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This river is made of light, and it’s beautiful

Interference and irregularity come together to create beautiful art.

arstechnica.com

 

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Why isn't news like this plastered on the 6 o'clock news?

After a rigorous peer review process in the Australian Research Council, six grants were vetoed last Christmas by the acting education minister for political reasons. This meant several jobs were lost from the research sector on the whim of a politician.

Australia spent a million dollars training me – and now I’m leaving

 

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Solar eclipse on Mars - Phobos passes in front of the Sun.

 

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ok, 3D printing has leveled up to ...errr 3D

Making 3D printing truly 3D by eliminating need for 2D layering (w/video)

Researchers developed a technique of volumetric 3D printing that goes beyond the bottom-up, layered approach. The process eliminates the need for support structures because the resin it creates is self-supporting.

www.nanowerk.com

 

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people would know about scribbly gums

Scribbly Gums – Friends of Aranda Bushland

www.friendsofarandabushland.org.au

but what about scribbly bums ??

Army of worm larvae hatch from man’s bum, visibly slither under his skin

Doctors watched the shifting rash blanket his body in rare hyperinfection.

arstechnica.com

 

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Why do we say Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink?

Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink: The source of this phrase and how to use it.

www.bookbrowse.com

you can get a glass now...

From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button

MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.

techxplore.com

 

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grow you good thing

Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon for the first time | Engadget

The University of Florida researchers only had 12 grams of 'lunar regolith' to work with..

www.engadget.com

 

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The holy hand grenade of Antioch has been found If this is a hand grenade, it backs up a long-debated theory about the Crusades

 

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Watch dolphins line up to self-medicate skin ailments at coral 'clinics'

If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment to put on it. Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins get skin conditions, too, but they come about their medication by queuing up nose-to-tail to rub themselves against corals. In the journal iScience on...

phys.org