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What Are Those Other Weird QR Codes?
Ever wondered why some QR codes don’t scan? ⇒ Become a channel member for exclusive features! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/ThioJoe/join ▼ Time Stamps: ▼ 0:00 – Intro 0:52 – 1D vs 2D Barcodes 1:31 – Notable 2D Barcodes 2:38 … Continue reading
China’s Mars rover has beamed back its first images of the red planet | Yahoo News
Aylin Woodward Thu, 20 May 2021, 12:38 am A photo showing the back of China’s Zhurong rover from its landing spot on Mars’ Utopia Planitia, following a May 15, 2021 landing. China National Space Administration China’s Zhurong rover, which landed … Continue reading
Why all solar panels are secretly LEDs (and all LEDs are secretly solar panels)
Part 2 – explainer video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUte… LEDs and solar panels are both made of diodes. A diode is just designed to allow electricity to flow in one direction but because we make them out of semiconductors they can … Continue reading
How Is NASA Still in Contact With The Voyagers?
The Voyager spacecraft are more than 20 billion km away from us. Launched in 1977 to explore the solar system’s outer planets, Voyager and Voyager 2 continued their journey after completing their primary missions. Today, Voyager 1 is the farthest … Continue reading
What Happened to the Giant Hovercraft SR-N4? – The Concorde of the Seas
They were once known as the ‘Concorde of the Seas’: mighty flying boats that ferried their passengers with speed and style. Hovercraft was a symbol of national innovation and represented the future of transport in the 20th Century. And yet, … Continue reading
Why the Hybrid Workforce of the Future Depends on the ‘Geriatric Millennial’
Millennials born between 1980–85 know how to work across generational divides The first time I heard “geriatric millennial” I thought it was an oxymoron. Sarcastic, even. But as I thought more deeply about it, I realized how perfectly it describes … Continue reading
Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on surface of Mars, says state media
China’s “Zhurong” rover successfully landed on Mars Saturday, state media reported, a triumph for Beijing’s increasingly bold space ambitions.[…]
Why captchas are getting harder
[…] It’s not you — captchas really are getting harder. The worst part is that you’re partly to blame. A captcha is a simple test that intends to distinguish between humans and computers. While the test itself is simple, there’s … Continue reading
Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap | The New Yorker
By Bill McKibben April 28, 2021 Now the biggest barrier to change is the will of our politicians to take serious climate action. Earth Week has come and gone, leaving behind an ankle-deep and green-tinted drift of reports, press releases, … Continue reading
How Astronauts Poop | Answers With Joe
[…]They’ve got the right stuff, but how do they take care of business? The solutions for waste disposal in space are both low and high technology – and it’s still a work in progress. Let’s talk about the dark side … Continue reading
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