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Static Electricity Doomed the Hindenburg
A British inventor claims to have solved the long mystery over what caused the infamous Hindenburg disaster — static electricity. The Hindenburg was an 804-foot Germany airship filled with highly flammable hydrogen gas. For a year after launching in 1936, … Continue reading
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Stephen, Arthur and Carl in Conversation
Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In honour of his … Continue reading
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk was born in South Africa, in 1971. His father was an engineer and his mother a nutritionist. An avid fan of computers, by the age of twelve Musk had written the code for his own video game, a … Continue reading
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The Jacquard Loom
The Jacquard Loom is a mechanical loom that has holes punched in pasteboard, each row of which corresponds to one row of the design. Multiple rows of holes are punched on each card and the many cards that compose the design of … Continue reading
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Treasure-Filled Warrior’s Grave Found in Russia
Hidden in a necropolis situated high in the mountains of the Caucasus in Russia, researchers have discovered the grave of a male warrior laid to rest with gold jewelry, iron chain mail and numerous weapons, including a 36-inch iron sword … Continue reading
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How Cocaine and Controversy Mixed With Soda
A storm of controversy arose over a Coca Cola ad that aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The 60-second spot showed a thirsty Arab walking with a camel through the desert and craving a giant bottle of Coca Cola. … Continue reading
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Newlands’ Octaves
John Alexander Reina Newlands (26 November 1837 – 29 July 1898) was an English chemist who worked on the development of the Periodic Table. Newlands was born in London and was the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister and his … Continue reading
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The Bizarre Disappearance of the Peking Man Fossil
Peking Man was first seen at an archaeological dig site in China the 1920s. He was last seen being loaded into some boxes in 1941, destined for the United States. The boxes disappeared, and no trace of them was ever … Continue reading
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Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king
A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch’s family. Richard was killed … Continue reading
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Explore the Grand Canyon with Google Maps
Google Maps is releasing panoramic imagery of one of the world’s most spectacular national monuments: the Grand Canyon. These Street View images cover more than 75 miles of trails and surrounding roads, making our map of this area even more … Continue reading
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Vladimir Tretchikoff
With the news this week that Tretchikoff’s famous Green Lady is going up for auction this year gave us the idea for a post on this underrated painter. – Deskarati Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretchikoff was born on 13th December 1913 in Petropavlovsk, Russia, … Continue reading
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Secret Painting in Rembrandt Masterpiece Seen
Scientists may be one step closer to revealing a hidden portrait behind a 380-year-old Rembrandt painting. The masterpiece, “Old Man in Military Costume” by Dutch painter Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn, resides at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. … Continue reading
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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He was the fifth and youngest son. When he was a year old his family moved to Arizona, and then to Chico, California. His dad started off as a farmer, … Continue reading
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From space, the Australian Outback looks like a Jackson Pollock painting
CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield’s tweets of photos taken from the International Space Station continue to give us a fresh perspective on our planet. All of the images are breathtaking, but this photo of the Australian Outback is particularly striking, resembling … Continue reading
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Famed Warrior Medici Died From Gangrene
The legendary Renaissance warrior Giovanni de’ Medici did not die from an improperly amputated leg, as widely believed, but an infection. Also known as “Giovanni dalle Bande Nere” for the black bands of mourning he wore after the death of Pope Leo … Continue reading
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New 3D Map of Civil War Shipwreck Released
Back in 1863, a Union warship was sunk in a skirmish with a Confederate vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Exactly 150 years later, a new 3D map of the USS Hatteras has been released that shows what the remains … Continue reading
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Fresnel lens
A Fresnel lens is a type of compact lens originally developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel for lighthouses. The design allows the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal length without the mass and volume of material that … Continue reading
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Why did the Vikings abandon Greenland?
For nearly 500 years, the Vikings lived and thrived in Greenland. Taking advantage of the Medieval Warm Period, they established outposts in the North Atlantic where they farmed and ranched. But quite suddenly, at the mid-point of the 15th century, … Continue reading
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Pills found in ancient Tuscan wreck resemble modern medicine
A team of Italian researchers studying the contents of a small tin found aboard the wreck of a second century B.C. cargo ship claim its contents are pills meant to cure eye or skin ailments. In their paper published in … Continue reading
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