A virus that creates electricity
A virus called simply M13 has the power (literally) to change the world. A team of scientists at the Berkeley Lab have genetically engineered M13 viruses to emit enough electricity to power a small LED screen. M13 poses no threat to humans — it can only infect bacteria — but it could one day serve humanity by powering your laptop, or even your city.
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That’s what the WHO recommends, at least, and I’ll take their word for it; it doesn’t get much cheaper than free. After just six hours, the UV rays from the sun have destroyed all the microbes in your water, making it safe to drink.
Recent research shows two hacks, both equally easy and nearly as cheap, to improve water purification. Add a dash of salt, of the table salt variety, to cause sediment to clump and fall out of suspension. And use some lime juice, which contains chemical compounds called psoralens, to cut the UV wait time from 6 hours to 30 minutes.
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This is a diagram that represents the entire supply of the world’s water.
But don’t fret. It’s still enough water to cover the US, 90 miles deep.
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Minsks in the Đà river gorge (by Glenn Phillips)
Fuckin’ BAD. ASS.
flying take-downs like that are unsettling to experience.
It’s strange that more action movies don’t employ more wushu grapples or aikido projections. I guess the problem is that even stylized conflicts like that between trained professionals don’t last that long, and often don’t read well onscreen, and directors need longer, easier to understand stuff that doesn’t require training the actors so much.
There is the famous story of Bruce Lee having to repeatedly slow his movements to be seen at all on 24fps film, and many fight choreographers who have worked with wushu champions like Jet Li have spoken about the unique challenges of film. Still, I think we miss something by not having more fictional portrayals that include this kind of stuff.
this defines “BADASS!” she wiped the floor with his ass!
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A virus that creates electricityA virus called simply M13 has the power (literally) to change the world. A team of...
That’s what the WHO recommends, at least, and I’ll take their word for...
This is a diagram that represents the entire supply of the world’s water.
But don’t fret. It’s still enough water to cover the...
Yeah, Geeks!
Fuckin’ BAD. ASS.
flying take-downs like that are unsettling to experience.
It’s strange...
the worrying moment when you realise you are Sheldon Cooper.
oh for the love of god, i love pandas.
