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Moments after this photo was taken, Sean and Michael McQuilken were struck by lightning.  Both boys survived.

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Stretchable Electronics

EPFL researchers have developed conductive tracks that can be bent and stretched up to four times their original length. They could be used in artificial skin, connected clothing and on-body sensors. (Video)

Cyanuric triazide or 2,4,6-triazido-1,3,5-triazine is white crystalline solid when pure and is an organic primary explosive with a detonation velocity of about 7,300 m·s-1. More than enough to remove a few fingers, so don’t even think about making it.

It is a quite interesting compound, since it only contains carbon and nitrogen, 3 carbon and 12 nitrogen in each molecule and 9 of these are in 3 azido groups. The compound is highly shock sensitive, it explodes while grind in a mortar. It has a sharp melting point a bit under 100 °C but it explodes upon heating above 200 °C giving nitrogen and elemental carbon as graphite and maybe some diamonds.

Since this compound is a highly sensitive energetic material I would recommend to do not try it out how this works. On the picture and the gif approx. 40-50 mg (0,04-0,05 g) cyanuric triazide was ignited. Even this small amount could be enough to cause serious damage, injury. 

Anyone want to read short reviews from energetic materials?

baby fish hiding under the bell of a jellyfish and using its stinging threads as protection from circling predators. this “floating safe house” will provide the fish with protection and food until they’re big enough to venture out on their own. (source)

What Would Your Favorite American Horror Story: Hotel Character Read?

The Countess by Rebecca Johns

Dark Lover by J. R. Ward

The Unfortunates by Sophie McManus

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson  

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Maurice by E.M. Forster

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

Room by Emma Donoghue

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Fear and Clothing: Unbuckling American Style by Cintra Wilson

Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson

The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

Stain Rescue! The A-Z Guide to Removing Smudges, Spots, & Other Spills by Anne Marie Soto

The Road Out of Hell: Sanford Clark and The True Story of the Wineville Murders by Anthony Flacco

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