A variety of science investigations, along with supplies and equipment, launch to the International Space Station on the 20th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission. The Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth March 6 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Its cargo includes research on particle foam manufacturing, water droplet formation, the human…
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Printing’s Not Dead: The $35 Billion Fight Over Ink Cartridges
America’s onetime innovation icons are wrestling over their biggest remaining piles of money. From a report: The HP 63 Tri-color ink cartridge retails for $28.99 at Staples. Stuffed with foam sponges drenched in a fraction of an ounce of cyan, magenta, and yellow dyes, this bestseller, model No. F6U61AN#140, can spray 36,000 drops per second in the Envy printers made by…
Valentine Venus
Talk about an awesome Valentine’s Day activity! Go outside and show your sweetie Venus, the planet of love. Astronomer Guy Ottewell provides a chart and more. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/valentines-day-activity-2020-how-to-see-venus…
Gobs of sea-foam wash up on in Spanish town. Here’s why.
Sea-foam is known to form from decaying algal blooms. Source: https://www.livescience.com/sea-foam-in-spain.html
China To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags and Straws
China, one of the world’s biggest producers of plastic waste, is set to introduce a ban on all non-degradable plastic bags and single-use straws in major cities. From a report: As part of a plan to drastically reduce plastic pollution, China’s government said the production and sale of disposable foam and plastic tableware, often used for takeout, and single-use plastic straws…
Insane experiment produces giant foam volcano
YouTuber Nick Uhas recently tried to set a new world record by creating a mountain of ‘elephant toothpaste’. A staple of school science experiments, t… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/333170/insane-experiment-produces-giant-foam-volcano…
Frothy and Toxic Bubbles Cover One of India’s Most Famous Beaches
A beach in India is coated in knee-deep foam that experts warn is toxic. Source: https://www.livescience.com/toxic-foam-covers-india-beach.html
Australian government to be sued over firefighting foam contamination
Up to 40,000 residents of towns contaminated with chemicals from firefighting foams are set to sue the Australian government, amid cancer risk fears Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2222219-australian-government-to-be-sued-over-firefighting-foam-contamination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The Universe Is Made of Tiny Bubbles Containing Mini-Universes, Scientists Say
‘Spacetime foam’ might just be the wildest thing in the known universe, and we’re just starting to understand it. From a report: A persistent cosmological puzzle has been troubling physicists since 1917: what is the universe made of? Complicating this already-mind-boggling question is the fact that our best theories conflict with our observations of the universe. Albert Einstein, according to scientific…
Scientists start mapping universe’s hidden web
Maps of the long filaments of gas that hold the universe together might one day help trace and unveil dark matter. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/map-universe-hidden-web-dark-matter…