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Want to know where every satellite and piece of space junk is?

February 24, 2017February 16, 2017 0 Comments Space

Stuff in Space is an interactive visualization of all the objects orbiting the earth. Nearly everything that has ever been

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The Last Concorde Finds Its Final Resting Place

February 23, 2017February 20, 2017 0 Comments aviation, museum

(via Popular Mechanics) A piece of aviation history is finally getting a resting spot it deserves. The last remaining Concorde

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Point Nemo: The Spacecraft Cemetery

February 22, 2017February 20, 2017 0 Comments Space

(via Amusing Planet) Far off the east coast of New Zealand, about 3,300 kilometers out in the Pacific Ocean, lies

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The Serendipitous History of Superglue

February 17, 2017February 8, 2017 0 Comments history, technology

(via TED Ed) Some of the innovations that emerged out of World War II are well-documented, ranging from the microwave

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The Apollo Astronaut Who Was Allergic to the Moon

February 17, 2017February 7, 2017 0 Comments apollo, lunar mission, nasa, Space

(via mental_floss) The inside of Apollo 17’s lunar module smelled of gunpowder. It was December 1972, the last of NASA’s

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What If Everyone On Earth Lived Together In One Single Building?

February 16, 2017February 7, 2017 0 Comments future, population, predction, science

(via RealLifeLore) The building wouldn’t be nearly as big as you’d think. But, the neighbors might be a problem.

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11 African American Inventors Who Changed the World

February 15, 2017February 7, 2017 0 Comments inventors

(via mental_floss) Can you imagine life without blood banks, personal computers, or touch-tone telephones? These innovative creations—and more—wouldn’t exist today

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Making an Animatronic Gorilla Head Is Complicated and Cool

February 3, 2017January 23, 2017 0 Comments craft, fun, interesting, technology

(via Popular Mechanics & Lustre Effects) Have you ever wondered what goes into making a lifelike animatronic animal? The hair,

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The Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets

January 30, 2017January 19, 2017 0 Comments aviation, sculpture, Space

(via Atlas Obscura) During the height of 1960s space and flight exploration in the United States, Alice King Chatham worked behind

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7 of the Deepest Holes Humanity Ever Dug

January 26, 2017January 17, 2017 0 Comments

(via Popular Mechanics) We can’t dig to the center of the Earth, but that hasn’t stopped us from trying. Whether

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Apollo 1: Pure oxygen, a single spark, and death in 17 seconds

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 0 Comments accident, history, nasa, Space, space program

(via Ars Technica) 50 years ago this week, on January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo Lunar program program when

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In the 1960s, Telegraph Poles Were Equipped With Nuclear Bomb Alarms

January 20, 2017January 12, 2017 0 Comments bomb, military, nuclear war, technology, war

(via Atlas Obscura) The “Bomb Alarm System,” designed and implemented by Western Union, wasn’t a secret, but it was unobtrusive