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What's the best way to pour ketchup?
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Coat the inside of the bottle with LiquiGlide! LiquiGlide works by creating a thin layer of lubricant that prevents friction caused by sticky foods and substances. Created originally in 2012 by a professor, Kripa Varanasi and his grad students at MIT, its makers hope that its application into the containers of various products, including gel, mayonnaise, and glue will help reduce waste. Interestingly, studies show that people end up throwing out up to a quarter of a product because it’s too much of a pain to coax out the layers that stick to the container. ...
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What mechanism allowed early terrestrial animals to transition from water to land?
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A new study finds that Mudskipper fish carry water in their mouths in order to eat prey outside of water. As seen in the video below, the hidden water is expelled at the moment of eating and it serves as a suction to move the water and their meal back toward the esophagus. The water suction, or “hydrostatic” tongue, may serve as the evolutionary bridge that allowed our aquatic ancestors to begin feeding on land.
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Want to get rid of your double chin, now you can without surgery
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An injectable drug, called ATX-101, currently being tested melts away "submental fat", better known as the double chin. According to its makers, ATX-101 can be injected in a clinic and takes just five minutes. It consists of deoxycholic acid, a naturally-occurring molecule that helps us break down fat, which effectively destroys the membranes of fat cells, causing them to burst and then be metabolised by the body. ...
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This strange animal can drink through its feet
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The thorny dragon ( Moloch horridus) is an Australian lizard that grows up to 20 cm in length, and it can live for up to 20 years. Not only is it covered entirely with conical spines, it has the uncanny ability to suck in water from all over its body - including its feet - through capillary action.
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Rockets of the world
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No, we're not referring to the candy. Humanity has done great! Here's a more intricate version of the poster above. It was created by professor Peter Alway and was published in the book Rockets of the World: ...
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Rhino beetles are ginormous bugs
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Rhino beetles and other ginormous bugs are kept as pets, used in gambling fights, and also eaten as food. You've got to see the size of these things!
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One shiny, golden bug
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Nicknamed ‘goldenbugs’, this pretty little molten gold beetle is the golden tortoise beetle ( Charidotella sexpunctata). It grows to around 5.0 to 7.0 mm in length and favour foods such as sweet potato and morning glory. Strangely, it can completely change colour while having sex. ...
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Is cracking your knuckles bad for you?
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I've always told my students that cracking your joints leads to arthritis. Perhaps I've been wrong all these years, watch this video to find out more:
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Did you know underwater cables power the internet?
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I didn't lol Hundreds of thousands of kilometres of submarine cables lye on the ocean floor - sometimes at depths nearing 8,000 metres. These cables are essential for powering the modern Internet, transmitting 99 percent of all international data. The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from the Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis. ...
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Deepest hole on the planet
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Where is it found? In Russia! How deep is it? About 12 kilometers! That's deeper than the deepest point of the ocean, and it's the deepest hole humans have ever dug into the Earth. Watch this informative video,
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