The most explosive chemical in the world is a high-nitrogen energetic material called 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole or C2N14 and informally called “azidoazide azide.” C2N14 has 14 nitrogen and two carbon atoms, and ...
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We all know the name of Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist who gave us his famous theory of relativity, but what else do you know about the scientist who was ...
What would you do if you couldn’t go for a swim or walk out in the rain? For a handful of people, that is a reality. They suffer from an ...
“I have a need…a need for speed.” These were the words immortalized by Maverick in Top Gun right before he did the reverse high-five with Goose that became all the ...
We’ve always been told that you should never get a computer wet, but these examples fly in the face of that advice. One recent breakthrough using water could even change ...
We’ve all heard of the different sizes of batteries; AA, AAA, C, and D. But what happened to the B size battery, and did it ever even exist? The B ...
There’s more behind the smell of freshly cut grass other than it is a pleasant aroma to most people. The scent is actually the plant giving out its own distress ...
We’re told that we need to take our vitamins, which are the micronutrients that are required by the body to complete many essential functions. They come from the food we ...
Rigor in Latin means “stiffness,” and mortis means “of death.” But why does the body of a person or an animal get stiff after death, and what causes it? Interestingly, ...
You’ve probably heard this term on weather reports when a meteorologist talks about the jet stream, but what is it exactly? The jet stream, which is considered a “river” of ...
What if someone just around a corner could see what you’re looking at on your computer screen without using a physical or wireless connection and without ever being in your ...
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