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The 3 Fantastic Supermen
Physicists discover that the structure of a brain cell is the same as the entire universe.
One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patterns found in vastly different natural phenomena. (David Constantine)
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Mark McKenna’s DIY (do-it-yourself) package to design battery lights. The kit contains a series of flat pieces, which you need to assemble. Then, you hook them up to a 9-volt battery, which should be the light source.There are five different lamp kits for five models respectively. The mini-lamps are representations of the most famous designer lamps.
M83 - We Own the Sky
How to get out of a locked room...
hydeordie: File away for inevitable future use.
steampoweredmedia: In addition, if the hinges are on the inside, you can use a key and some other hard object to force the pins out from the bottom on each hinge. Put the end of your key in the hole on the bottom of the hinge, and use the other hard object (a brick is awesome) to hammer the hinge-pin up and out. Then the door will come free from the frame and you can strut right out. If the hinges are on the other side, that means the door opens outward from you and can be kicked open. Two swift kicks right next to the door knob often does the trick, especially in residential structures. One, if the door is flimsy. This public service announcement brought to you by my ill-spent youth.
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1784 and 1785 were busy years - the first balloon flight outside of France took place in Italy, the first female aeronaut soared (and sang) over Lyons, a thirteen year old boy was the first to fly in the US. there were also manned flights in Great Britain and Belgium
Arguably the greatest feat was achieved on January 7th 1785, when Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and his companion Dr John Jeffries, crossed the English Channel - from Dover to Calais. The flight took over two hours. Jefferies, the sponsor of the flight, wrote “Heaven has crowned my utmost wishes with success; I cannot describe to you the magnificance and beauty of our voyage.”, but it is believed that Blanchard tried to leave Jeffries behind, wanting the honour of the achievement to be entirely his.
This attitude/ego aside, Blanchard must be regarded as the first true professional aeronaut, travelling across Europe and then to the New World. His sixtieth voyage was his last. Suffering a heart attack whilst in the air in 1808, he never fully recovered - and died a year later. His widow Sophie, also a balloonist, became the first woman be killed in an aviation accident ten years later..
