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While 3D printing seems well suited in the plot of a futuristic sci-fi novel, it is well within our grasp. Using a variety of materials that includes wood, metal, plastics and fabrics, we are now able to print various three-dimensional objects, ranging from food, spare parts, weapons, homes, organs, medical devices, clothing and more. Yet what effect will these present capabilities have on our future? We uncover five important ways 3D printing will change the world....

Moments before his death on September 11th, Mark Bingham bravely fought back against the terrorists who had hijacked his plane. His heroism later inspired many to reconsider gay stereotypes. On September 11, 2001, terrorists used planes to hit the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. But a fourth plane never struck its intended target – which may have been the U.S. Capitol or the White House. And that was because of brave men and women like Mark Bingham, who sacrificed their lives to save countless others....

Travis the chimp was a beloved animal actor and a local fixture in his Connecticut town — until he viciously attacked his owner’s friend Charla Nash one day in 2009 and nearly ripped her face off. On February 16, 2009, tragedy struck when Travis the Chimp, a chimpanzee who had gained national celebrity over the years, viciously attacked his owner’s close friend, Charla Nash. Travis’ behavior had become increasingly erratic, and the attack left Nash severely disfigured and Travis dead....

“She was prepared. She took steps to be prepared. And on top of it, she fought back.” A woman in Utah stabbed a man early Friday morning when he groped her during her morning run, reported Fox 13 News. The woman, who has asked not to be identified, was jogging in the 1700 South 500 East area of Salt Lake City when a man approached her from behind and groped her....

Nearly a year into her affair with Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s husband Joey, 17-year-old Amy Fisher walked up to Buttafuoco’s house and shot her at point-blank range. Mary McLoughlin/New York Post Archives / © NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty ImagesMary Jo Buttafuoco at a press conference about the shooting, July 28, 1992. Mary Jo Buttafuoco never even saw the gun. She just answered the door on a spring day in 1992 and spoke briefly with a teenage girl who claimed that Mary Jo’s husband was having an affair with her little sister....

“We were kind of scared of them at first,” said surprised local fisherman Dobie Lyons. “Afraid to touch them.” The pinkish, pimply, tubular creatures can grow to more than 30 feet in their native tropical waters. In Canada, though, the biggest pyrosomes are only about two feet. Still, the bizarre appearance of millions of these non-native creatures has the potential to destroy the already fragile habitat of the eastern Pacific....

The Vessel opened with great fanfare in 2019 but has been plagued by tragic suicides ever since. Wikimedia CommonsMonths after the latest suicide, NYC’s Vessel is still closed. The “Vessel” in New York City’s Hudson Yards neighborhood was supposed to be Manhattan’s “Eiffel Tower.” Instead, it’s become a macabre magnet for suicides. After four suicides in two years, some are talking about shutting the Vessel down for good. “We thought we did everything that would really prevent this,” said Stephen Ross, whose real estate firm The Related Companies developed Hudson Yards, after the fourth suicide in July 2021....

Fossils uncovered at the Tanis dig site in North Dakota appear to contain evidence from the aftermath of the asteroid strike, even though the impact was almost 2,000 miles away. BBCPaleontologists uncovered a pterosaur embryo within an egg at the dig site. Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid struck Earth, obliterating the dinosaurs and heralding the rise of mammals. Now, paleontologists working in North Dakota believe that they’ve found a number of unlucky creatures who died on that fateful day....

Scientists recreated the lavish House of the Greek Epigram, then used virtual reality to see how people interacted with it so they could better understand Roman design. Danilo Marco Campanaro and Giacomo Landeschi, Lund University via AntiquityScientists used spatial analysis and eye tracking to see what parts of the house caught virtual visitors’ eyes. In 79 A.D., ash from Mount Vesuvius surged across Pompeii, indiscriminately killing thousands and preserving large chunks of the town....

Patients used to enter their plastic surgeon’s office with images of celebrities they hoped to look like. Now, they want to look like filtered versions of themselves. Pxhere Social media is a place where people can present a perfectly edited and curated version of themselves to their friends and the public, but what happens when the line between what is real and what is fake becomes blurred? A recent study published in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery investigated a new and alarming trend called “Snapchat dysmorphia,” where people are seeking out cosmetic surgery to look like the filtered and edited version of themselves shared on social media platforms like Snapchat....

