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Crumple Theory: We Can Learn a Lot From How Paper Crumples

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Crumpling is a physical process that occurs when a thin sheet is forced to adapt to a smaller space and is seen in everything from DNA packing in a cell nucleus to the formation of mountains.

Tech Team Keeps 2020 Paralympians in the Medal Race

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At least 100 technical experts from 24 countries will provide professional repair and maintenance to the athletes' prosthetics and orthotics at the Technical Repair Service Center in Tokyo.

10 Motorcycle Modifications You Should Seriously Consider

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We all know that not every modification to a vehicle is beneficial or worthwhile. There are plenty of ghastly modifications out there to cars, trucks and motorcycles. We've even blasted all the terrible ones before. And when it comes to motorcycles, modifications can be especially tricky. Maybe it is because of the size of motorcycles [...] The post 10 Motorcycle Modifications You Should Seriously Consider appeared first on Goliath.

9 Things Everyone Should Know About The Hacktivist Group Anonymous

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Whether you applaud their Robin Hood-style ideology of championing free speech or detest their reckless disregard for the consequences of their actions, it's undeniable that Anonymous has become a force to be reckoned with in recent years. From hacking politicians' emails to taking down government websites, many of the group's actions seem to straddle the line [...] The post 9 Things Everyone Should Know About The Hacktivist Group Anonymous appeared first on Goliath.

Utahraptor: The Salty Saga of a Killer Dinosaur

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Utahraptors lived around 135 million years ago in the late Cretaceous Period. So what does salt have to do with these massive dinosaurs whose fossils were first discovered in 1975?

What causes pipes to burst when they freeze?

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If you live in an apartment building, you're sure to see a sign put up by management to keep your faucet dripping when the weather report forecasts freezing temperatures. But why is that? How does a dripping tap keep pipes from bursting?

Should I move my hard disk to the cloud?

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The contents of your hard disk can now live in the cloud, but are some things better off local? Find out if you should move your hard disk to the cloud.

How will future technology change the classroom?

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Technology is indisputably a part of modern classroom. We'll explore how future technology will change the classroom for new generations.

How can we speed up plastic photodegradation?

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Sunlight can break plastic down but not very fast. Is there a way to speed up the process so that natural environments like this one aren't cluttered with plastic debris for centuries?

12 Freest Countries in the World, According to the HFI

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Everyone probably likes to imagine that they live in one of the freest countries in the world, but is "freedom" something that can even be quantified? Is there a definitive way to say that my country is more free than your country?

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