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David Bowie sings Comfortably Numb
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Smart glasses in warfare
Smart glasses in warfare is a natural application of the technology. Depending on the situation, the glasses for either prototype will overlay certain information onto a soldier’s field of view. This might be as simple as a compass or as complex as an entire map of the area, information about where nearby drones are flying,…
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Why would a landlocked country need a navy
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Beta Moms
A Beta Mom might be a new parenting trend. Despite the name, “Beta Mom” isn’t about being passive or checked out. If anything, it’s a pushback against competitive, high-pressure parenting culture. Many of the moms identifying with this trend are millennials (and some Gen Xers) who grew up with intense expectations themselves. They have packed…
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An interview with Fiona Cauley
Comedian Fiona Cauley centers her comedy around the absurdity of what it’s like living as a disabled person. That’s kind of my number one reason for doing all of this. I don’t think I initially understood what an impact bringing a neuromuscular disease or disability into mainstream comedy would have. Most people have a very…
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Instant coffee, how does it work
Apparently, instant coffee is a technological marvel. Creating instant coffee required developing techniques to extract the soluble molecules in coffee from the insoluble plant matter without destroying the fragile compounds that make coffee worth drinking.
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Train on a turntable
Clever video of a model train on a turn table.
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Cocaine pollution affects fish
Drugs in wastewater isn’t new, but we now have evidence of its environmental affects. Juvenile Atlantic salmon that were artificially exposed to the drug and its main breakdown product swam further and dispersed more widely across a lake, suggesting the substances can affect where the fish go, what they eat and how vulnerable they are…
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SNL Season 51 bloopers
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Updating books with modern pop culture references
Updating a piece of media to adapt the to modern culture can be done well. Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew transformed into 10 Things I Hate About You quite well. But there’s a growing trend of updating contemporary books with dated references to more modern ones. “You guys want to come over and watch this…