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The man whose job it is to watch paint dry

It might be a famous idiom for something mind-numbingly dull, but imagine if when people asked you what you did for a living, your h...
Carolina Reaper. Fresh red chilli pepper in fire as a symbol of burning feeling of spicy food and spices. Red background.
FoodGreat Big QuestionsReadScience

What’s the hottest chili in the world? (Hint: it’s not the Carolina Reaper)

The Carolina Reaper has been usurped. Long known as the world’s hottest chili, it has this month been dethroned by the mysteriously...
Racecar driver lying in streamliner car, elevated view, Utah, USA
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Will the land speed record ever be broken again?

For 99 years, the land speed record – the highest speed recorded by a person using a vehicle on land – rose steadily. But since the...
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Moon Trees | The NASA project growing seeds that went to space

Outside the Indiana Statehouse, the state capitol building in Indianapolis, stands a sycamore tree. Planted over 40 years ago, this...
panorama of Hawksnest Bay and Gibney Beach in Saint John
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Oppenheimer Beach | Where the father of the A-Bomb found peace

Since the release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Oppenheimer, millions of people have become familiar with the life of its epony...
Rover on Mars
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The unemployed NASA robot stuck on planet Earth

A vastly expensive space rover, built to explore Mars, was deemed surplus to requirements by NASA. Out of work, with its life’s purp...
Underground Discharge Channel To Prevent Greater Tokyo From Flooding
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Tokyo’s towering sewers | A look inside the world’s largest drain

Tokyo has long had to contend with flooding. The Japanese capital’s location on a shallow bay and atop a series of rivers leaves it...
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How the Cold War dug the deepest hole in the world

This summer, China began digging a hole in the Xinjiang region with an eventual depth of over 36,000ft. This will mean cutting throu...
Brazil Faces New Health Epidemic As Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus Spreads Rapidly
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How mosquitoes are being used to fight dengue in Bali

Bali’s climate makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, but life on the Indonesian island also pres...
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Is This the Silliest Toy Ever?

Did you ever play with Silly Putty when you were a kid? Did you know it’s been around for 70 years? Did you know it was accidentally...
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