The ‘Great Shoe Spill of 1990’, Art, and Flotsam Science
Tens of thousands of NIke shoes fell into the Pacific in 1990
Science
What the Dippin’ Dots ‘cold chain’ can teach us about COVID-19 vaccines
Countless people across the country are desperate to get their hands on the coronavirus vaccine. But the same could be said for another icy treat with some surprising similarities: Dippin’ Dots.
Invented by a microbiologist in 1988, Dippin’ Dots’ self-proclaimed “Ice Cream of the Future” maintains its characteristic beaded form only if stored at -49 degrees Fahrenheit. Slipping even a few degrees in the wrong direction can jeopardize the quality of a batch.
Shipping a coronavirus vaccine is a similarly delicate dance.
Why do things keep evolving into crabs?
For some reason, animals keep evolving into things that look like crabs, independently, over and over again.
Tsar Bomba – Unclassified Footage
Rosatom has released previously classified footage of the largest bomb to ever be detonated, Tsar Bomba.
With a yield of 50 megatons (50 million tons), equal to around 3,800 Hiroshima bombs, the weapon was set off over Novaya Zemlya on October 30, 1961
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2020/08/rosatom-releases-previously-classified-documentary-video-50-mt-novaya-zemlya-test
Update: I think they took it down? So, this seems to be a re-upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJhZ3i-HXS0
Tip: YouTube’s auto-translated captions do a great job turning it into english.
Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World’s Deepest Ocean Trench
A recent study revealed that a plastic bag, like the kind given away at grocery stores, is now the deepest known piece of plastic trash, found at a depth of 36,000 feet inside the Mariana Trench. Scientists found it by looking through the Deep-Sea Debris Database, a collection of photos and videos taken from 5,010 dives over the past 30 years that was recently made public.
Jupiter – New View
https://vimeo.com/219216194
Bonus: The Moonraker (James Bond) score works great even if the obvious (and maybe overused) choice would have been Holst’s track.
GOES-R
At 6:42 on Saturday evening, the United States launched a revolutionary new weather satellite into space from Cape Canaveral, Fla.