Collapsing Bridges
The odds are 1 in 4 million that you’ll be on a bridge when it collapses at some time during your life.
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Painting the world white
Here’s a novel idea for putting the brakes on global warming: Ask everyone in the world to paint their roofs white. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu raised the idea last week at a conference in London, noting that the proposal, first put forth by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, would reflect enormous amounts of sunlight off the […]
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Seabin – The Automated Marina Rubbish Collector
The Seabin marine waste collector shows how often the simplest solutions are the most effective. The rubbish collector, designed to float in marinas, inland waterways, residential lakes and harbors, collects floating debris and liquids by sucking water from the surface and letting if flow out through the bottom of the structure, trapping waste in a filter bag. The inventors have […]
Read moreCharlie Chaplin Quote – Nothing is Permanent
Charlie Chaplin-“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.”
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Winston Churchill Quote – Stood Up For Something
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” –Winston Churchill
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Mapping human emotions
When you’re angry, your face, head, and arms grow hot When you’re depressed, a cold numbness grips your head and arms. Love triggers a warm glow throughout your upper body, especially around your heart. Human emotions, a new study has found, are directly linked to sensations in specific body parts, and the map is largely the same across different cultures. […]
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