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Architects Design Wooden Bicycle Frame To Explore Structural Engineering
Wooden bikes may be beautiful, but they’re also a tad impractical. Nevertheless, there may be unexpected value in wooden bike frames, which architects can use to understand important structural challenges and prototype new designs.
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The 10 Most Dangerous Jobs In The US Aren’t What You’d Expect
When we think of dangerous jobs, most of us think about firefighters or ice road truckers. But Bloomberg crunched the US Department of Labour’s newly-released stats and came up with a few disturbing and surprising facts about who really has the most dangerous gig.
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The US Air Force’s Mysterious Space Plane Is Going Into Orbit Again
If all goes well, the US Air Force’s mysterious X-37B will blast off into space for the fourth time on 20 May. But for the first time, they’re actually telling us what the space plane will be doing — well, some of it anyway.
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Did You Know You Can Subtract Large Numbers By Adding Them?
Video: The MinutePhysics series has always been a goldmine of interesting facts and science explainers. But prepare to have your mind blown wide open this time as Henry Reich shows you an alternate way to manually subtract large numbers — by doing addition instead.