Jun 2, 2012

At first glance, these incredible images look like still-life portraits of flowers. But far from being drawn in the traditional way, they are created by photographing fast-moving droplets of paint as they fall through the air. Artist Jack Long, 53, spends months painstakingly planning and testing each work before capturing them with a high-speed...

Dec 15, 2011

Muscles in the heart have the  power to expel the blood 10 meters in the air? Elephants are the only animals that can not jump. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. Pigs orgasm lasts 30 minutes! Statistically, people are more afraid of spiders than death.   All polar bears are left-handed Crocodiles can not stick out their...

May 25, 2011

Here are ten remarkable facts about our most complex organ. A cross-section of the human brain 1. The human brain is so sophisticated it takes nearly 20 years to mature 2.In the womb, humans grow 8,000 new brain cells every second 3.By the time humans are born they have all the brain cells they will ever need 4.The human brain is the “most...

May 16, 2011

As a “fairly keen” gardener, Brian Valentine always had an interest in finding out what was going on in his backyard. Taken to early retirement, he bought a DSLR and a macro lens with the intention of pursuing macro photography as his full-time hobby. (For those of you who are not familiar with macro photography, it’s close-up photography...

May 5, 2011

Creative gadgets and cool product designs inspired by the iconic droid from the Star Wars universe. Check out this cool R2-D2 themed robot, by artist Paul Loughridge made from a mini beer keg. Beer2-D2 Paul made this amazing Beer2D2 using a 4.7 litre beer keg, a 1945 chrome BLC utility shell for the head, and a vintage movie camera lens for the eye.The legs...

Mar 20, 2011

I guess we all know that smoke is really bad for for your health. Also, stupid behavior can, sometimes, be even worse. Anyone guess that it was a girl that mixed that two together? Suicide attempt was never this funny!...