During an experiment, scientists were baffled to learn about the self-healing properties of metal. If they can learn to control and understand the process, then it could be the foundation of an entirely new era of engineering opportunities, the researchers say. The experiment in question was designed to test the resiliency of metal by pulling
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10 Insane Episodes in the War on Coffee
Coffee and the caffeine it contains is the world’s most popular drug. Before heroin, cocaine, or marijuana took the stage, the War on Drugs went after coffee. Ever since its discovery in Ethiopia around AD 800, controversy followed coffee as it made its way north, spreading throughout the Middle East and, from there, around the
10 Strange Artworks That Can Be Found in Nature
Art is most commonly found within—and on—the walls of galleries and museums, but some artworks are placed in nature. A natural setting—be it deep in a forest or in the middle of a desert—can make a piece of art seem extra strange. Just think of the mirrored monoliths that started mysteriously popping up around the
Crazy video shows thousands of sharks asleep on the seafloor, and experts are baffled
Published Sep 7th, 2024 9:01AM EDT A video captured by an underwater robot has scientists scratching their heads. The video, which was captured in Beagle Marine Park in Australia, shows thousands of female sharks sleeping on the seafloor. Scientists aren’t exactly sure what to make of the crazy shark video, with the researchers describing it
16 new titles hit Netflix over the next week – this is the one everyone will be watching
Published Sep 6th, 2024 8:18PM EDT In the weeks since Netflix released the first half of Emily in Paris‘ fourth season, the streamer’s weekly Top 10 data shows that the dreamy, fan-favorite romantic drama racked up almost 20 million views in just its first four days of streaming availability. The show saw 14.9 million the
How dangerous is Great Salt Lake dust?
Great Salt Lake (GSL) is one of the world’s largest inland bodies of saltwater. Climate change, drought, and water diversions have caused the lake to reach historically low levels. Almost 1945 km2 of the lakebed is exposed. Dust storms can carry particulate matter (PM) from the Great Salt Lake’s dry lakebed into nearby cities, harming
Watch a meteor explodes over Earth from space
On Sept.4, Matthew Dominick, a NASA Astronaut and commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, shared timelapse footage showing a meteor exploding in the night sky. He captured the photos from the International Space Station as it passed over Cairo, Egypt. Dominick said that the meteor exploded on 2 September 2024 at 20:12:20 GMT, based on
New Theory Surfaces About The Cause Of Scarface’s Scars
A new theory has been proposed surrounding the cause of the scars on a great white shark known as Scarface. The shark is covers in tremendous scars from head to tail, and was initially filmed by underwater cinematographer Dean Spraakman. While there have been many theories about the scars ranging from bites from mako sharks
Seacure Offer First Pro Deal With Free Mouthpiece
Seacure has announced its first ever Pro Deal for instructors and dive pros. The new offer provides you with a free Seacure mouthpiece. The promotion details are as follows: The offer is only open to instructors from valid agencies. You must supply a copy of your dive credentials. The offer expires on December 31, 2024
Plasmonic modulators could enable high-capacity space communication
Experimental setup of the FSO outdoor experiments. Tunable laser source (TLS), driving amplifier (DA), arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), transmitter digital signal processing (Tx-DSP), erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), bandpass filter (BPF), optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), polarization division multiplexing emulator (PDM), high power optical amplifier (HPOA), real time controller (RTC), deformable mirror (DFM), wafefront sensor (WFS), optical