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These Aren’t Flowers

These little things look exactly like flowers — and that’s because they’re meant to. But in real life you’d never be able to spot them, because they are in fact microscopic crystals grown on the surface of a razor blade.

12 May 2013

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Barns Are Red Because Of How Stars Explode

We all know that barns are usually red. But why? Well, the answer is a little more complicated than you might think, but basically it’s because of nuclear fusion.

8 May 2013

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US Government Lab Admits To Using Quantum Internet For Two Years

This might be the biggest tech humblebrag ever. A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs has quietly shrugged its shoulders and admitted to the fact that, yeah, it’s been using quantum internet for, like, the last two years. Whatever.

3 May 2013

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How Time Crystals Could Rewrite The Rules Of Physics

If you overheard someone talking about time crystals in a bar, you’d think they were mad, or drunk. Or both. These things, theoretically, oscillate for eternity without any energy input whatsoever — and if that sounds like a perpetual motion machine, it’s because it is. Impossible, right? But what if it was a Nobel prize-winning physicists making the suggestion?

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The World’s Toughest Material Is Built Of Knots

A scientist from the University of Trento in Italy claims to have made the world’s toughest material. But this isn’t some kind of exotic super material — it’s just made from strands of fibre with knots tied in them.

2 May 2013

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This Stop-Motion Movie Is Animated Using Individual Atoms

Occasionally, researchers at IBM take a break from exploring the limits of data storage at the molecular level — and instead make stop-motion films, animated entirely with individual atoms. This is the result.

27 April 2013

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The Science Of Jetpacks

If there’s one universal truth, it’s that everybody wants to fly around using a jetpack. But how the hell do they work? This video should help explain.

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The Centre Of The Earth Is 1000C Hotter Than We Thought

A new series of measurements have revealed that the Earth’s core is actually 1000C hotter than we previously thought. This means the centre of our planet is actually as hot as the surface of the sun.

26 April 2013

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Silk: Nature’s Homespun Supermaterial

Most of your exposure to silk probably comes in the form of uncomfortably sensual linens or cobwebs in a dusty old closet. In reality, silk is an incredible and overlooked material. While it may have roots in the ancient past, it could also form the building blocks of the future.

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How To Make A Better Sand Castle That Can Hold The Weight Of A Human

Here’s a relatively useless yet undoubtedly impressive trick you can pull the next time you go to the beach: make a sand castle that’s so unbelievably sturdy that it can hold up an entire person. Seriously. What’s it take? Unfortunately, a wee bit more than just wet sand.

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