Photographer Calder Wilson recently did some experimentation by attaching fireworks to a drone and then flying it around in a long exposure photograph.
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Tuesday 31 March 2015
This is What You Get When You Strap Fireworks to a Drone for Long Exposure Photos
Photographer Calder Wilson recently did some experimentation by attaching fireworks to a drone and then flying it around in a long exposure photograph.
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Amazon tests Delivery Drones at a Secret Site in Canada — Here's Why
If your Amazon order gets delivered by a drone sometime in the near future, you'll know Canada helped make that happen. Here's why Amazon is testing its drones here rather than in the U.S.
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McDonald's is testing all-day breakfast
McDonald's is going to experiment with serving breakfast all day. The chain will start testing a 24-hour breakfast menu next month at several locations in San Diego, the company told Business Insider. If the test is successful, McDonald's could expand it to other markets. Testing all-day breakfast "makes sense," Janney Capital Markets analyst Mark Kalinowski wrote in a recent research note. Some of the most "craveable" items on the McDonald's menu are the McMuffins and McGriddles, he noted.
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Introducing Amazon Dash Button: Place it. Press it. Get it.
Keep Dash Button handy in the kitchen, bath, laundry, or anywhere you store your favorite products. When you're running low, simply press Dash Button and Amazon quickly delivers household favorites at the same low prices offered on Amazon.com, so you can skip the last-minute trip to the store.
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How Nazis’ Stolen Art Sparked a Battle for the Woman in Gold
Helen Mirren’s new film sees her playing Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who took on the Austrian government in the fight for a Klimt painting that was looted from her family.
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After Snowden, The NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge
To keep its code-breaking prowess, the National Security Agency must recruit scores of the brightest students in math and computer science each year. The Snowden revelations are hurting those efforts.
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Facebook 'tracks all visitors, breaching EU law'
People without Facebook accounts, logged out users, and EU users who have explicitly opted out of tracking are being tracked, report says
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George Takei: Boycott Indiana
My husband Brad and I like to spend our holidays in the White Mountains of Arizona. There’s a small town called Show Low where we’ve passed many a merry Christmas. We’ve been regulars at the July 4th parades there, entertained friends and family over the years, and consider it our home away from home. But last year, it was very nearly going to be impossible for us to travel back to Arizona in good conscience.
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People who drink diet soda put on three times as much belly fat as those who don’t, study says
In the latest Diet Soda: Evil or Not? saga, The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging determined that people who drink diet soda occasionally put on three times as much belly fat as those who don’t. Over nearly 10 years, occasional drinkers gained 2.11cm of fat to their midsections, while non-drinkers gained only .77 cm. The bad news doesn’t end there: daily drinkers gained a whopping 3.04 cm.
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A Look at the Rare and Racy Nardi-Danese 6C
With a career spent rubbing shoulders with Ferrari, Lancia, and other great marques, Enrico Nardi found himself driving and engineering iconic Italian cars. Using his own ideas, however, Nardi was able to create this stunning race car years before his company would turn to steering wheels and performance accessories.
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The Photographer Who Broke the Internet's Heart
BBC Trending spoke to the man behind the photo of a Syrian girl who surrendered to a camera.
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Ancient egyptian beer making vessels discovered in Israel
The pottery shards (pictured), found in Tel Aviv, come from large ceramic basins, which were used to prepare fruity beer that was left to ferment under the sun.
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Monday 30 March 2015
Take a private jet to your college tour, for $43,000
If you're one of the lucky few for whom college won't break the bank -- or even make a dent -- a private jet company is offering to whisk you to all the colleges you wish to visit in a ten-hour span, for $43,500. That's nearly $15,000 more than the cost of the average tuition and fees at private universities, and $21,200 more than those at in-state public colleges, according to a College Board report.
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In Brazil, Some Inmates Get Therapy With Hallucinogenic Tea
The provision of ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew used in the Amazon basin for centuries, to inmates on short furloughs reflects a quest to ease pressure on Brazil’s prison system.
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Caught on Camera
A camera trap near Yellowstone National Park catches a grizzly bear stealing whitebark pine nuts from a squirrel’s cache. The nuts are an important food for the bears, a threatened species.
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Keeping Australian native animals as pets is a good idea – Opinion – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Yesterday David Leyonhjelm suggested keeping Australian native animals as pets to stave off extinction. It's an idea Mike Archer has been advocating for years.
