Saturday, February 15, 2020

Particle Of Your World

The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside A Particle Accelerator, Inside The Pentagon's Secret UFO Program, What Abu Dhabi's City Of The Future Looks Like, 10 Years Later, and more.
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IN A WEIRD HEADSPACE
A UTOPIA IN WAITING
What Abu Dhabi's City Of The Future Looks Like, 10 Years Later
citylab.com
A little more than 10 years old, Masdar City was billed as a showpiece of compact, energy-efficient urban development, strategically located right in the epicenter of the fossil fuel industry. Now, it's mostly empty.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE LISTENING
Inside The Pentagon's Secret UFO Program
popularmechanics.com
As I sit in a small cafe in the shadow of the ancient Roman gates in Trier, Germany, talking to a person whose credibility seems beyond reproach, but who will only agree to talk to me if provide absolute assurances of anonymity, I can't help but feel like I'm trapped in a Dan Brown novel.
WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Anatoli Bugorski: The Man Who Stuck His Head Inside A Particle Accelerator
amusingplanet.com
Out of all places to stick your head into, a particle accelerator would rank among the worst. Yet, on that fateful day of 13 July 1978, thirty-six-years-old Russian scientist Anatoli Bugorski just had to.
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In the market for a new computer but don't feel like destroying your bank account? HP's Presidents' Day sale has you covered, with savings of up to 60% on a bunch of products.
PICTURE THIS
STUCK THE LANDSCAPE LANDING
The Winners Of The 2019 Landscape Photographer Of The Year Competition Are Spectacular
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From a SpaceX rocket exhaust plume captured above the Sierra Nevada mountains to stunning images of deserts and the Badlands.
PICTURE THIS
How Three Senior Citizens Ended Up In A Love Triangle, And More Best Photography Of The Week
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The world's fanciest and weirdest hand dryers, life under London Heathrow's flight path and more best photos of the week.
LOST AND FOUND
JUST HANGING WITH THE HOMIES
Someone Found An Old Photo Album Full Of Pics Of This Woman And Hollywood Celebrities In A Thrift Shop
designyoutrust.com
A thrift shop in Belgium has caused quite a stir on the Internet.
LIFE OUTSIDE THE TV SET
I'm The Sex Doctor's Daughter
humanparts.medium.com
On the way to ice skating practice, when I was eight years old, my mother said, "When you lose your virginity, your father is going to broadcast it on the radio." My dad is Dr. Drew. Yes, the one on TV.
'SOME EVIL ECHIDNAS SHOW UP'
The Entire Plot Of 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Recreated From Baffled Reviews
uproxx.com
As often happens, reading the critical dispatches from Sonic seem more entertaining than the film itself.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
HOW…?
NBA Dunk Champion Zach LaVine Didn't Even Make This Dunk Attempt, And It's Still Blowing Our Minds
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What if Michael Jordan's free-throw line dunk, but with a 360-degree spin?
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