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9 years ago+18 18 0Kazakhstan authorities on high alert after radioactive container goes missing
Military involved in efforts to find caesium-137, which may have fallen off a vehicle in Mangistau
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9 years ago+19 19 0Strange Walking African Fish Reveals How Our Ancient Ancestors Evolved (VIDEO)
Scientists are learning a bit more about how our ancestors evolved by examining a strange, walking fish.
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9 years ago+27 27 0 x 1Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at 50
A bestseller since its first publication, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been adored by generations. Lucy Mangan on the dramatic story behind Roald Dahl's most magical novel. Specially illustrated by Quentin Blake
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9 years ago+8 9 1Earl Shaffer's Appalachian Trail Hike Diary, 1948 | Smithsonian Digital Volunteers
Join Earl Shaffer, the first through hiker, in his hike over the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in 1948. Follow Shaffer through transcribing his trail diary that detailed the trails he hiked, forged and documented as well as events the daily ...
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9 years ago+7 7 0The FDA Has Approved the 1st 3D-Printed Face Bones
By Eric Hal Schwartz Hospitals might soon end up with 3D printers next to their X-ray machines now that the FDA has approved a 3D-printed skull bone replacement implant. The implant, technic...
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9 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Roald Dahl's children's rhymes really are revolting, but that is no bad thing
Imogen Russell Williams: Aldi's decision to withdraw his book from sale in Australia is unfair to children, who appreciate – and need – a taste of rude reality
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9 years ago+18 18 0 x 2The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman • Leighton • Sands
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9 years ago+21 21 0New cancer-hunting 'nano-robots' to seek and destroy tumours
It sounds like a scene from a science fiction novel – an army of tiny weaponised robots travelling around a human body, hunting down malignant tumours and destroying them from within.
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9 years ago+17 17 0New brain-twisting mathematical GIFs so pretty I want to lick them
Colossal got its eye on the newest hypnotizing mathematical GIFs by Dave Whyte. Here are my favorites. Pop an Ambien and zoom in.
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9 years ago+23 23 0Scotland Is Building The World’s Largest Tidal Array
Once completed, the project is expected to provide enough energy to power 175,000 homes.
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9 years ago+25 25 0 x 1How do writers find their voices?
Survey of Edinburgh books festival authors reveals that 'hearing a character' means different things over course of a writing career • Hearing voices? What's your experience when reading?
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9 years ago+11 11 0Dolphins get high on pufferfish toxin | IFLScience
Dolphins have a reputation for being happy friendly animals, partly due to their incredible intelligence and Flipper-like portrayal in the media. We’ve already exposed that dolphins are capable of being gigantic jerks and have even been witnessed usi ...
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9 years ago+23 23 0Tiny Twisters Whirl Around Inside Drops of Helium
By Kelly Dickerson Inside a single wheel-shaped droplet of liquid helium rotating 2 million times per second, scientists have spotted a storm of dozens of tiny tornadoes whirling around. The...
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9 years ago+15 15 0You'd Never Spot This Razor-Thin ATM Skimmer
The constant drive for miniaturization doesn't just apply to consumer electronics: the crooks are at it, too. And when it comes to card skimmers, this tiny thing is pretty much impossible to spot.
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9 years ago+17 17 0Are Blue Eyes Endangered?
SciShow explains the genetics -- and physics -- behind why blue eyes are blue, and what the future may be for the trait. Spoiler alert: Blue eyes aren’t really blue! SciShow explains! Hosted by: Ha...
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9 years ago+26 26 0 x 12050 and the Future of Infrastructure | Impact Lab
Futurist Thomas Frey: Much of the world around us has been formed around key pieces of infrastructure. Most see this as a testament to who we are as a
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9 years ago+20 20 0Will Self: 'I had planned to write Jaws without the shark'
How did the cinematic technique and characters of Steven Spielberg's 1970s classic lead Will Self to contemplate a novel about post-traumatic stress disorder and nuclear fission?
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9 years ago+15 15 0 x 1How the Hell Does Quantum Mechanics Work Anyway?
People that know about quantum mechanics tend to talk about it very breezily, leaving us mortals behind. Be left behind no longer, though, with this wonderful little video.
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9 years ago+19 19 0The Cosmic Horror of H.P. Lovecraft, On and Off the Page
Today is the 124th birthday of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The writer of cosmic horror may have left this Earth long ago, but his influence on popular culture grows stronger with every passing year.
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9 years ago+20 20 0Norway Arrests First Segway Drunk Driver
After lifting a ban on Segways last month, Norwegian officials have made its first arrest of a person driving their electric footbikething while intoxicated. A man was riding the dorkmobile erratically in central Oslo when he was pulled over.