We live in a base-10 world. The decimal system governs everything from the binary functions of computers to the amount of change you get when you buy a Mashed Potato Slurpee. So why isn't the standard Earth day just 10 hours long? Credit the Egyptians for that one. Read More >>
Have you ever wondered why we have to have an extra day every four years? It seems baffling that we just shoehorn another 24-hours into February, but as CGP Grey so eloquently explains it’s all to do with trying to balance an imperfect calendar, something the Universe just won’t let us do. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mil:
"The International Fixed Calendar is another approach which is interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Cale..." More »
Gizmodo reader Xian Min Zhang just sent me this impressive timelapse video from his company's latest project: a 30-story tall, 183,000-square-foot hotel built in just 360 hours. Just 15 days! I kept watching it in disbelief. Read More >>
Featured comment by rustybullet:
"Was that video duplicated one straight after the other?
Really impressive - was it just because of the Dragon steel...or was it because they had a ..." More »
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