Images Gets Colorful

I was searching on Google Images today and noticed a new feature that must have been rolled out recently. Before, you could filter by image size and content. Now there’s an option to filter images by color. That’s right. Let’s say you’re searching for an image of some jewelry but you only want to display blue items. A few clicks and voila. It works really well, too. I’m assuming Google created a way to analyze images on the fly and... Continue reading