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NASA Looks To 3D-Printed Pizza And Other Foods For Long

NASA Looks To 3D-Printed Pizza And Other Foods For Long Distance Space Travel

According to a report by Quartz, NASA is dishing out $125,000 in grant money to help Anjan Contractor develop a 3D food printer.

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What do busy janitors and nectar feeding bats have in common? They both want to wipe up as much liquid as they can, as fast as they can. And it turns out, they both have specialized equipment for the job.

Role Reversal Younger Black Widow Males Cannibalize Older

The idea that the female of a species would, after completing coitus, approach, kill and eat her mate is a sentiment that instills, if not fear, unease in many the male reader. This scenario, in fact, is exactly how the Black Widow spider got its name.

Glow In The Dark Sheep Created By Uruguay Scientists

A team of scientists from Uruguay have genetically modified a flock of nine young sheep, causing the lambs to glow in the dark whenever they are exposed to ultraviolet light.

Guppy Jumping Behavior Analyzed With High-Speed Videography

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squidger
  • The round disk used to play winks in the game of tiddlywinks.
  • Someone who squidges a wink in the game of tiddlywinks.
The origin of this word is uncertain. The earliest citation, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is 1955.
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