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Nanoparticle Device Kills Germs With Sunlight
SolarclaveThe solarclave is a new device developed by Rice University researchers that could prevent millions of annual bacterial infections originating from unclean medical equipment.Courtesy of Oara...
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How To Turn A Match Into A Tiny Rocket
Swift Strike Courtesy Steve Hoefer/Grathio.comBlast off! The swift strike of a match on July 4 typically precedes sky-high spectacles. But matches themselves can be fireworks. When ignited, the bulb of...
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The Science Behind The Summer's Biggest Blockbusters
Man Of SteelCourtesy Warner Bros. PicturesThe answers to the most nagging, fascinating, and bizarre questions of the summer movie season. How Strong Can Someone Become?Inspired By Man Of SteelTHE PLOT:...
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Can Mammal Mothers Choose The Sex Of Their Offspring?
Baboon FamilyWikimedia Commons"Hmm, it seems to be a tough year for food. I believe I will have a litter of...females." There's been speculation for decades about whether gender splits among offspring...
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Why The Amazing New Flagship Windows Phone Will Fail
Nokia Lumia 1020 ColorsNokiaNokia's new Lumia smartphone has amazing hardware (especially its unprecedented 41-megapixel camera). And it doesn't matter at all, because its software lags so far behind...
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A Real-Life Stairway To Heaven And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Stairway To HeavenThis staircase was installed for (very brave) visitors to Dachstein Glacier resort in Austria. Quite a view, right until you barf.Der Dachstein via GizmodoPlus: what the Xbox One...
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The Deadly Science Of Force-Feeding
We've all seen the video of Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, undergoing the force-feeding procedure used at Guantanamo Bay Prison. Here's what such a procedure could do to your health. Earlier this week,...
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NASA Successfully Tests First 3-D Printed Rocket Engine Injector
Rocket Engine InjectorNASA Glenn Research CenterAnother step toward the day when 3-D printers spit out entire spacecraft. We've seen 3-D printed aircraft and drone parts, and even plans for a printable...
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Watch A Farmer Fight Wildfire With A Tractor
DIY wildfire defense A wildfire had already burned 20 to 30 acres of Colorado farmer Eric Howard's 80-acre plot Monday when he hopped into his tractor and began drawing an improvised firebreak, a gap...
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Why Is Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Such A Piece Of Crap?
Nippon's 787 DreamlinerWikimedia CommonsAmazing new plane keeps catching on fire. Here are the questions you've been asking and the answers you need. This article was originally published on January...
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Oil Drilling May Make Midwest More Vulnerable To Earthquakes
Damage from the 2011 Earthquake in Central OklahomaBrian Sherrod, USGSNew findings on what human activities are able to trigger earthquakes, and what kinds of quakes we may be setting off In the past...
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A DIY Microwave Hack Downloads Cooking Instructions From Barcodes
Raspberry Pi MicrowaveNathan BroadbentFor when microwaving isn't easy enough. Inspired by a Reddit post suggesting food products carry QR codes that would allow a microwave to automatically follow...
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Humans May Evolve To Grow An Endless Supply Of Teeth
Friendly PufferfishWikimedia CommonsIn the future, you--like the pufferfish--could have so many teeth that you'll wear necklaces made out of your spares. It'll be weird. The pufferfish is a very...
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New Wild Strawberry Species Discovered
The Newly Discovered <i>Fragaria cascadensis</i>Kim HummerIt's super-tiny, about the size of your thumbnail. Can I get this job? Researchers have discovered a new species of wild mountain...
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Mint Julep: Almost An Expert No. 3
How to prepare a delicious mint julep. Plus, the science of scaring mice. Please enable Javascript to watch this video What's a better mix than science and booze? In this episode of our new video...
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Big Pic: Radar Makes Lake Look Like Bad Stoner Art
Raystown Lake by RadarEuropean Space AgencyTopographic radar imagery paints a glowing line through bone-white Appalachia The alien landscape above is actually a slice of Appalachia in Pennsylvania. At...
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The Week In Numbers: A Planet That Rains Glass, NASA's New Hunt For Life, And...
Illustration of HD 189733bNASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser63 light-years: the distance from Earth to the blue exoplanet HD 189773b, which looks like a cozy place to live-except its surface temperature is 1,000...
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Why Sad Songs Make Us Happy
Sometimes It (Doesn't) Hurt InsteadAdele.tvSo. Many. Feels. Even though listening to sad songs should leave us feeling terrible, we have a tendency to actually kind of like them. Case in point: A 2008...
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Turn Any Sketch Into A 3-D Printed Cookie Cutter
3D Printed Cookie Cutterthingiverse on ThingiverseReally make cookies from scratch Sometimes the conveniences of the future are small, but still awesome. The staff at Thingiverse has created a program...
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This 3-D Printed Tarantula Robot Is Actually Kinda Cute
Aww. Come here, little guy. Robot spider! Sounds terrifying. But the T8--an octopod 'bot made from 3-D printed parts--is actually charming. For your viewing pleasure, watch it dance like a drunk...
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