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NASA Advertises Job to Isolate on Fake Mars for 8 Months
Based on the current COVID-19 situation, I daresay that many of us are starting to feel like self-isolation experts. On the plus side though, this could potentially lead to a new and exciting career with NASA! Following a post on their official website, NASA is actively advertising vacancies for a…
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Chatroom Experiment Charges You A Penny Per Character
Expensive Chat I can’t personally remember the last time I visited a chatroom. It was probably back in the days of Yahoo Chat and given that they shut that service down 7 years ago I think it is something of a testament to how the internet has changed. That is,…
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How Effective Is Body Armour Against An Assault Rifle?
This question is like a Russian roulette version of popular website Wikihow, anyway, body armour is deployed with the aim of being an essential form of protection against the most violent of circumstances, quick but interesting fact on this, the term “bullet proof vest” is not actually correct, manufacturers describe…
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Hitchhiking Robot Is Vandalised After Just Two Weeks in the US
You did indeed read this correctly, a hitchhiking robot which was created by a team of intelligent minds with the aim of experimenting with artificial intelligence and human interaction, has become unstuck after entering and travelling through the US. Below is a full length image of Hitchbot, which sounds like…
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Scientists Use Weird Laser-Flower Device to Gather Data on Nuclear Experiments
While this might look like a nightclub disco light, it is not. The device is called a Wide-angle Optical Multi-channel Probe and it comes straight out of the research halls of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. It looks like the scientists created the device in order to gather relevant data…
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Ever Wanted to Make Your Own AA Battery?
Have you always found going to a shop to buy AA batteries for remote controls, toys or clocks a labourious and wasteful task? Well now you can make your own with this handy tutorial! Just be sure to have plenty of lead, manganese dioxide, potassium hydroxide, carbon powder, and zinc…
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OkCupid Follows in Facebook’s Footsteps, Admits to be Experimenting on Humans
After the Facebook fiasco and their little research on human behaviour, it seems that its time for OkCupid, the online dating service, to do the same. The service is said to have admitted that it too had manipulated what is shows users in order to see what would happen. Three…
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Facebook Policy Agreement Allowed Emotional State Study on 600,000 Users
When signing up for a Facebook account, the majority of users do not read the Facebook Data Use Policy and consider that their private user data is secure. While this is true, this does not mean that Facebook itself can’t use the data you post. This is where Facebook has…
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The Machine To Be Another Uses Oculus Rift For Gender Swap Experiment [NSFW]
An interesting experiment has been held by the design team at BeAnotherLab, using the popular virtual reality headset Oculus Rift they’ve set up a thought experiment; what would it be like to see through the eyes of another human being? The Machine to be Another project sees both users wear…
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Experiment By High School Students Prove That Plants Don’t Grow Near Wi-Fi Routers
Wireless routers and Wi-Fi is deemed necessary by many people all around the world, but it appears that the impact on health is severe. There have been multiple studies in the past suggesting the negative impact they may have on humans but the latest research could be the most compelling…
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