The plastics industry did a great job of convincing everyone that their product was easily recyclable, but China finally put an end to that pleasant fiction in 2017. A 2017… Read the rest of the article: How China ended the lie of recyclable plastic
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Andrea James While an atomic second is a measurement of time that is consistent anywhere, Martian time periods like days, months, and years are very different than Earth's. This interesting explainer looks… Read the rest of the article: Keeping track of time on Mars is very complicated
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Andrea James Vanity Fair asked former Secret Service Agent Jonathan Wackrow to examine details of presidential details in movies and television in terms of believability and execution. They missed a chance to… Read the rest of the article: Secret Service agent rates films on accuracy of Presidential details
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Andrea James The Gypsum Association put together this very satisfying demonstration of a master craftsman putting their product to good use just after World War II. When he scores the drywall to… Read the rest of the article: Impressive midcentury drywall installer
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Andrea James The Getty has digitized 60,000 Ed Ruscha photos as 12 Sunsets, a 35-year exploration of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. In 1966, decades before the origins of Google Street View,… Read the rest of the article: Explore Ed Ruscha's shots of every building on Sunset Strip since 1966
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Andrea James Earth's Deadliest [Computer] Virus is a great overview of the 2017 Wannacry ransomware attack, and Marcus Hutchins' efforts to halt its progress. The Disrupt video is based on the terrific… Read the rest of the article: Hacker Marcus Hutchins and the massive cyberattack he thwarted
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Andrea James The trailer for The Nothing may keep you awake at night. Coincidentally, it's the 10th anniversary of the Pig Man trailer this month. Image: Vimeo / Max Gold
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Andrea James The fine folks at Demolition Ranch blast a giant glass sphere with a few 50cal rounds after working up from some smaller ones. The big one is at about 14… Read the rest of the article: Huge crystal ball vs. a 50 caliber round
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Andrea James Winne Clement and Koen Van Roy performed for the first time together in a power plant's cooling towers in Vilvoorde, Belgium: This was our first time improvising together. The huge… Read the rest of the article: Amazing concert inside a cooling tower
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Andrea James Engineers at Tesla traded out the previous induction motor for the new IPM-SynRM with a permanent magnet rotor. This terrific video explains why. It all comes down to efficiency. Image:… Read the rest of the article: Excellent explainer on Tesla's new motor
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Andrea James After Phoenix was rescued and placed in a west coast sanctuary, his rescuer spent two years looking for his mate Ghost. Watch this lovely story of the two seeing each… Read the rest of the article: Watch wild horses reunited after two years apart
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Andrea James Pro power washer Aj Joyner has a wonderful Instagram account at gotdatpressureofficial. Now he's getting profiled for sharing so many satisfying videos for those of us who love power washing… Read the rest of the article: A day in the life of a pro powerwasher
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Andrea James William Osman saw a BattleBot from the TV show for sale, so he did what anyone would do: he bought it, fixed it up, and started monkeying around with it.… Read the rest of the article: Battlebot for sale, gently used
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Andrea James It took expert puzzle solver Chris Ramsay 4 hours and 45 minutes to solve this $30,000 puzzle by Labsterium. The Paris-based company makes all kinds of handcrafted puzzles, escape rooms,… Read the rest of the article: Watch this guy solve a complex $30,000 puzzle
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Andrea James YouTuber Stian from agepbiz decided to 3D print the iconic LEGO Knight Helmet upscaled 2020% so it was wearable. It's one of those things that sounds kind of silly as… Read the rest of the article: Human-sized 3D-printed LEGO knight helmet
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Andrea James Treeline is a beautiful documentary that looks at old growth forests around the world, interspersed with amazing footage of skiing and snowboarding: Follow a group of skiers, snowboarders, scientists and… Read the rest of the article: Athletes and scientists explore snowy endangered forests
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Andrea James Yang Tianxin created a tiny aquatic soccer stadium in a fish tank, then spent half a year training his Ranchu goldfish to shoot a ball into the goal. So far… Read the rest of the article: This fellow trained his goldfish to play soccer
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Andrea James Last month, Aptera announced they were taking orders for their three-wheeled electric vehicles with solar panel options that allow for a "never charge" experience for low-mileage commuters, etc. Via Wefunder,… Read the rest of the article: Relaunched Aptera electric cars get thousands of pre-orders
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Andrea James Others have done this demo, but this is a great recent example in a large tank full of sulfur hexafluoride. Their demonstration of its voice-lowering properties was not as good… Read the rest of the article: Floating a foil boat on heavier-than-air gas
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Andrea James A strange bright blue unidentified flying object appeared in the sky above Honolulu before disappearing into the Pacific. Via ABC 7: Multiple videos show the object flying in the night… Read the rest of the article: Bright blue UFO plunges into the ocean off Hawaii