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Month: November 2016

Engineering Innovation Science Technology 

Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again

November 14, 2016November 2, 2016 0 Comments science, Space, technology

(via The Vintage News) An American satellite abandoned in 1967, now assumed to simply be space junk, has started transmitting

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Character Humor Science 

I Can’t Taste Anything

November 11, 2016October 28, 2016 0 Comments biology, condition, food, taste

(via Great Big Story)  Adrian Wellock lost his sense of taste. After suffering a cold, he started getting a metallic

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Science 

A Spectacular Supermoon Is on the Way

November 11, 2016November 4, 2016 0 Comments astronomy, Space

(via mental_floss) If you’re planning some kind of outdoor nocturnal mischief this November, we recommend you avoid the 14th, when

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Et Cetera Inspiration Science World History 

The Woman Who Survived the Lowest Body Temperature Ever

November 11, 2016October 27, 2016 0 Comments biology, medicine

(via Atlas Obscura)  Anna Bågenholm has spent much of her life at the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø.

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Cultures Innovation Reading and writing Technology 

Welcome to Aviation High School

November 10, 2016October 28, 2016 0 Comments aviation, learning, school, technology

(via Great Big Story)  At the Aviation Career and Technical High School, students literally have to earn their wings. Everyday,

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Art Beauty Cultures 

Abandoned Buildings Make The Best Canvases For Beautiful Murals

November 10, 2016October 28, 2016 0 Comments art, beauty, life, mural

(via digg)  Abandoned spaces can get pretty creepy, perhaps especially when late October rolls around. Bat-infest hotels, weird theme parks and

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Food World History 

The secret behind Italy’s rarest pasta

November 10, 2016October 27, 2016 0 Comments food, history

(via BBC)  It’s so difficult and time-consuming to prepare, that for 300 years only the women of a single Sardinian

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Cultures Science 

Death on Display: Enter the Mummy Museum

November 9, 2016October 28, 2016 0 Comments display, gruesome, interesting, museum

(via Great Big Story)  The Museo de las Momias in Guanajuato, Mexico, has the largest collection of natural mummies on

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Cultures Entertainment Language Reading and writing 

Ridiculous History: How an Irish Beer Became the Authority on World Records

November 9, 2016October 27, 2016 0 Comments fun, life, records, World History

(via How Stuff Works)  From the world’s longest paper airplane flight to the world’s largest beer tasting, Guinness World Records

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Architecture Art Design History Retro 

The Dazzling Designs for a New York That Never Existed

November 9, 2016October 27, 2016 0 Comments architecture, design, history

(via Atlas Obscura)   Architect Raymond Hood, once described as a “brilliant bad boy,” is celebrated for designing the Rockefeller Center, the

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Engineering Innovation Science Technology US History 

If You Have $5 Billion and 60,000 Tons of Steel, You Can Build Your Own Aircraft Carrier

November 8, 2016October 28, 2016 0 Comments military

(via Popular Mechanics)  Aircraft carriers are undeniably impressive. Essentially floating airports on the sea, they are the structural backbone of

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Beauty Character Design Et Cetera History 

Giant Flip Books Are Hiding in the Woods of New Hampshire

November 8, 2016October 27, 2016 0 Comments books, design

(via Wired)  Tucked away in the forests of New Hampshire, somewhere just outside of Strafford, is a family of giant

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