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An Israeli power plant worker might have found a hand grenade that the Crusaders used
It probably didn't go boom, but it's still an impressive find.
Freeze ray vs flamethrower video gives me hope for surviving this summer
Might just be cold enough to make this weather livable.
NOAA photographs golden retrievers swimming back home from their mating run
NOAA has released a photograph of this year's golden retriever migration. The animals are returning to shore after their mating run, where a new generation of puppies will be born.
Yorkshire’s endangered Amir tigers cubs celebrate their first birthday
Yorkshire Wildlife Park celebrated their youngest trio of Amur tigers' first birthday in style on Tuesday. Hector, Harley and Hope were filmed on their journey from adorable cubs to adorable...
This is Tomatan, and he will power you through a marathon — with tomatoes
Awesome? Undoubtedly. Useful? Well, according to Kagome, which claims to be Japan's largest supplier of ketchup and tomato juice, people taking part in the Tokyo marathon really need this.
Robotic third arm puts your drumming into overdrive…kinda
The focus point of prosthetics today is, understandably, restoring ability, function and form to those who have lost a limb. But the same technology can be used to augment a...
NASA’s Thermonuclear Art is the prettiest thing you’ll see today
The Sun is easily the most recognizable and important star that humanity has ever known. And yet, those who want to study it come face to face with a tiny...
Fossil Friday: Opalized belemnite
Belemnites are an extinct order of cephalopods ("cephalo" meaning head and "pod" meaning leg) that lived during the Mesozoic era, some 200 to 65 million years ago. They were elongated...
Water-breathing scuba mask design still has a way to go
South Korean designer Jeabyun Yeon has just unveiled his new concept of a scuba mask that would allow anyone to breathe underwater without requiring air tanks. His design, named the...
The tiny Egloo keeps your room warm for about 20 cents a day
Winter's here with all its holiday cheer and if you're like me, way too much food. Also something that winter's very good at is making the great outdoors cold and...
Dolphin creates underwater bubble and then plays with it
This dolphin just created a bubble ring (also called toroidal bubble) and started playing with it (I like how he eats it at the end). Surprisingly, many cetaceans such as beluga...
Ant colonies behave as a single superorganism when attacked
Ant colonies are incredibly complex systems -- the tightly knit, intensely cooperative colonies are closer to a single superorganism than to human societies. Researchers form the University of Bristol wanted...
The Marangoni Effect – an affair with surface tension
The Marangoni Effect says that fluid will want to flow from areas of lower surface tension to areas of higher surface tension. Soap has a lower surface tension than Water/...
U.S. economic losses from hurricanes fueled by climate change
A recent U.S. study shows how the upward trend in economic damage from hurricanes correlates very closely to the influence global warming has on the number and intensity of hurricanes....
Skeleton flower turns translucent when it comes in contact with water
This rare flower's petals are usually white, but turn translucent (their "skeleton" form) when exposed to water. Being completely clear and of striking, glass-like beauty while wet, they turn white...
The Leidenfrost effect and a cool water maze
(c) YouTube screenshot Last week we showed you some great fluid dynamics at work - water bridges between two beakers connected to high voltage current. Water...
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70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army [shorties]
Well now, this is certainly interesting: according to the writer Kevin Cahill, in Britain 70% of land is still owned by less than 1% of the population. If we were...
Expedition 36 Trio Lands in Kazakhstan
Expedition 36 crew members Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin landed in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday (10 Sept) without any problems. Thus, their 5 and a half month...
