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Astronomers Have Detected an Actual Galactic Space Laser
A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope. An actual space laser, folks.
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How International Titan General Motors Tried To Go Local On Three Continents
It’s not a stretch to say that General Motors is an American icon. You don’t need an ad executive to tell you that. So when the “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, Chevrolet” ad boomed out of television sets across the country in the 1970s, the image fit. But could that same strategy work for an…
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A Volkswagen T3 Syncro Is What You Need To Stop The Bike Thieves In The South African Bush
The VW T3 Syncro is a tough but quirky machine, but you didn’t need me to tell you that. Just have a look at all the #vanlife posts on Instagram. Of course, before it was hauling hipsters out of Bushwick, it was doing real work in the South African Bush.
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We Talked To The Graduate Student Who Made Bricks From Human Pee
Pee contains some pretty amazing stuff. Scientists have known for nearly a decade that it’s possible to produce bricks from bacteria, sand, and urea — a chemical found in urine. Researchers have gone ahead and produced those bricks, now for the first time with human pee.