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  • Scientists drop 20.000 bouncy balls from a helicopter

    Why? Well, scientists wanted to demonstrate how space weather impacts on satellites. The balls were meant to simulate the stream of electron radiation onto the delicate spacecraft. The event that happened at the Utah State University Romney Football Stadium parking lot, Thursday afternoon, drew in thousands of spectators. Initial plans...
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    The most awesome waste of time ever on YouTube

    As a kid, I always wanted to do particularly dangerous things with otherwise harmless toys, like putting gasoline in waterballoons or attaching tacks to the end of NERF darts.  Clearly, I was thinking inside the box. David Windestål strapped a camera and a Roman candle to his RC helicopter,...
  • Quite Possibly the World’s Toughest Golf Hole

    Chances are that even if you’re only slightly aware of the sport of golf, you would know a tough hole when you see one.  And the Extreme 19th hole at the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in South Africa may just be the world’s toughest. The hole itself plays...