Top 10 Most Catastrophic Computer Failures In History
(via Listverse) We rely on computers for an ever-increasing proportion of our day-to-day lives. As such, it can sometimes be
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Innovation
The Quest to Build a Functional, Energy-Efficient Refrigerator That Works in Space
(via Smithsonian) Designed and tested by Purdue University engineers, this new appliance would lengthen the shelf life of food on
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World’s First 3-D-Printed Steel Bridge Debuts in Amsterdam
(via Smithsonian) The newly opened overpass measures 40 feet long and weighs 6 tons
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Why is it so hard to design a better paper cup?
(via The Week) You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You enjoy your drink, then
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How Scientific Detective Work Pinned Down the Oldest Known Shark Attack
(via Atlas Obscura) But mysteries about the 3,000-year-old bones from Japan remain.
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Top 10 Most Important Video Games Of The 1970s
(via Listverse) Video games became popular throughout the world in the 1980s, but they weren’t invented in that decade. In
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The Oldest Orbiting Satellite
(via Amusing Planet) When a satellite is launched into space it is not expected to last forever. The satellite carries
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Top 10 Inventions That Changed The World
(via Listverse) You’re reading this on your desktop/laptop/tablet/phone, most likely in a durable building, wearing insulating clothing (I hope), maybe
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The First Mobile Phone Call Was Made 75 Years Ago
(via Smithsonian) The evolution of the cell phone illustrates what it takes for technologies to go from breakthrough to big
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11 Fast Facts About Amtrak
(via Mental Floss) It’s been 50 years since Congress established the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to salvage the nation’s struggling
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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Holds Piece of Wright Brothers History
(via Smithsonian) Secured under Ingenuity’s solar panels is a stamp-sized swatch of fabric from the Wright Flyer
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Top 10 Victorian Era Crime Solving Techniques
(via Listverse)The Victorian Era spanned the length of Queen Victoria’s reign in England, lasting from 1837-1901. This age in English
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