Former rugby player. We had 4 or 5 at the clubhouse after the game Saturdays before the nightclubs opened. 
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Winger here!Former rugby player. We had 4 or 5 at the clubhouse after the game Saturdays before the nightclubs opened.
China discovered a new mineral on the moon.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese scientists discover new mineral on the moon
Chinese scientists have achieved a remarkable feat in their research of the moon as they have discovered and identified the sixth new lunar mineral.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
This is coolish?
www.sciencenews.org
The first room-temperature superconductor has finally been found
A compound of carbon, hydrogen and sulfur conducts electricity without resistance up to 15° C, but there’s a catch: It works only under high pressure.
www.sciencenews.org
Not as cool as it used to beThis is coolish?
The first room-temperature superconductor has finally been found
A compound of carbon, hydrogen and sulfur conducts electricity without resistance up to 15° C, but there’s a catch: It works only under high pressure.
Not joking though this is/could be very important in the future. If we can get superconducting to work at room temps without massive pressure it could really change things.
Agree with @ipaine , but I think this paragraph itself is pretty darn cool:This is coolish?
The first room-temperature superconductor has finally been found
A compound of carbon, hydrogen and sulfur conducts electricity without resistance up to 15° C, but there’s a catch: It works only under high pressure.
"Dias and colleagues formed the superconductor by squeezing carbon, hydrogen and sulfur between the tips of two diamonds and hitting the material with laser light to induce chemical reactions. At a pressure about 2.6 million times that of Earth’s atmosphere, and temperatures below about 15° C, the electrical resistance vanished."
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the pressures and stuff they tested that at is obviously not practicle for "normal" usage but it is interesting the temperature it was achieved at.
do you have a Porche 911? do you also like to camp? Porche launched pop up roof camper / tent!
newatlas.com
Porsche will now sell you a pop-top roof camper for your 911 supercar
How many times have you found yourself out bush-bashing in a Porsche 911, catching a breathtaking view after a gnarly river crossing and thinking "damnit, if only I had somewhere convenient to sleep right now?" If it's more than zero, you're in luck.
newatlas.com
If I could afford a Porsche I wouldn't want to be the Porsche owning dork that doesn't have the decency to get a f****** RV or some such for camping!
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