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Ashes of Pringles can designer buried in his invention

The unique Pringles potato chip packages, created by Fredric J. Baur, have been used in a number of creative ways: they can hold up to 3 tennis balls, they can be used as 'cannons' or poppers to hold...

created by michelle.sundvick | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann Dead at Age 102

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LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann Dead at Age 102

Albert Hofmann, the pioneering Swiss chemist and advocate ofpsychedelics who discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, diedTuesday. He was 102. What? I thought drugs caused you to die early. He...

created by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Turn your Car's Exhaust into Biofuel!

Three individuals from Wales came up with a simple but brilliant idea to reduce the carbon emissions of today's motor vehicles - they've invented a device called the "green box" that could replace your cars...

created by meyers | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Is Thorium The Answer To Our Energy Crisis?

"It could power the planet for thousands of years, the reactors would never blow up and the waste is relatively clean. So is thorium the nuclear fuel of the future? Helen Brown reports It's a word that's been generating a steady, background hum in the scientific community...