Michel Lotito (Monsieur Mangetout or Mr. Eats All) consumed metal and glass for over 30 years. Gastroenterologists checked out his digestive system and confirmed he can do it!
A parasite with a bloom over 3 feet (1 meter) across! For all its beauty, this endangered plant reeks like rotting flesh, attracting insects such as flies for pollination.
Marie Curie introduced a method of teaching based on experimental demonstrations. In December 1904 she was appointed chief assistant in the laboratory directed by Pierre Curie.
While Pierre devoted himself to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie struggled to obtain pure radium in the metallic state. This was achieved with the help of the chemist Andre-Louis Debierne, Pierre's pupil.
Norilsk was settled in the 1920s after the discovery of rich mineral deposits. The USSR built a metallurgical complex to extract the materials, and manned it with prisoners condemned to a living death in the Arctic Circle.
Norilsk was settled in the 1920s after the discovery of rich mineral deposits. The USSR built a metallurgical complex to extract the materials, and manned it with prisoners condemned to a living death in the Arctic Circle.
The construction of 64 such telescopes on a vast, adjustable grid of tracks covering 40 square km is daunting. The combined collecting surface of the receivers will measure 6.000 square metres, the size of a football pitch.
Each Alma receiver will consist of a transportable structure supporting a dish measuring 10 metres in diameter. Extending outwards from the smooth metal surface of the dish will be 3 support arms that hold a sub-reflector.
There are no trees, no bushes, not even a blade of grass in this lifeless landscape. Even the atmosphere is alien. At 5,000 metres above the sea, oxygen levels are puny.
The Moche were pioneers of metal working techniques like gilding and early forms of soldering. These skills enabled them to create extraordinarily intricate artifacts.
But why bother? Given that the night sky is full of bright galaxies, why do astronomers build telescopes manufactured to a billionth of a metre accuracy, just to see faint ones? The answer is about looking back in time.
At the start of ‘GoldenEye’, Wayne Michaels bungee-jumps 250 metres from the top of an enormous dam. He said he didn’t know if it was possible until he tried!
Sweden is trying a new method of speed-limit enforcement; they incent people through gamification. For safe driving, you are entered into a lottery to win a portion of the fine money paid by speeders.