Saturday, October 6, 2018

This Is How You Flip a Water Bottle

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Smithsonian: Hey Fellow Kids, This Is How You Flip a Water Bottle New paper by undergrads illuminates the physics behind the Water Bott...

Library Of Congress Digitizing Historic Archives

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CSN Editor: This is a cool video. From YouTube .... Reporting for Sunday TODAY, NBC’s Harry Smith takes a tour of the largest library in...
Friday, October 5, 2018

2018 Nobel Peace Prize -- News Roundup

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Daily Mail: Nobel Peace Prize is jointly awarded to a Yazidi former ISIS sex slave turned human rights activist and a Congolese doctor ...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Is The Pentagon Developing An Agricultural Bioweapon?

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Research programme with potential for dual use: scientists fear that the Insect Ally programme by the US could encourage other states to ...

Should The Nobel Prize Consider Diversity, Geography, And Gender When Awarding The Prize?

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Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards on the planet. This year's announcements have further highlighted questions about why so...

Apple’s Best Product Is Now Privacy

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Fast Company : Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an i...

The Story Behind SpaceX

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The Falcon 1 rocket ascends toward space on its fourth flight. SpaceX Ars Techica: Inside the eight desperate weeks that saved SpaceX ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

The Top 10 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold

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Luxatic: The Top 10 Most Expensive Books Ever Sold Used since hundreds of years ago, books are probably the most important step in man...

The $100 U.S. Bill Is The Most Popular Bill In The World

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Quartz: There are now more $100 bills than $1 bills in the world A funny thing happened on the way to a world of cryptocurrencies and mo...

Astronomers Have Found A Moon The Size Of Neptune In A Distant Star System

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An artist's concept of the star system where researchers think they've observed the first exomoon. Dan Durda Popular Science : ...

The Ultimate Guide To Cutting and Splitting Firewood

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Popular Mechanics : The Ultimate Guide To Cutting and Splitting Firewood From felled tree to kindling, how to safely turn fresh wood i...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

How Viagra Became A $3-Billion-Dollar-a-Year Industry

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The very first Viagra print ad. It appeared in Esquire in August 1998. Esquire Esquire: How Viagra Went from a Medical Mistake to a $3...

Russian Space Chief Believes That The ISS Space Station Hole Was Made Deliberately

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Sabotage: Russian astronaut Sergei Prokopyev showed the original 'drilled hole' during a video released by the space agency Rosco...

Here Are Your 2018 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

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Ars Technica: Here are your 2018 Ig Nobel Prize winners The 2018 awards honor research on cursing while driving and cannibalistic calor...
Monday, October 1, 2018

Lost Civilisations Tens Of Thousands Of Years Old Discovered In India's Western State Of Maharashtra?

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BBC: Prehistoric art hints at lost Indian civilisation The discovery of rock carvings believed to be tens of thousands of years old i...

Is This What We Call Progress?

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Here Is A Great Resource On Ancient Libraries

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Editor: For those who are interested in the history of ancient libraries, here is a great website ( link here ).
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

This Is Why 95.8% Of Female Newscasters Have The "Same Hair"

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Courtesy of Esther Katro. In Style : Why 95.8% of Female Newscasters Have the Same Hair Esther Katro was 22 when she landed her first...
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300 New Words Have Been Added To The Scrabble Dictionary

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The Guardian: Yowza! 300 new words added to Scrabble dictionary Scrabble players will have to rethink their game after new words, includ...
Thursday, September 6, 2018

Who Caused That Mysterious Leak At The International Space Station?

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A 2-millimeter hole was found last week in a Russian Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft (left) that is docked to the International Space Station. NASA ...