The cockroach is a resilient little beast, and now it turns out they have the proverbial jaws of death. They can bite with a force 50 times stronger than their own body weight, and with five times more force than a human being. Read more…
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A Cockroach Can Bite Five Times Stronger Than a Human
The 300-year-old linen-lined trunk is filled with over 2, 600 letters that were mailed out—but never received—between the years 1680 and 1706. Historians are now taking a closer look. Read more…
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This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands of Letters From the 17th Century
On this very night in 1938, a radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds may or may not have caused mass hysteria for American listeners. But there’s another War of the Worlds that scared me much more as a kid. For me, there’s the HG Wells version, the Orson Welles version, and the rock opera version by composer Jeff Wayne, released in 1978. Read more…
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Yeast is an incredible organism—you can thank it for booze!—and thanks to the marvels of modern genetics, we’ve made it incredibly versatile. Just a month after announcing a method for hacking yeast to produce narcotics , researchers just announced that the creation of yeast that produces THC and cannabidiols . Read more…
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Scientists Can Now Make THC from Yeast
Philips Sonicare, the brand behind popular electronic toothbrushes, recently released a device that accomplished the inconceivable: It made oral hygiene so fun that kids want to stay on top of it. The new toothbrush proved a little addictive, though. Read more…
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Kids Are Getting Addicted To an App-Enabled Toothbrush That Works Too Well
It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but after losing his sternum and part of his rib cage to cancer, a 54-year-old Spanish man received the world’s first 3D-printed chest prosthetic made from lightweight, but incredibly strong, titanium. Read more…
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The World’s First 3D-Printed Titanium Rib Cage Is a Medical Marvel
400: That’s about how many years old Japan’s Hirosaki Castle is. It’s also how many tons it weighs. And yet it was successfully lifted two feet in the air and 230 feet down the road. Read more…
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Here’s How You Move a 400-Ton, 404-Year-Old Japanese Castle
A group of Japanese researchers have managed to improve the design of a transparent lithium-ion battery so that it’s now able to recharge itself when exposed to sunlight without the need for a separate solar cell. Read more…
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Transparent Batteries That Charge in the Sun Could Replace Smartphone Screens
It seems like cruel fate that some folks are naturally thin, while others have to work tirelessly to control their weight. But in the future, we may be able to level the playing field, because scientists have just discovered a ‘metabolic master switch’ that determines whether fat-producing adipocytes store or burn energy. Read more…
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‘Metabolic Switch’ Toggles Our Cells to Store or Burn Fat
There’s no shortage of smart water bottles on crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. But when a brand like Thermos enters the game with a new smart lid for its bottles that tracks hydration and even monitors the temperature of your water, you better pay attention. Read more…
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Thermos’ New Smart Bottle Tells You When Your Water’s Warm and Gross