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The First 26 Weeks of a Fetus
DIY Fright Night Pumpkin This Halloween
Actors from Horror Movies Then and Now
Red Bull Stratos & Felix Baumgartner [Infographic]
Behind The Scenes - Human Motorcycle
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier with Free-Fall Jump from Space

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT

Famous photographer Lennart Nilsson captured incredible images of the first 26-weeks of a fetus. Some of these photos were taken with conventional cameras with macro lenses, while others were taken with the use of an endoscope. That's not all, scanning electron microscope technology enabled Nilsson to take pictures at a magnification of hundreds of thousands.

DIY Fright Night Pumpkin This Halloween

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 01:54 PM PDT

DIY pumpkin transformation into a "Fright Night" replica.

Actors from Horror Movies Then and Now

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Here are a few child actors that played in memorable scary films (some scarier than others) as they were in the movie and what they look like today.

Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" in 1973 ... and now.

Will Sandin as Young Michael Myers in 1978's "Halloween" ... and now.

Harvey Stephens in "The Omen" in 1976 ... and now.

Alex Vincent in "Child's Play" in 1988 ... and now.

John Franklin in "Children of the Corn" in 1984 ... and now.

Drew Barrymore in "Firestarter" in 1984 ... and now.

Courtney Gaines in "Children of the Corn" in 1984 ... and now.

Miko Hughes in "Pet Sematary" in 1989 ... and today.

Oliver Robbins in "Poltergeist" in 1982 ... and now.

Danny Pintauro in "Cujo" in 1983 ... and now.

Corey Feldman in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" in 1984 ... and now.

Kirsten Dunst in "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994 ... and now.

Thomas Dekker in 1995 remake of "Village of the Damned" ... and now.

Macaulay Culkin in "The Good Son" in 1993 ... and today.

Thora Birch in "Hocus Pocus" in 1993 ... and now.

Christina Ricci in "The Addams Family" in 1991 ... and now.

Twins Kaitlyn and Kristen Hooper in "The Addams Family" in 1993 ... and one of them now.

Joshua Miller in "Near Dark" back in 1987 ... and today.

Daveigh Chase in "The Ring" in 2002 ... and now.

Red Bull Stratos & Felix Baumgartner [Infographic]

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:40 AM PDT

On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in his free fall 24 miles above the Earth. This infographic records his achievement.

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Behind The Scenes - Human Motorcycle

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:21 PM PDT

This year's Progressive International Motorcycle Show will feature some rides you'll never forget, thanks to the body makeup stylings of artist Trina Merry and her team of very flexible bodies-turn-bikes.

Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier with Free-Fall Jump from Space

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:12 PM PDT

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering, death-defying freefall jump Sunday from the edge of space. The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 24 miles (39 kilometers) above the Earth, reaching a top speed of 833.9 miles per hour, or 1.24 times the speed of sound.

The veteran skydiver was in freefall for four minutes and 20 seconds before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the desert in the US state of New Mexico, said Red Bull Stratos mission record keeper Brian Utley.

It wasn't completely smooth sailing as Felix describes spinning wildly mid-way during his four-minute free-fall, which could have knocked him unconscious. "I had a lot of pressure in my head," the former military parachutist said at a press conference. "But I didn't feel like was passing out."