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Can you pass the test NASA gave potential astronauts in 1958?

(via Popular Science) In 1958, the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (aka NASA) launched a search for the

May 9, 2018May 7, 2018 0 Comments us history

(via Atlas Obscura) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, once home to 75,000, went up fast and under the radar. But it was

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 0 Comments science

(via Atlas Obscura) Steamboat Geyser is impressive. When it really gets going, it can spew water 300 feet in the

(via Atlas Obscura) In the 10th century, some Vikings piled into boats and shoved off the shore of what is

(via Popular Mechanics) The term “active volcano” can mean a lot of different things . Sometimes the hot magma under

(via Great Big Story) You might think you have a good memory, but it doesn’t come close to Rebecca Sharrock’s

(via EOS) Suppose some cosmic event, say, an asteroid impact, stopped Earth from rotating and then set it spinning the

April 17, 2018April 16, 2018 0 Comments food

(via Insider) This is how Hostess makes their legendary sweets. Their factory cranks out a shocking number of cakes making

(via Wired) A wickedly fast fastball isn’t the anomaly it once was. A decade ago, Major League pitchers threw a

(via Live Science) Fifty-seven years ago, on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Reaching

(via Popular Mechanics) When we hear about the scientific advances that came out of World War I, which the United

(via Great Big Story) The Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory is the only place equipped to manufacture gigantic 27-foot tall