The Language Made Up Entirely Of Whistles

In Spanish, “Silbo Gomero” means “Gomeran whistling.” It is a language “spoken” on La Gomera in the Canary Islands (which incidentally may have been named after dogs, and certainly wasn’t named after birds) and is made up entirely of whistling sounds. The language was used by […]


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Extraterrestrial Planets Created With Soap Bubbles

We’ve seen “planets” created in the bottom of whiskey glasses by Ernie Button, cosmic creatures created out of real NASA space images by digital artist Chris Keegan, and now we bring you some more imaginary space fun with the macro photography of […]


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Top 10 Smartest Species On Earth

The earth is massive and diverse. While nobody really argues the superior intelligence of the smartest creature in the world, the other nine aren’t as easy to pin down. The species on this list definitely graduated top of the class, though the jury is still out on […]


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The World’s Most Unique Languages

Spoken in the remote island paradise of Vanuatu, 1,000 miles from northern Australia, Lemerig is a language now spoken fluently by only two people in […]


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How Would Planets Look If They Replaced The Moon?

It’s easy to forget that the moon is a real place. We look up at the familiar orb in our sky and see it as a flat, lighted disk with dark grey patches (and a face if we use our imagination). Perhaps it’s the fact that the moon is so small in our sky that we have to wait for a “super moon” to even […]