It takes a lot to make a diamond burn — but it can be done. Watch these people prank a Nobel Prize winner, while demonstrating that diamonds are made of carbon and can burn like carbon.
Daily Archives: May 16, 2015
Henry Johnson, Black World War I Hero, To Receive Medal of Honor Nearly 100 Years After His Heroism
In 1918 during World War I, Germany was getting the better of France, so much so that United States Gen. John Pershing loaned troops—the Harlem Hellfighters, a battalion of Black men from New York.
This scooter triple backflip doesn’t look physically possible but it is
R Willy, the crazy scooter-er in this stunt, looks like he’s flipping an infinite amount of times but it’s actually just a triple backflip. Oh and it just so happens to be the first triple backflip on a scooter ever. I’ve watched the clip multiple times over and have gasped every time it seems like he’s just about to miss but actually ends up sticking the landing.
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Your Fingerprint Can Reveal Cocaine Use
A new way to accurately test for drugs may be through your fingerprint.
Grocery Chain Succeeds In Low-Income, Underserved Communities
Successfully operating a for-profit grocery store in a “food desert” — that is, a low-income rural or urban area with few or no options in the way of fresh, healthy and affordable food — can prove challenging. Yet one regional chain of stores in the Philadelphia area appears to be doing just that.
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Unlocking Marijuana’s Secrets
As the once-vilified drug becomes more accepted, researchers around the world are trying to understand how it works—and how it might fight disease.
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