From auroras streaking through space to surreally beautiful views of Earth from above, these Scott Kelly photos show the wonders of spaceflight. Just after 8 p.m. EST tonight, the Soyuz spacecraft will undock from the International Space Station and, after an ISS record-setting 342 days in space, astronaut Scott Kelly will be heading home. Three hours later, Kelly — along with Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov — is expected to touch down in Kazakhstan (watch live here)....

The initial report found that nearly 4,000 cats were killed since testing began in 1982, costing taxpayers $22 million. Fortunately, backlash has since caused these practices to come to an end. WCWThe White Coat Waste Project fights against unnecessary government spending on inhumane animal testing. Scientists working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland conducted a variety of ghastly experiments on cats for “needless” research, according to watchdog group White Coat Waste Project’s (WCW) report released on Tuesday....

“There were weapons in proximity to where kids are and it’s totally unacceptable to me,” said Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad. In a horrifying example of what happens when small children get their hands on guns, a Michigan toddler shot two other young children with a handgun at an unlicensed daycare. MSN News reports that police arrived on the scene at a Dearborn, Michigan home after guns were discharged this Wednesday to discover that a toddler had shot two three-year-old children....

Though only tests, some of the very explosions depicted here in fact resulted in devastating human and environmental casualties. What was once some of the most guarded and top-secret footage on Earth is now freely available to all on YouTube. This week, the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California released 62 newly declassified and restored films of U.S. nuclear testing conducted in conjunction with the lab between 1945 and 1962....

A 2017 expedition claims to have definitive evidence of a new continent about as big as India. And the discovery of Zealandia could have international economic implications. {"div_id":"zealandia-hidden-continent-1.gif.af22a","plugin_url":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/gif-dog","attrs":{"src":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/zealandia-hidden-continent-1.gif","alt":"Zealandia","width":"900","height":"448","class":"size-full wp-image-201346 post-img-landscape"},"base_url":"https:\/\/allthatsinteresting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/zealandia-hidden-continent-1.gif","base_dir":"\/vhosts\/test-ati\/wordpress\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/zealandia-hidden-continent-1.gif"} N. Mortimer et al./GSA TodayMap of Earth’s continents including Zealandia. Everyone knows the story of Atlantis, and while that’s just a myth, sunken landmasses are very real — and few are more fascinating than Zealandia, the landmass lurking beneath New Zealand....

Everyone knows about sharks and snakes, but there is an abundance of other dangerous animals on Earth. Some animals continuously steal the top spots on various lists of the world’s dangerous and deadliest animals. While great white sharks, cobras, and ferocious African felines may be experienced predators, there are just as many little-known yet equally threatening animals lurking in the wild: World’s Deadliest Animals: Asian Giant Hornet Source: Grace Rain...

Creator of the series, Gene Roddenberry, identified a real-life star as the planet Vulcan’s would-be sun. As it turns out, there actually is a “Vulcan” orbiting that star. University of FloridaAn artist’s rendering of what the newly discovered planet orbiting 40 Erdani A might look like. Astronomers at the University of Florida announced on Sept. 18 that they have discovered what could be considered the real-life planet Vulcan, which is, of course, a reference to the lauded cult sci-fi franchise Star Trek....

Lucky for Victoria and Albert, Boy Jones was never interested in overthrowing the British Monarchy; he just wanted the Queen’s undies. Even though the teens behind The Bling Ring might be among the most notorious thieves of the rich and famous, they certainly weren’t the first. In the Victorian era, a young man managed to pull off perhaps the greatest panty raid of all time: he stole the undies of Queen Victoria, and he did it more than once....

Over the 70 years of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s easy to see why those in attendance always seem to be beaming. Jetting off to the French Riviera to attend what’s literally an 11-day party — filled with posh accommodations, movie premieres every day and soirees every night — would put a smile on even the grumpiest of faces. But Cannes is meant to offer more than parties. “The festival de Cannes is a celebration of cinematographic art,” festival director Thierry Frémaux told the French National Assembly’s Commission for Cultural Affairs last year....

In July 1946, famed aviator Howard Hughes was piloting an experimental spy plane when the engines failed and he crashed through three mansions. Getty ImagesOne of the two engines of Howard Hughes’ XF-11 reconnaissance plane lies in foreground after Hughes crashed while making the plane’s test flight, seriously injuring himself. Howard Hughes was an eccentric billionaire who had his proverbial spoon in many pots, from the entertainment industry to biomedical research....