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Circular Decay
Captured in an abandoned building at the north end of Regina, Saskatchewan in near complete darkness. © Ian D. McGregor
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The Secret Lives of the Tiny People In Architectural Renderings
Selling a big urban idea isn't easy. More than ever, architects rely on jaw-dropping images to convince their clients to spend millions on their projects. And to do it, they fill their fantastical renderings with people--people who have a story all their own.
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Writing About His Impending Death Has Given Clive James's Poetry New Life
His latest colleciton of essays, Poetry Notebook, is a masterful argument for the importance of poetry.
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In Congress, New Attention To Student-Privacy Fears
Several efforts in Washington are converging on the sensitive question of how best to safeguard the information software programs are gathering on students. A proposed Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act of 2015 is circulating in draft form. It has bipartisan sponsorship from Democratic Rep. Jared S. Polis of Colorado and Republican Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana.
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How to make epic pancakes with your Japanese rice cooker
Every summer, I try to spend as many days as possible on the beach at Enoshima, and each time I get out of the station and walk towards the sand, I pass a long line of people waiting for a seat at the local pancake restaurant. This isn’t Japan’s only pancake joint with a lengthy wait, either, as you can find...
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Sunday 29 March 2015
A Snowboarder's Unbelievable Tiny House
Pro-snowboarder, Mike Basich, tours his self-built 225 square foot home in the middle of his 40 acre snow covered property near Truckee, CA - and shows how being close to nature drives his most creative decisions. In Going Off Grid, Laura Ling examines how 180,000 Americans a year are choosing to live entirely disconnected from our modern internet-focused world in pursuit of a more sustainable, simple lifestyle.
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WrestleMania 2015: by the numbers
WWE's biggest event invades the Bay Area after a roller coaster year since unveiling its over-the-top WWE Network. Here are the numbers you need to know.
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Dirt Cheap DIY: How to Repurpose an Altoids Tin to Make a Solar Powered USB Charger
We all want to be greener and more environmentally friendly in our daily lives. We all probably have a mobile device basically attached to us too. For those of us who like to be active in helping mother nature out, this is a great repurposed trash do it yourself idea...
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Consolation for Life’s Darkest Hours: 7 Unusual and Wonderful Books that Help Children Grieve and Make Sense of Death
When death comes and brings grief with it, as Joan Didion memorably put it, it’s “nothing like we expect it to be.” What we need isn’t so much protection from that engulfing darkness as the shaky comfort of understanding — a sensemaking mechanism for the messiness of loss.
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Turtles and Tortoises: 5 You Should Never Keep as Pets
So as not to alienate the many hardcore, dedicated turtle keepers among my readers, I’ll start off by qualifying the title. I know people who do quite well with 4 of the 5 species discussed in this article. But in addition to being very well-experienced, these folks have both the financial means and space to meet the challenges posed by these unique creatures.
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The Hottest Books on Sale This Week. 03/29/2015
Watch for new titles from Terry Pratchett, Steve Berry and Sara Gruen.
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Domino's policy changes on deliveries angers residents
There will be no more Domino's deliveries in the Lower 9th Ward after dark. It is one of the changes the pizza company is making after another one of its drivers was murdered in the Lower 9th Ward while on the job, but residents and one city leader say the policy change is a knee-jerk reaction that is singling out their community. "It just, again, puts a black eye on this community," said Vanessa Gueringer, a life-long resident of the Lower 9th Ward.
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“Make me the villain of your next book”: Maine governor fires back at Stephen King
Maine Gov. Paul LePage is refusing to apologize for falsely insinuating that Stephen King no longer pays taxes in the state, but he did make the bestselling author an acerbic offer: “Just make me the villain of your next book, and I won’t charge you royalties.” The current dispute between King and the Tea Party Republican stems from LePage’s assertion in a radio address last week that King and a number of other prominent Mainers had abandoned the state...
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Living In The Hidden Tunnels Of Las Vegas
Seeker Stories takes a deep look at some of the world's most unique individuals, places, and cultures. These short documentaries set out to expand our perspective and transform our understanding of the world. Matthew O'Brien, an expert on the underground flood channels of Las Vegas, makes one of his regular visits to the tunnels with the Seeker team to experience the hardship, lifestyle, and creativity of those who live in them.
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Should You Tip on Takeout?
Americans feel strongly that tipping waiters and waitresses anything under 15% is perniciously cheap, yet most people seem equally certain that tipping on takeout orders is unnecessary. Is it really?
