How the U.S. Navy Sails to the Rescue After a Hurricane
(via Popular Mechanics) The U.S. Navy has prepared a naval task force to assist countries impacted by Hurricane Matthew. The
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Innovation
What’s Inside Blue Ballpoint Ink?
(via Wired) Patents for ballpoint pens go back to the late 1800s, but it took half a century to develop
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How Two Astronomers Accidentally Discovered the Big Bang
(via Great Big Story) Nowadays, it’s a universally accepted theory that the universe began 13.8 billion years ago with the
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Meet the Woman Who Is Preserving the Smell of History
(via Atlas Obscura) We experience our world with five senses to guide us, but for the most part, we learn
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What Your Car’s Low Gas Light Really Means
(via mental_floss) The low fuel warning light on your car’s dashboard is a familiar sight to many drivers, and if
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Woman Breaks World Speed Record by Riding a Bicycle at 147 Mph
(via Popular Mechanics) American cyclist Denise Mueller recently set a new woman’s bicycle land speed record of 147 mph at
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The Untold Story of the Man Who Called Himself the “Black Edison”
(via Popular Mechanics) It’s 3 AM on July 25, 1916, and Garrett Morgan’s phone rings. The voice on the other
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The Painstaking, Secretive Process Of Designing New Money
(via Fast.co Design) Australia has a new $5 banknote, and it looks expensive. Bend the note, and a printed bird
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What did Manhattan look like in 1609?
(via JSTOR) Humans and wilderness maintain a binary separation. We’re saturated with images of species gone extinct, acres of ancient
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The First Ever Stethoscope Was a Simple Wooden Tube
(via Atlas Obscura) At the Necker Hospital in Paris, Dr. René Laennec stood at the bedside of a female patient
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How Aluminum Changed Engineering Forever
(via Popular Mechanics) Aluminum has been around for thousands of years, but until fairly recently, it was very expensive and
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Why Are There Crushed Stones Alongside Railroad Tracks?
(via Quora) This is a good question with an interesting answer. The crushed stones are what is known as ballast.
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