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The World's Smallest Car Runs On Half A Gallon Of Fuel
And it's street legal! Small cars are big business these days. Thanks to stricter regulation of fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions, everything seems to be downsizing, from the family sedan to the...
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Aw, This Dad Made His Kids A DIY Tooth Fairy Delivery System
Cha-ching A father made this sweet DIY project for his kids: it's a set of pneumatic tubes, as seen in drive-up bank windows, where teeth can be inserted and launched to the tooth fairy. (The video...
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2 Million Americans Annually Get Infections That Antibiotics Can't Cure
Illustration of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sums up the scene for bacterial infections that...
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Here You Will Find A Livestream With Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Nigerian Dwarf GoatWikimedia CommonsOur friends over at Modern Farmer kicked off their special Goat Week today, featuring tons of great big stories about urban goat-raising, how to find the best goat...
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Small Animals See The World In Slow Motion
This is why it's so hard to catch a fly bare-handed. Ever wonder how a fly or a chipmunk can evade your clumsy human grasp so easily? A new study published in Animal Behavior finds that, generally, the...
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FYI: How Forceful Is A Sneeze?
SneezeSuperStock/Getty ImagesAbout as strong as a cough A long-standing estimate pins the velocity of a sneeze at roughly 100 meters per second, or 224 miles per hour, but that appears to be a gross...
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Cameras Designed To Find Rare Animals Could Catch Poachers Instead
Camera As Set Up In KenyaCambridge ConsultantsA project to photograph rare animals turns out to be a great tool for recording poachers. The Instant Wild project, designed for the Zoological Society of...
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How Often Do Mass Shooters Die In Their Attacks?
Washington Navy Yardktr101 via Wikimedia CommonsAlmost half of mass shooters die during the attack, but certain factors raise the likelihood of that happening. Details are starting to emerge in the...
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FYI: Why Are Escalators So Dangerous?
Crikey! Hazardous CrocsGetty Images/Washington PostThe escalator was patented in 1892, and the design hasn't changed much since then. The landing platforms make entry and exit dicey...
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Virgin Mobile's YouTube Ads Change When You Blink
BlinkWashingScreenshot via YouTube"BlinkWashing" seems pretty useless, but it's a ton of fun. Virgin Mobile has introduced a feature to its YouTube page that switches to a new ad at the blink of an...
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Bill Nye Is The Only Reason To Watch 'Dancing With The Stars'
Bill Nye. Bill Nye is a contestant on this season of Dancing with the Stars, a TV show in which celebrities dance for our amusement. This season features Snooki, who is a small drunk person; Ozzy...
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Science Confirms The Obvious: Pharmaceutical Ads Are Misleading
Pharmaceuticals LadyofProcrastination via Wikimedia CommonsSix out of 10 claims in TV drug ads exaggerate or omit information. The U.S. is one of only two countries in the world* that allows...
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Before FEMA Arrived, Private Drone Mapped Colorado Flooding [Updated]
An 8-foot drone did what larger aircraft couldn't in the wake of devastating rains. In the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster, emergency responders need clear images of the affected area as...
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Megapixels: Salvaging The Saturn V Rockets Found In The Atlantic Ocean
F-1 engine"The sheer violence with which these pieces hit the water . . . the most robust superalloys were crushed like an aluminum can." -Jim Remar, president of Cosmosphere Courtesy Kansas...
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The Case Of The Girl Who Couldn't Feel Pain
In a CastA nurse checks on a child with a cast, 1963CDC/Charles FarmerA team of European researchers finds the genetic mutation responsible for a subject's inability to feel pain. "Index Subject 1"-the...
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A 3-D-Scanning Depth Sensor You Can Clip To An iPad
Structure SensorStructure SensorThis Kickstarter project is moving fast. Microsoft's Kinect, a depth-sensor that has the ability to map the world around it in three directions, was a huge step forward...
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How To See Tomorrow's Historic Antares/Cygnus Launch To The Space Station
Top of the Rock - New York CityAntares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft approximate launch trajectory view as should be seen from atop Rockefeller Center, NYC, on Sept. 18, 2013 at 10:50 a.m. EDT -...
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Bullet Holes In Plexiglas Look Like Galaxies
A .44 Caliber ShotPhotograph, .44 Caliber in plexiglass.Deborah Bay"The Big Bang" photography series makes little bangs look cosmic. Click here to enter the galleryDeborah Bay found galaxies in...
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How Many Gun Bills Pass After Mass Shootings?
Impact Mark of a .45 Hollowpoint Bullet in PlexiglasDeborah BayVery few. After tragedies like the Navy Yard shooting Monday, people often want to do something or change something. It's a natural...
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Inside Google's Quest To Popularize Self-Driving Cars
Traffic PatternCourtesy VelodyneRobots can already outdrive humans. Now everyone needs to get out of their way. Every morning, at about 8 a.m., Anthony Levandowski walks out of his house in Berkeley...
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