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The Physics of a Triple Back Flip on a Bike
How did BMX biker Jed Mildon pull off an impossibly dangerous triple flip? Physicist and blogger Rhett Allain walks us through the equations
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The Physics of a Triple Back Flip on a Bike
Mystery of the Canadian Whisky Fungus
Mycologist James Scott goes on a hunt to explain the strange black fungus coating a whiskey warehouse and the town around it.
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Mystery of the Canadian Whisky Fungus
Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot
Red Bull pilot Chuck Aaron is the only pilot licensed by the FAA to do acrobatic maneuvers in a helicopter. We joined him for a few craaaaazy aerial moves.
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Licensed to Loop: America’s Only Aerobatic Copter Pilot
June 1, 1890: Census Bureau Can Finally Keep Tabs on Growing Nation
The development of a reliable tabulating machine eases the heretofore laborious task of taking the census.
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June 1, 1890: Census Bureau Can Finally Keep Tabs on Growing Nation
Astronaut Instructor Preps Space Voyagers for Liftoff
Loredana Bessone’s students learn robotics, field mapping and team dynamics, sometimes underwater and even in pitch-black caves.
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Astronaut Instructor Preps Space Voyagers for Liftoff
Microsoft will talk about ‘the next version’ of Windows at Computex tonight
Microsoft’s Computex keynote today was all about the software giant’s expansive portfolio of current offerings, but it started off with a pretty awesome promise: a partner preview event is coming tomorrow (Taipei time) where we’ll get to hear about the next version of Windows. Steve Guggenheimer , the man who dished up this delicious tease, naturally had nothing more to say on the matter, but we do know that said event kicks off at 10AM local time, making it 10PM ET ( on Wednesday! ) in the US.
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Microsoft will talk about ‘the next version’ of Windows at Computex tonight