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Missouri Governor Nixon Is Putting Libraries in Peril
Libraries in Missouri need help. Here's why, and what you can do to help.
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How Scientology Is Suffering in the Internet Age
Since its founding in the 1950s, L. Ron Hubbard’s organization has put a premium on controlling the flow of information—an increasingly impossible enterprise in the Internet age.
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53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes
This book from the mid-19th century, Tokaido Gojusan-eki Hachiyama Edyu, presents a series of fifty-three prints created by a relatively obscure ukiyo-e artist named Utagawa Yoshishige, each illustration depicting a Tōkaidō station in the form of a potted landscape. The illustrations are based on actual pieces constructed by Kimura Tōsen.
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Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum
We know that spring has arrived, because the red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) is blooming. Welcome to the world of phenology, where seasonal changes in the natural world occur in a fairly reliable sequence. By paying attention to these changes, we can learn more about climate change, and also match our actions to natural patterns.
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How do you design the library of the future?
ARE you sitting comfortably? Here is the Story of the Decline of the Academic Library. Once Upon A Time libraries were the gatekeepers to most of the information students and academics needed. Books had the information and libraries had the books. Then one day the Big Bad Internet came along and made hundreds of millions of books, articles and manuscripts freely available to anyone with access to a computer.
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Making Cheese In The Land Of The Bible: Add Myrrh And A Leap Of Faith
Spring in the West Bank means Bedouin herders' ewes and nanny goats are full of milk — and cheese making abounds. The traditional method relies on a few simple ingredients and a long cultural memory.
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Saturday 28 March 2015
Danny MacAskill's Solar Eclipse Ride
On Friday March 20th a Solar Eclipse plunged Europe into darkness. Photographer Rutger Pauw teamed up with Danny MacAskill to capture the moment on Danny's homeland, the Isle of Skye in Scotland. With just one small window of opportunity to get the shot he had dreamed about, Rutger and the team spent days scouring to select the perfect location. This clip gives a unique behind the scenes look at how they found the spot and how they managed to capture one of the most creative shots of the year.
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Growing Dahlias
Dahlias provide one of the widest arrays of flower colors, sizes, and forms. They range from1/2-inch pompons to the "dinner plate" dahlias that may approach 12 or more inches in diameter. Flower forms include daisy-like single types and fully double types with intermediate forms such as collarettes and anemone types. Dahlias come in nearly all flower colors except true blues.
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Taking aim at tech industry inequality, Microsoft extends paid leave to thousands of contractors
Although people do many jobs at Microsoft’s sprawling campus in Redmond, Wash., there are fundamentally two types of workers. The first type is an employee, entitled to the generous pay and benefits Microsoft has long offered: paid parental leave, a 401(k) match, tuition assistance, discounted stock purchases, the list goes on. The second is a contractor, employed by one of Microsoft's 2,000 suppliers. Many of them do tasks similar to those of the employees...
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Vast Underground City Found in Turkey May Be One of the World’s Largest
A newly discovered complex of carved rooms and tunnels may prove to be the largest of the many mysterious ancient underground cities in Turkey’s Cappadocia region.
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China, the Wild and Remote bits
"It was a muggy day, the sort where you feel your t-shirt sticking to you before you even realize it. We hired some local guides, who then hired some even more local guides to help show the way to the spire we wanted to ascend. Boy was it grueling! Jagged rocks, thorny bushes, all-fours most of the way. Sometimes the only thing to hold onto was a thorn bush or a glassy-evil-jaded rock. At the top, I looked down to see all kinds of grisly lacerations... but gathered my wits to get this photo!"
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Anti-terror Bill C-51 to be changed as Tories respond to criticism
The government will propose a handful of amendments to the proposed anti-terror bill when it goes to clause-by-clause review on Tuesday, CBC News has learned, including a proposal that would protect protests from being captured by the new measures.
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Something weird is going on in the US economy, and it's not good
Despite experiencing a healthy pace of job growth, the US economy has largely disappointed economists' expectations by delivering a series of weaker-than-expected economic reports. The unexpected plunges in retail sales and durable goods orders stand out as they reflect weakness in both consumers and businesses.
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Northern Lights Photos so Beautiful You Won't Believe They're Actually Real
Justin Stevens' stunning photos feature the night sky painted in red, purple blue and green. His pictures from this special season for the aurora borealis have grabbed attention on the internet.
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