Why don't we take all that nuclear waste and launch it into the sun? Because rockets have a tendency to explode, and hitting the sun is really hard. The easiest way to get the nearest star involves going all the way to Jupiter first. MinutePhysics explains.
Fan's are hard on their team's players. They're always claiming they could catch better, tackle harder, and run faster. Well this is proof that you can do no such thing. A regular guy compares his sprint to those of Tim Tebow, Jacoby Ford, and Terrence Cody, reminding us why they're professionals and we're not.
The Concorde was a symbol of the future. Cruising at twice the speed of sound, it could cross the Atlantic in three and one half hours. After over thirty years in the sky, it was retired with nothing to replace it. Vox looks at the economics that shut down one of mankind's visions of the future.
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Best Buy's Back to School Sale is running through August 24, featuring over 300 products from top brands like Apple, Samsung, and Bose. Shoppers can score instant savings on everything from laptops and tablets to headphones and smart TVs, making it the perfect time to upgrade your tech before the semester kicks off.
What started as a hobby, is now the world's largest model railroad. Bruce Williams Zaccagnino began his miniature world in the basement of his home, slowly adding bridges and track until it grew into the 52,000-square-foot installation it is today. In this documentary, the man behind the model describes how Northlandz came to be.
It's a long, perilous trip to the Red Planet, not to mention trying to survive once you're there — just ask Matt Damon. Elon Musk's SpaceX company wants to take us there. Here's a few ideas that will help make the trip possible.
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With most directors like Kubrick and Scorsese favoring the color red, it seems the Coen brothers are keen on green. In his latest essay, Jacob T. Swinney explores their use of the grassy hue in their films. By diluting all of the other colors in scenes from No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, and Inside Llewyn Davis, you really get a good idea of how much the directing duo favor the color green.
Before Edward Snowden blew the lid off the NSA, Thomas Drake helped expose a NSA program called Trailblazer. As a former executive at the super-secret spy agency, Drake had first-hand knowledge of their programs. VICE sits down with Drake in an interview about the NSA and what he knew.