This Week I Learned #4 – 24 July 2013

This week (and hopefully, in future weeks) I’ll be trying something a bit different – I think I can dig up enough links to do this twice a week. So enjoy those below, and stay tuned for a second roundup on the weekend! 🙂

 

Articles:

  1. Sunken WW1 U-boats a bonanza for historians.
  2. Caterpillars climb over each other in order to move faster. (h/t Christoph Nahr)
  3. The caterpillars still probably can’t beat the world’s fastest lawnmower, which has a top speed of 130mph. Unfortunately, it can only mow at 15. Watch the video ad – it’s quite funny.
  4. “… a number of scientists say that — of all things — boredom is one of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission, despite the thrill inherent in visiting another planet.”
  5. Wealth taxes: a future battleground. For a different (Australian) take on it, check out this article.
  6. The Space Shuttles Atlantis and Enterprise, two years after the end of the program.
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