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Is The Slinky Escalator Humanity’s Greatest Achievement?

Inventor Matthias Wandel has unveiled his Slinky escalator, for “never-ending slinky stair traversal.” Well, it seems we have a clear front-runner for invention ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorAugust 3, 2015

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Our Robo-Insect Overlords Won’t Walk on Water, They’ll Hop

Image Source: NYU.edu An international team of scientists have created a robot that can walk and jump on water. I, for one, welcome ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2015

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Space-Aged Whisky: Brewery Sends Experimental Batch to ISS

Image Source: WSJ Japanese brewery Suntory is sending a batch of its whisky to the International Space Station with the next cargo rocket, ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 31, 2015

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ISS Uploads High Res Videos of Life in Orbit, Space Cheeseburger

Image Source: NASA On Monday, NASA released the first videos taken on board the International Space Station with its new RED Epic Dragon ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2015

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Sir Patrick Stewart Wants Whale Snot, A Kickstarter

Image Source: Kickstarter Sir Patrick Stewart is lending his considerable acting talent to raise awareness of the SnotBot Kickstarter campaign, which is building ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2015

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So Long, Pluto! Probe Beams Backlit Portrait That Leaves NASA Puzzled

Image Source: NASA As New Horizons sails by Pluto in its fly-by mission, it turns around to take a stunning photo – one ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2015

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Watch – Milking Bullet Ant Venom, the Worst Pain Known to Man

Image Source: Business Insider Bullet ants contain a venom not so much deadly as it is excruciatingly painful, and for the first time ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2015

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Photo From the Dawn of Time Shows a Galaxy Being Born

Image Source: Phys.org A photo of distant galaxy BDF3299 reveals a process that we could at one time only imagine: that of a ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 22, 2015

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Robot Velociraptor Concierge Welcomes You to the Best Hotel Ever

Image Source: Engadget Welcome to the Henn Na Hotel, where robots will check you in, take your luggage, and bring you room service ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 21, 2015

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Kickstarter of the Century? Half a Million to Save Armstrong’s Spacesuit

Image Source: CargoCollective The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has launched a Kickstarter campaign to preserve Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit. The suit, worn ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 20, 2015

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Photos – Velociraptor’s New Winged Ancestor in Perfectly Preserved Fossils

Image Source: BBC In China, new fossils discovered of an ancient, winged dinosaur that is closely related to velociraptor. Despite being one of ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 17, 2015

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Scientists Create Bacon-Flavored Seaweed – Who Wants a Bite?

Image Source: OSU Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a strain of seaweed that comes packed with vital minerals and nutrients – ...

By Patrick Sklar Legacy AuthorJuly 16, 2015

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