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Fish Look Crazy With X-Ray Vision
In a perfect world, anyone who sent in a buck for those novelty x-ray specs advertised in the back of comic books would be gifted with the actual ability to see through solid stuff. In reality, we have to rely on the kindness of folks with real tech for a peek. So: Thanks, Smithsonian!
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Explore The Deck Of The Largest Floating Object Ever Created
No one knows quite what to call the Prelude, the floating behemoth that Shell engineered to extract natural gas from below the ocean floor and liquefy it for use. It’s hard to describe Prelude because it’s so much bigger than any other floating structure humans have ever built — which is also what makes it…
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How An 11-Year-Old Invented The Ice Block
Ever wonder why the ice blocks you make at home don’t taste quite as uniformly delicious as the ones in the supermarket? Well, you may have been perfecting your technique for years, but the ones in the supermarket have a 100 years of science and innovation behind them. It all started with one particularly brilliant…
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The Surprising Beauty Of GE’s Magnet Factories And Wind Turbines
Instagram has a few core themes: Things we buy. Trips we go on. Food we eat. But the systems that made all those things possible — engines, electricity, long-haul trains, shipping containers — have their own place on Instagram too. And it’s wonderful.