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12 Maps of America From Before We Knew What It Looked Like
The island of California. A huge triangle of land called Florida. A great ocean that cut down from the Arctic into the Midwest. As the New World came into focus beginning in the 17th century, explorers...
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The 100 Most Astonishing Images of 2013
We post tons of great images on Gizmodo, from space to science to art to design. Here's a treasure trove of our very favorites that proves that 2013 was, if nothing else, eye-catching.Read more...
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Read to Win the War: 13 Vintage Posters Promoting American Libraries
Ever since the internet came along, our relationship to libraries has changed dramatically. But recent studies show that these institutions—pillars of the OG sharing economy—are still viewed as...
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How London Was Redesigned To Survive Wartime Blackouts
One of the more interesting aspects of urban life during the bombing raids of World War II was the clever and strategic re-designing of the London streetscape so that residents could live in a state of...
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21 Pictures of Chicago's Modern-Day Ice Age
This week, temperatures in Chicago dipped to -16 degree Fahrenheit (-26.7 degree Celsius) on the heals of the frigid, dense air known as a polar vortex, which has swept across the Midwest and through...
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15 Heart-Stopping Skywalks That Will Turn Your Legs To Jelly
A few weeks ago, we showed you a terrifying Alpine tourist attraction called "Step Into the Void." It's a glass cage that hangs more than 3,300 feet above the mountains. But the Void is hardly the...
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Niagara Falls Isn't Frozen—But It's Getting There, And It's Beautiful
It's probably one of the most amazing wonders of mother nature. Because of the severe cold weather, huge ice formations are starting to take shape along Niagara Falls—the American side—and the result...
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14 Absurd Ads From Before We Knew Cigarettes Could Kill You
Fifty years ago today, in 1964, the US Surgeon General released one of the most progressive documents on smoking of its time, stating definitively that, yes, smoking tobacco can indeed be fatal. And...
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27 Amazing Images From the Depths of Scientific Labs
As an image-driven person, I often find myself deeply lost and buried in the vast online libraries of universities and research centers. Scientists just love to show off all the big and shiny machinery...
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The 11 Best American-Designed Buildings of The Year
Every year, the American Institute of Architects invites its members—some 83,000 licensed architects—to enter the buildings they've designed in the past five years for an award. It's about as solid an...
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23 Hilarious, Weird, and Funny Science Photos From Fermilab
When I put together this post showing some awesome science photos, I expected to be amazed, but not to find myself becoming extremely cheerful. However, in the middle of digging for cool research image...
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The World's First Nuclear Submarine Was Launched 60 Years Ago
Launched 60 years ago today, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Its atomic fuel source gave for the U.S Navy a dramatic increase in both range and operational...
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22 Images From NYC's Golden Age of Bridge Building
These days, we tend to think of New York's bridges as traffic obstacles. But at the turn of the last century, the bridges that sprang up in thickets around Manhattan's shores were objects of wonder and...
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Shocking Photos from the Water Sports Site of the Rio Olympics
Getty Images has published a fresh set of photos from the heavily polluted Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro—which is the site chosen for water sports at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. The photos are...
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13 Industrious GIFs of Machines Making, Breaking, and Moving Stuff
Machines: They make stuff. Lots of it. Hundreds of millions and billions and hundreds of billions of things over and over again forever. Watching them work is positively hypnotic. And we've got the...
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A Brief History of the Body Told Through 10 Eye-Popping Drawings
We've all seen it: That colorful human body, staring blankly ahead in the doctor's office, its stomach skin missing and guts exposed. But have you ever really stepped back and wondered what it took to...
View ArticleWhoa, Google Glass Just Got Way Better Looking (Plus Prescriptions)
One of the biggest criticisms Google Glass has incurred since day one is that it's, well, ugly and/or weird-looking. Believe it or not, Google may have actually just solved the problem. Read more...
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These Are the Futuristic Venues of the Upcoming Winter Olympics
The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will start on February 6th, 2014. The Russian Empire has built a bunch of brand new arenas for the upcoming winter sports fiesta. This is our collection of the...
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What's Eating Florida? These Six Voracious Species
Just in case Florida didn't have enough going against it already (looking at you Florida Man), the state that everybody loves to hate is currently being invaded. No, not by Cuba—by a variety of...
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23 of the Biggest Machines Ever Moved On Wheels
The fact that humans can build big, complicated machines is commonplace. But the fact that we can build these massive machines and then move them, sometimes across the planet? That's not so common....
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