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Whey Protein Sponges Can Be Used To Extract Gold From E-Waste
E-waste is a major issue for the planet, and your storage closet, seriously you’re never going to need those parts or those cables, recycle them. As it’s such a big issue, a lot of time is spent trying to alleviate it in the form of reusing or recycling, though many…
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DOOM Is Now Playable on E. coli, Well Sort of
DOOM is an age old title that has served the sole purpose of proving that almost anything with a screen can run it including Calculators, ATMs, pregnancy tests, and… E. Coli? DOOM On E. Coli This is an odd one but as reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, an MIT biotech…
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NASA to Disable Voyager Probe Systems to Extend Their Interstellar Lifespan
Originally launched back in 1977, the Voyager probes currently represent the furthest man-made object that has ever left planet Earth. With NASA reporting that they officially left our solar system around 10 years ago, both are currently in ‘interstellar flight’ (meaning that they are in no particular solar system and…
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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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Apollo 13 Real-Time Streamed For 50th Anniversary
As of today (well, technically yesterday late afternoon) it’s been exactly 50 years to the day when the Apollo 13 spacecraft launched on its ill-fated flight. Now, if you’ve watched the film of the same name, then you probably already know what is going to happen. If you did, however,…
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Flat-Earth Theorist ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes Dies in Rocket Crash
Around two years ago, a person by the name of ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes came to our attention. Promoting himself as a ‘Flat Earth Theorist‘, he built a steam-powered rocket in (basically) his tool shed and, perhaps even more bizarrely, launched himself within it in an attempt to prove that the…
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SpaceX May be Ready for Space Tourists by the End of 2021
If you were looking at options, as a private civilian, to get into space, then your chances 10 years ago seemed more than a little slim. With the launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX program, however, that ‘slim’ chance has started to look a little rosier. In a report via TheNextWeb,…
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Scientists Find That Rats Can (Apparently) Drive Cars! – Video
You have to imagine that in universities around the world, a lot of highly-acclaimed scientists and researchers are looking to answer some of the biggest questions the universe has to offer. The potential of an unknown sustainable energy source, a cure to various illnesses and, of course, if rats are…
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A Black Hole Has Been Photographed for the First Time Ever
“Monster” Black Hole is 40 Billion km Across For the first time ever, scientists have actually photographed the elusive “black hole“. As one might recall from high-school science class, these black holes are incredibly dense and have extremely powerful gravity. So if an object cross their threshold (known as the…
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NASA Pays Volunteers £14,000 To Stay In Bed For 2 Months
NASA Pays Volunteers To Stay In Bed In terms of space travel, one of the biggest issues that faces organisations such as NASA is the effect that weightlessness can have on the human body. As cumbersome as gravity might be, our bodies have, after all, been designed to work with…
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MIT Reveal Latest Cheetah Robot ‘Backflip’ Upgrade
MIT Reveal Cheetah Backflip Upgrade We have regularly been keeping up to date with the latest developments that MIT’s ‘Cheetah’ robot has made. For example, last November the team behind the design revealed how their robotic ‘dog-like’ creature was able to make impressive vertical jumps and also be surprisingly resilient with its…
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The Meater Means You’ll Never Overcook Again!
The Meater! When it comes to cooking meat, such as chicken or a beef joint, getting the timing right is essential. If you overcook it, you lose all of the flavours and if you undercook it… well prepare to spend the night either on the toilet or in the emergency…
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Researchers Blame YouTube For Flat Earth Theorists
YouTube To Blame For Flat Earth Theorists Before I continue, just in case you haven’t come across the Flat Earth theory to date, let me give you a brief rundown as to what it is. Put simply, some people appear to be entirely convinced that despite all evidence to the…
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Video Shows Slow Motion Capture of Space Junk Harpoon
Harpoon Clears up Space Junk For around 70 years now, the human race has been sending a lot of things up into orbit. While this has given us a lot of benefits such as satellites and exploration, it has also caused a pretty significant problem. Namely, that there’s a hell…
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NASA Wants To Return To The Moon Before The End Of 2019
NASA Plans To Return To The Moon With all of the private space projects currently underway it is easy to forget that NASA does still exist. Admittedly, the company has been very much in the backseat of rocketry for the last 15 years. Well, specifically after the Shuttle Columbia broke…
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