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15 of World's Best Urban Bike Infrastructures
Well-developed cycling infrastructure is a fundamental and crucial layer of every city, where thousands of people commute by bike on a daily basis. This not only means that we need separate bikeways...
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12 Pieces of Tech That Turned the Tide At Normandy
The Allied Invasion of Normandy was one of the single most logistically and strategically complex maneuvers ever concocted by the US military. With a strike force numbering in the hundreds of...
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11 Satellite Views of Earth As You've Never Seen It Before
Overhead satellite views are nothing special in this age of Google maps—but then, there's Daily Overview. From brick-making kilns to Nepal to Danish suburbs, the site's one image a day is consistently...
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18 Amazing Places You Should Ride Your Bike Before You Die
One of the most rewarding way to explore a country is to get a bike and ride around for days—or even weeks—without hustle. By bike, you can explore stunning places that can't be experience from the...
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The Best Fake Movies from Netflix's Summary Screw-Ups
In what might just be the best bug of all time, Netflix accidentally started mashing up one-sentence summaries from different movies and TV shows. What follows is a list of the most amazing movies...
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These 7 Bizarre Bus Stops Are All In the Same Tiny Austrian Town
Krumbach, a tiny, 1000-person village in Austrian, has some of the most avant-garde bus stops in the world. In exchange for a weeklong holiday in the village, seven architects designed bus stops that...
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11 Totally Free Images From NYC's Best Museums and Libraries
Over the past few months, a number of museums have begun digitizing their rare and beautiful pieces of art, historical documents, and rare artifacts, and offering them online in high-resolution,...
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31 Air Traffic Control Towers With Surprising Charm
The air traffic control tower is the most important part of any airport, yet it's also the most unacknowledged. Fliers seldom stop to admire their ethereal beauty and futuristic silhouettes. We're...
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11 of the Weirdest Videos on YouTube
YouTube is a wonderful place. But for every adorable and/or aw-inducing clip, there's something so bizarre it makes you question everything you thought was right and good in the world. But whether...
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20 Stereograms That Bring the Great Bridges of the 19th Century To Life
In the early decades of photography, stereoscopy was a very popular technique for creating the illusion of depth in photos. These early "3D" images must have seemed like magic, and photographers...
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10 of the Best Places to Photograph Around the World
If you're worth your salt as a photographer, you should be able to find material anywhere. That being said, there are certain locales that are simply more photogenic than others. Over on Gizmodo's...
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The 15 Dirtiest Power Plants In the US
On June 2, President Obama proposed new EPA regulations to reduce the carbon dioxide pollution that's causing global warming. The new rules would reduce the carbon emissions of US power plants 30...
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24 Digging Machines That Created a World Beneath Our Feet
Engineers have done some pretty remarkable things in the past 200 years. But some of the most exciting have taken place entirely underground. From the digging of the NYC subway system to the Yucca...
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These Five Amazing Houses Just Won Awards For Being Small and Cheap
Last month, we looked Chicago's tiniest buildings of the year . Now, the national chapter of the American Institute of Architects has unveiled its 2014 Small Projects awards, which honor buildings on...
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9 Crazy 3D Typefaces Made From Everyday Objects
Whether we realize it or not, the fonts we interact with on a daily basis can be wildly impactful in some pretty surprising ways . These everyday fonts blend in so seamlessly with the world around us,...
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A Brief History of Every Official World Cup Ball Since 1930
Every year, the World Cup is played with a new ball. That makes it unique—after all, few other sports reinvent the wheel every four years. But this element of uncertainty is also exciting, and it...
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17 Pieces of Origami From a Huge New Show About Paper Folding
To most of us, the boundaries of origami are pretty well established: You have your cranes, your elephants, and your paper footballs. But hundreds of artists around the world use origami as a...
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7 Iconic Computers and Consoles Reborn As Lego Microscales
I have to admit, custom microscale builds are the things that amuse me the most when I wander through in the infinite world of Lego. Miniatures are just more fun—especially when these tiny builds are...
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5 Lost Images Found Hidden Beneath Famous Paintings
This week, scientists discovered something totally new about one of Picasso's most famous works: It was covering up another painting. But this wasn't the first unknown work discovered beneath a famous...
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29 Anatomical Models That Will Haunt Your Dreams Tonight
Since the early days of medicine, it's been a huge challenge to communicate anatomical discovery with an audience without any actual human dissection. But thanks to the creativity of the medical...
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