Food for Fighters: The Science Behind Feeding America’s Troops
(via Eater) In unfamiliar and dire surroundings, seeking refuge in familiarity and the comforts of home can be a matter
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Technology
Inside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA’s Crazy, Kooky, Legendary Research Facility
(via Popular Mechanics) Everyone’s talking about private industry getting humans on Mars. Mars trips! Mars houses! Mars colonies! But no
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Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again
(via The Vintage News) An American satellite abandoned in 1967, now assumed to simply be space junk, has started transmitting
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Welcome to Aviation High School
(via Great Big Story) At the Aviation Career and Technical High School, students literally have to earn their wings. Everyday,
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If You Have $5 Billion and 60,000 Tons of Steel, You Can Build Your Own Aircraft Carrier
(via Popular Mechanics) Aircraft carriers are undeniably impressive. Essentially floating airports on the sea, they are the structural backbone of
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Ford Uses 200,000 Pounds of Clay Every Year
(via Popular Mechanics) Modeling clay was introduced to the car industry in the late twenties by GM’s Harley Earl, and
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The Civil War’s Worst Cup of Coffee
(via How Stuff Works) War is hell — and sometimes the coffee is, too. Consider the American Civil War, a four-year bloodbath
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The Peculiar World of Dental Manikins
(via Great Big Story) Ever wonder how dentists get experience before practicing on live humans? For nearly 100 years, Columbia
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Gen. Chuck Yeager Describes How He Broke The Sound Barrier
(via Popular Mechanics) On October 14, 1947, a test pilot with the right stuff changed the future of aviation forever.
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What Happens If Someone Dies on Mars?
(via Atlas Obscura) It’s entirely possible that someone alive today on Earth will be the first person to die on
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Today’s Nukes Are Thousands of Times More Powerful Than WWII A-Bombs
(via Popular Mechanics) The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II—codenamed “Little Boy”
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Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122
(via Gizmodo) The oldest human to have ever lived died at the age of 122—and that was nearly 20 years
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