Tag: Science
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Deal Of The Day: 16% Off On Dino Sphere
We live in a world that’s increasingly detached from nature. Sure, we have some parks with some trees in them, but when do you actually get to see animals, creatures, life? Well, the Dino Sphere won’t magically teleport you in the middle of the rainforest, but it’s a cool device to own, if only to…
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The Entire Solar System Fits In This Tiny Jar
Granted, the scale is 1:5billion, but you get the idea. It’s a wonderful little product from Etsy shop LittlePlanetFactory whose owner, George, is a little overwhelmed at the moment since his gig went viral and now everyone wants a solar system in a jar. We can understand why. Just look at those cute planets. You’re…
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The Foldscope Is A Legit Paper Microsope That Fits In Your Pocket
There exists and entire world at the microscopic level that we never get to see outside of pictures in textbooks and online. But there’s something really cool about being able to check out the inside of a cell you just scraped off the walls of your own mouth, or being able to examine the bulb…
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Plush Tardigrades Will Teach Your Kids About Nature’s Strangest Creature
Tardigrades are fascinating microscopic creatures with some properties that baffle most scientists. Also known as ‘water bears’, “they can survive temperatures ranging from near absolute zero (?458 °F) up to 300 °F, withstand pressures 6 times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches or radiation hundreds of times higher than what’s lethal for…
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Gallium, The Melt-in-your-Hands Metal That You Can Buy
It’s kind of safe too, or at the very least, it’s safer than playing with Mercury. Gallium is a metal whose melting point is at 29.76 °C (85.56 °F), below your skin temperature. That means that simply handling a little block in your hands will melt it and you’ll have liquid metal in the palm…
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Wear The Planets On Your Fingers
There seems to be a tiny market for planet-themed items. We’ve written about Planetary Christmas tree ornaments and Planetary Glasses, and they’ve all been well received. Now we come across these Solar System Rings by Etsy seller JewelryThreeSnails. They feature each of our solar system’s planets, though we’re not sure about Pluto’s status anymore. It’s…
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Archaeology Soap Will Get Your Kids Clean, Hopefully Thinking About Science
Getting kids to take their showers, and getting them to pay attention to sciencey stuff can be two of most common challenges of raising them. At least, we think so… we have no idea about raising kids. But this Archaeology Soap can at least add a bit of a twist to a child’s normal bath…
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Now This Is A Flustercuck: CERN Has To Untangle 9,000 Cables Before The Next LHC Upgrade
If the sight of the spaghetti tangle of cables behind your desktop gives you anxiety, consider yourself lucky you’re not one of the CERN engineers tasked to remove old cabling at the Large Hadron Collider before its next big equipment upgrade. Over the years of upgrades and maintenance, the particle accelerator has grown in complexity,…
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Tec Torch Will Punch a 5,000 Degree Hole Through Anything
Thermite is awesome. It’s a powdered mixture of metals and metal oxides that, when ignited, will reach temperatures of 5,000 degrees Farenheit, hot enough to melt any metal. But it’s also potentially dangerous and hard to handle. The EMPI Tec Torch uses this reaction, and harnesses it into a handheld instrument that can be used…
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This Syringe Filled With Sponges Can Stop Bloodloss from A Gun Shot Wound in 15 Seconds
It’s a little depressing to realize how timely news of this product is, given the events unfolding worldwide as a result of religiously-motivated hate. But in a search for a silver lining, we suppose it’s somewhat comforting to know that there exists a product that can dramatically increase chances of survival in the event of…