If you've seen the movie this would look familiar to you—it's the actual improvised CO2 scrubber that saved the Apollo XIII crew from dying in their emergency return trip to Earth. Now you can read the actual step-by-step instructions that helped turn this mission into NASA's most successful failure ever.
Frozen covers. Parodies of Lorde's "Royals." Sheepish British vloggers. "Let's play" gaming videos.
If any of these YouTube tropes irk you, you may find a certain camaraderie in watching this video from YouTube channel Barely Political .
The bit features a parade of fed up YouTube users who visit "YouTube HQ" to air their grievances and seek professional advice. Not getting traction on your earnest a cappella tunes? Sing worse and call it a parody! In your forties? Give up!
The plus side? When it comes to YouTube, there is definitely no shortage in the complaints department Read more...
The star Wolf-Rayet WR124 disintegrates in the constellation Sagitta, 10,900 light years from Earth. The fiery explosive halo is made of "glowing gas globs each typically over 30 times more massive than the Earth being expelled by violent stellar winds." And the incredible thing is that this is not even a supernova.
Spare a thought for Algeria. On Monday, after playing Germany, the country became the latest and perhaps the greatest team to go through the agonizing throes of "if only" and "we were so close."
If only their super keeper Raïs M’Bolhi had saved one more German strike to add to his total of nine stunning saves, the team might have gone through on penalties. Algeria was so close to its first quarter-final place, and so close to one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history
Even so, for the African underdog, which barely distinguished itself in the group stage, it was a stunning and brave performance — made all the more stunning by the fact that most of the team were fasting for Ramadan. Read more...
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The Associated Press is shifting its by-the-numbers business reporting to automation with a little helps from ones and zeros.
Quarterly corporate earnings reports from the AP will soon be produced through a computer program that is able to take the key numbers from companies' results to create a story of 150 to 300 words, the media company announced in a blog post.
The move puts the dry—but important—job of relating the dense earnings results of public companies into a readable format. Earnings stories are important for company transparency and accountability. Read more...
A South Dakota businessman is looking to sell his rural, southwestern town for just $400,000. For that price tag, one lucky buyer will get a bar, workshop, three trailers and a house.
The rural town, called Swett, is an unincorporated hamlet about two hours from Rapid City. The owner, Lance Benson, purchased Swett in 1998 and currently lives in the house with his wife. However, he's looking to sell all of it so he can invest more money in his travel concession business, according to Rapid City Journal .
Although the town isn't as "booming" as it once was — in the 1940s it had a population of 40 people and included a post office and grocery store — the bar, known as the Swett Tavern, actually holds some value because it's the only watering hole within a 10-mile radius and a hub for cowboys and wheat growers. Read more...
Apple's latest TV ad is aimed squarely at parents.
In the ad, Apple shows how the iPhone 5s can be used to help parents teach their kids how to brush their teeth, turn off the lights, monitor their children while they sleep and track down the family dog when he goes missing
Perhaps more notably, the 60-second spot showcases how the iPhone can integrate with smart home devices. Apple recently announced a new platform for smart home devices called HomeKit, marking its most significant step into the Internet of Things space Read more...
