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Where to Spot a UFO (InfoGraphic)

Have you ever wondered which state would be best to spot a UFO? The infographic below looks at sightings from 1994 to 2011, and picks out the top 10 states, along with the number of sightings. From the numbers, California is the UFO hotspot, but there are others to look at as well.

It might be interesting to take the sighting numbers and compare it against the number of residents. Until then, enjoy the infographic. I find it interesting to note that the most popular states for sightings are all border states.

Source:LiveScience

Unidentified Flying Object

A term originally coined by the military, an unidentified flying object (usually abbreviated to UFO or U.F.O.) is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable to the observer as any known object. While a small percentage remain unexplained, the majority of UFO sightings are often later identified as any number of various natural phenomenon or man-made objects

source:wikipedia

Eighteen Things You Didn’t Know About Firefly (Infographic)

Greg Chaffins

The Joss Whedon series Firefly was on television all too briefly, but since its unfortunate cancellation it has spawned a popular movie and a legion of fans. You may be a fan from the original run, or maybe from its recent replay on the Science Channel, but here are 18 things that even a browncoat may not know about. Try it for yourself to test your Firefly knowledge.

CarSort's 18 Things You Didn't Know About Firefly

Firefly (tv series)

Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.

The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".

source:wikipedia

Fifteen Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek (Infographic)

Greg Chaffins

So, you think you are a Star Trek fan? From the casual viewer to the hard core Trekkie, there are some things that you may not know about the show. The infographic below looks at 15 things that may have escaped your scifi education. Read on to see if your Star Trek trivia knowledge really has gone where no man has gone before…

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Star Trek is Just Around the Corner (Infographic)

Greg Chaffins

It was a different technological world when Star Trek first hit the airwaves. There were no personal computers, smartphones were only something you find in science fiction stories, and man had not even ventured to the moon. Yet the show was able to paint a future where technology worked with everyday life to the better of mankind.

But that snapshot view, rooted in science fiction, is becoming closer to reality with each year. In many ways the smartphone has become both communicator and tricorder, of sorts. And it is only getting better with each advance. So, let’s take a look at the infographic, which examines how Star Trek really is just around the corner (except for the starships – that will still take a while…).

via source: Sortable.com