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Meet the Female Chemist Blowing Up Stereotypes

(via Great Big Story) At the University of Texas, Dr. Kate Biberdorf is breaking stereotypes and blowing stuff up—all in

(via History and BuzzFeed) At 2:35 on the afternoon of October 27, 1904, New York City Mayor George McClellan takes

(via Atlas Obscura) On January 6, 1998, NASA’s Lunar Prospector blasted off for the south pole of the moon, looking

(via Popular Mechanics) The USS Gerald R. Ford is America’s newest aircraft carrier. The 1,092-foot ship has a crew of

(via Amusing Planet) The granite quarries located along the Nile, in the city of Aswan, supplied some of the finest

(via Great Big Story) It turns out that supertankers and cruise ships have valets. They’re called maritime pilots, and they’re

(via Atlas Obscura) Old Faithful is one of the most famous sights in Yellowstone National Park, but for all its

(via Real Clear Science) The human body is incredibly resilient. When you donate a pint of blood, you lose about

(via Atlas Obscura) The hand of Anna Bertha Roentgen, wife of inventor and scientist Wilhelm Roentgen was the first radiograph,

(via Amusing Planet) At Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain, there is a twin building that is known locally as

(via Popular Mechanics) Every time an NHL slap shot results in a broken stick, the player loses more than a

(via Atlas Obscura) A look at the patents and inventions of Preston Tucker reveal that he could have made an