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The Long, Weird Half-Life of Trinitite

(via Atlas Obscura) The synthetic material—forged in the blast of the first nuclear bomb test—has been buried, sold, collected, displayed,

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(via Popular Mechanics) Elon Musk’s got everyone thinking about tunnels these days, with their potential to change transportation and alleviate

(via Grunge) Real science is terrifying. If you’re not delicately transferring corrosive acids from one thin, glass beaker to another,

( via Grunge) We all do things we later come to regret, but for most of us that means a

(via Great Big Story) Rosalee Ramer can jump her Monster Jam truck, Wild Flower, 30 feet in the air. But

(via The Guardian) Ten years ago today, the first iPhone hit stores in the US. On paper, the device was

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(via Popular Mechanics) Iconic American architecture doesn’t fit neatly in a box. Everything from cloud-scraping skyscrapers to flowing museums fit

(via Popular Mechanics) The Chinese space industry is buying the Soviet propulsion system designs originally intended to put humans on

(via Neatorama) Do you ever go into another room for a specific reason only to find you’ve forgotten what that reason

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(via Atlas Obscura) The first U.S. solar eclipse in almost half a century is happening this August, but you don’t

(via New Scientist) Astronauts could soon be waking up to the smell of freshly baked bread. A new dough mixture

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(via Popular Mechanics) What’s the oldest living thing in the world? It’s not an easy question to answer. Some animals