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How Pixar Copies Scenes From Other Movies
Video: Pixar movies are great because of their characters and their storylines but also because they pay homage to the great movies that came before them. And they’re not even imitating animation movies – they pay tribute to live action films. Many of the scenes you may recognise immediately (like when you’re watching Toy Story…
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How Much Power Does It Take To Actually Blow Up A Planet?
Video: Like, a lot of power. Scott Manley delves into the science of the planet destroying business and came up with the numbers that it would take to destroy a planet in Star Wars. To destroy an Earth-like planet which was like Alderaan, you’d need three trillion trillion trillion Joules of energy. There are five…
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Can You Spot The Imposter Bug?
Photo: Redditor muppaphone was forced to do a double take earlier this week while browsing through the insect collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. We see what they did there.
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We’re Hunting For Twins Of One Of The Most Famous Explosions In The Galaxy
After years of thinking the iconic binary superstar Eta Carinae was unique, astronomers have found five possible twins in other galaxies. With more examples to study, it’s looking good we might someday understand why Eta Carinae exploded so beautifully in the 1840s.