Something unusual happens when a drop of molten glass falls into water. As it cools, it creates a crystal clear tadpole-like droplet that’s bulletproof on one end, but impossibly fragile on the other. We’ve known about these droplets for 400 years, but scientists have only recently figured out what makes them almost… Read more…
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Scientists Finally Know What Makes These Weird Glass Droplets So Incredibly Strong
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An Old Satellite Dish Found on Google Maps Is Becoming West Africa’s First Radio Telescope
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Reddit Users Lose Real Money After Meme Currency Bot Dies
A one-of-a-kind Harry Potter prequel has been stolen, and author J.K. Rowling is eager to get it back in the right hands. Read more…
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Rare Harry Potter Prequel Stolen, J.K. Rowling Pleads for Return
Something unusual happens when a drop of molten glass falls into water. As it cools, it creates a crystal clear tadpole-like droplet that’s bulletproof on one end, but impossibly fragile on the other. We’ve known about these droplets for 400 years, but scientists have only recently figured out what makes them almost… Read more…
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Scientists Finally Know What Makes These Weird Glass Droplets So Incredibly Strong
Astronomy needs expensive things, and lots of them. You might remember that astronomers almost literally turned the Earth into a telescope just to see a black hole, by combining lots of existing radio telescope dishes. Read more…
Read More:
An Old Satellite Dish Found on Google Maps Is Becoming West Africa’s First Radio Telescope
Another day, another cryptocurrency clusterfuck. This week, the creator of the tipping bot “dogetipbot”—a service that let Reddit users “tip” each other in Dogecoin— announced that his company is broke, he’s broke, and the bot is broke because he spent all the coins, after he himself ran out of money. Read more…
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Reddit Users Lose Real Money After Meme Currency Bot Dies
A one-of-a-kind Harry Potter prequel has been stolen, and author J.K. Rowling is eager to get it back in the right hands. Read more…
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Rare Harry Potter Prequel Stolen, J.K. Rowling Pleads for Return
Something unusual happens when a drop of molten glass falls into water. As it cools, it creates a crystal clear tadpole-like droplet that’s bulletproof on one end, but impossibly fragile on the other. We’ve known about these droplets for 400 years, but scientists have only recently figured out what makes them almost… Read more…
Originally posted here:
Scientists Finally Know What Makes These Weird Glass Droplets So Incredibly Strong
Astronomy needs expensive things, and lots of them. You might remember that astronomers almost literally turned the Earth into a telescope just to see a black hole, by combining lots of existing radio telescope dishes. Read more…
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An Old Satellite Dish Found on Google Maps Is Becoming West Africa’s First Radio Telescope