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10 wild theories about the universe
https://www.livescience.com/strange-theo...verse.html
INTRO: Why is the universe the way it is? Over the years, scientists have explored many ideas to explain our cosmos and its future. Here are some of the strangest ideas, from a braneworld scenario that involves the universe floating in a higher dimensional space, to the "Big Splat" that describes such a brane colliding with another to form an entirely new universe... (MORE -details)
COVERED: Braneworld .... The Big Splat .... Plasma-filled cosmos .... The holographic universe .... The steady-state universe .... The multiverse .... We got gravity wrong .... Superfluid space-time .... Simulation theory .... Cosmic ego-trip
Mac & cheese is the ice cream you never thought you'd need and now it's hard to get
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/101646466...m-for-sale
INTRO: Mac and cheese. It's cheesy, it's creamy, it's warm and buttery. Oh, one more thing — now it's an ice cream flavor. And many people are asking: Why?
"We are living in the last days," comedian Josh Pray said on YouTube. "Is this a terrible idea? Absolutely. Should this have been made? Gosh no. This come from the mind of a first-grader."
The limited-edition flavor, created in celebration of National Mac and Cheese Day by Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, hit stores Wednesday.
It's received its fair share of public outcry on social media, but the cold and cheesy treat is still sold out nearly everywhere... (MORE)
VIDEO: Mac N’ Cheese Ice Cream? Hoda And Jenna Try It
Dog pee piles up, collapsing traffic pole
https://newsonjapan.com/blogs/2021/07/14...ice-think/
NEWS: After months of investigating, the cause of a collapsed 20-foot-tall traffic light in Suzuka, Japan, has been identified as a pack of bad boys trying to claim their turf — and by bad boys, we mean dogs.
Suzuka police have been investigating the site since a 19.7-foot iron pole hoisting a traffic signal toppled to the ground, seemingly out of nowhere, this past February.
Though no one was injured in the incident, authorities took precautionary measures in figuring out how the infrastructure fell, especially since the pole had been in place for a relatively short 23 years — less than halfway through its projected service life span.
While examining the site, officers noticed heavy paw traffic from local residents walking their dogs at the exact spot the pole had fallen. Upon further research, they realized that the location overlaps with several different paths that nearby dog owners frequent to let their pups get some relief.
The Mie Prefectural Police Scientific Investigation Research Lab ran some tests on the fallen pole and surrounding ground, comparing it to a still-standing pole located directly across the street. Low and behold, the collapsed pole was covered in nearly eight times as many traces of urea, the non-water compound found in urine, with 42 times as much on the sunken ground! Urine trouble now, doggos!
Ultimately, researchers deduced that the sheer amount of urea around the pole’s base corroded the metal until it snapped.
While stopping a pooch from peeing is easier said than done, Suzuka officials hope that people will try to have their pups relieve themselves at home or bring a water bottle to splash on the urine before it has time to cause any damage.
https://www.livescience.com/strange-theo...verse.html
INTRO: Why is the universe the way it is? Over the years, scientists have explored many ideas to explain our cosmos and its future. Here are some of the strangest ideas, from a braneworld scenario that involves the universe floating in a higher dimensional space, to the "Big Splat" that describes such a brane colliding with another to form an entirely new universe... (MORE -details)
COVERED: Braneworld .... The Big Splat .... Plasma-filled cosmos .... The holographic universe .... The steady-state universe .... The multiverse .... We got gravity wrong .... Superfluid space-time .... Simulation theory .... Cosmic ego-trip
Mac & cheese is the ice cream you never thought you'd need and now it's hard to get
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/15/101646466...m-for-sale
INTRO: Mac and cheese. It's cheesy, it's creamy, it's warm and buttery. Oh, one more thing — now it's an ice cream flavor. And many people are asking: Why?
"We are living in the last days," comedian Josh Pray said on YouTube. "Is this a terrible idea? Absolutely. Should this have been made? Gosh no. This come from the mind of a first-grader."
The limited-edition flavor, created in celebration of National Mac and Cheese Day by Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, hit stores Wednesday.
It's received its fair share of public outcry on social media, but the cold and cheesy treat is still sold out nearly everywhere... (MORE)
VIDEO: Mac N’ Cheese Ice Cream? Hoda And Jenna Try It
Dog pee piles up, collapsing traffic pole
https://newsonjapan.com/blogs/2021/07/14...ice-think/
NEWS: After months of investigating, the cause of a collapsed 20-foot-tall traffic light in Suzuka, Japan, has been identified as a pack of bad boys trying to claim their turf — and by bad boys, we mean dogs.
Suzuka police have been investigating the site since a 19.7-foot iron pole hoisting a traffic signal toppled to the ground, seemingly out of nowhere, this past February.
Though no one was injured in the incident, authorities took precautionary measures in figuring out how the infrastructure fell, especially since the pole had been in place for a relatively short 23 years — less than halfway through its projected service life span.
While examining the site, officers noticed heavy paw traffic from local residents walking their dogs at the exact spot the pole had fallen. Upon further research, they realized that the location overlaps with several different paths that nearby dog owners frequent to let their pups get some relief.
The Mie Prefectural Police Scientific Investigation Research Lab ran some tests on the fallen pole and surrounding ground, comparing it to a still-standing pole located directly across the street. Low and behold, the collapsed pole was covered in nearly eight times as many traces of urea, the non-water compound found in urine, with 42 times as much on the sunken ground! Urine trouble now, doggos!
Ultimately, researchers deduced that the sheer amount of urea around the pole’s base corroded the metal until it snapped.
While stopping a pooch from peeing is easier said than done, Suzuka officials hope that people will try to have their pups relieve themselves at home or bring a water bottle to splash on the urine before it has time to cause any damage.
