Juno & NASA's Plutonium Shortage

Published 8 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by thundersnow

Many people asked why Juno is using Solar Panels instead of a Radioisotope Thermal Generator which has been been used by all previous visitors to Jupiter. The reason is NASA is running out of the Plutonium Isotope used in their RTG design.

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The Surprising Plant Helping Kenyan Farmers Prosper

Published 6 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Many families in Kisumu, Kenya survive by making rope out of sisal—a fierce-looking plant with sharp, sword-like leaves. The rope can be used to make bags, floor mats and other craft items. Yet because processing sisal is difficult and time consuming, there is more demand f…
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A New History for Humanity – The Human Era

Published 7 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by thundersnow

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Discovering Life Under Antarctica’s Ice

Published 6 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Drew Lohrer is the principal investigator at Science Under the Ice, a project dedicated to studying the resilience of organisms under Antarctica’s frozen ocean. Along with his team of nine scientists, Lohrer dives deep to collect data on sea organisms and deploy incubation …
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Muslims Invented Everything - Douglas Murray examines the hilarious claims of the Muslim world.

Published 5 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by thefox

Muslims Invented Everything. I'll bet you weren't aware of that. But it's true, apparently. Douglas Murray examines the hilarious claims of the Muslim world that virtually eveything we have today, from mathematics and medicine to flight and even the rubiks cube, was invented by..…
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