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Your Pet Desperately Needs This Astronaut-Inspired Backpack
“Who’s the greatest catstronaut in the United States? It’s you Champer-damper. It’s you!” That’s the song I would sing to my pet cat if I had a pet cat and carried it around in one of these amazing ventilated carrying cases from U-Pet.
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Cookie-Cutter Sharks Have Been Known To Attack Submarines
Cookie-cutter sharks were once known as cigar sharks, because nobody yet knew just how they ate. Once a biologist discovered their secret, it explained the mysterious deep holes made in the equipment of nuclear submarines.
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It’s Tempting To Try This 18th Century Frozen Lightning Experiment
We’ve all seen Lichtenberg figures. They’re zapped into acrylic blocks, or are branded into an unfortunate person’s skin. But they were discovered in the 1700s, and used in a surprisingly artistic way.
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This Is How Astronauts Can Now Drink Liquids In Space
Usually, drinking fluids in microgravity requires sucking liquid from a bag through a straw. But now a selection of experimental cups are aboard the International Space Station that allow astronauts to drink a little more normally while in space.