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The Frog Test, the Birth of the Pregnancy Test

From urinating on various grains and seeing what germinated in Egyptian times to burning ribbons in the 17th Century, pregnancy tests have historically been unreliable. Then the 20th Century came,…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

The Immortal Jellyfish

Leave a jellyfish out in the sun for long enough, and it will evaporate. Over 95% water, jellyfish are ludicrously…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

The Great Space Elevator

In 2009 a helicopter hovered 900m above the Mojave Desert, Andrew Petro was watching. Dangling from the helicopter was a…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

The Famous Nameless Face

In 19th Century Paris, just as with any other time in Paris, there were suicides. In Paris, the Seine was…

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The Door to Hell

In 1971 a small group of Soviet Scientists were rooting around the small village of Dervaza. The village crucially lies…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

The Burning Monk

11th June 1963, Vietnam : A small Buddhist uprising is ongoing. Protests against the Diem regime are now commonplace, the…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

Sunshine: Seeing Things in an Old Light

Light travels very quickly, about 30 million metres per second, but that is only when traveling through a vacuum. Now…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

Sun, Sea and Snake Island

Just off of Brazil’s coast lies the quiet Ilha da Queimada Grande. A picturesque island covered in verdant rainforest and…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

Something to Bragg About: California’s Glass Beach

From a distance it appears to be a normal beach, slightly mottled. As you get closer the sand seems rather…

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March 28, 2022 Mostly Odd

Pando: The One Tree Forest

There is the misconception that the largest creature on Earth is the Blue Whale. Measuring in at 180,000kg it is…

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The Frog Test, the Birth of the Pregnancy Test

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The Great Space Elevator

The Famous Nameless Face

The Door to Hell

The Burning Monk

Sunshine: Seeing Things in an Old Light

Sun, Sea and Snake Island

Something to Bragg About: California’s Glass Beach

Pando: The One Tree Forest

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