Archive for February 11th, 2024

The Elusive Blue LED

In 2014, three Japanese physicists received the Nobel Prize in Physics: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for their invention of the blue LEDs. But the story behind it is probably one that the ordinary per...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/The-Elusive-Blue-LED/

Which Countries Spend the Most Screen Time?

<p>Our computers and mobile devices have become completely essential to our everyday lives that we spend, on average, 6.5 hours a day looking at a screen, a little over a quarter of our day.</p><p&...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/Which-Countries-Spend-the-Most-Screen-Time/

How Much Do '90s Toys Cost Today?

Collectors' items are worth a fortune because of their rarity, and vintage toys have risen in resale value these days due to nostalgia fueled by some new movies slated to come out in the near future.With this increase in...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/How-Much-Do-90s-Toys-Cost-Today/

That Time Three Astronauts Went on Strike -in Space!

Skylab was the United States' first space station, and so far the only space station completely controlled by the US alone. The station was launched in 1973, housed astronauts on three missions, and crash landed across A...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/That-Time-Three-Astronauts-Went-on-Strike-in-Space/

The Beatles Video Made with 1300 Oil Paintings

Last week, The Beatles won a Grammy award more than 50 years after the band broke up. The award was for Best Music Video, for the song "I'm Only Sleeping," from their 1966 album Revolver (although it was initial...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/The-Beatles-Video-Made-with-1300-Oil-Paintings/

Lifting a Large Lizard with a Weir Winch

If you think that headline is nonsensical, the original headline of the news story is "Huge goanna winched by crane to safety from Torrumbarry Weir by Goulburn-Murray Water workers." Yes, it's from Australia. A goanna is...

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/02/11/Lifting-a-Large-Lizard-with-a-Weir-Winch/
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