A professor of solid and structural mechanics at the University of Trento in Italy has come up with a way of combining natural spider silk and artificial graphene-based nanoparticles to produce a lightweight material three times stronger than steel. What’s more, this material is spun naturally by the spiders themselves, bypassing the need for problematic manufacturing processes.
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A major cold snap is forecast to push south into the contiguous United States over the Christmas holidays, with regions between North Dakota and Colorado experiencing temperatures 20ºF to 40ºF below normal over Christmas Eve. Conversely, the east coast may see above-seasonal temperatures, with a forecast high of 71ºF in Washington D.C, and 62ºF in New York City on Christmas Day.
"If you’re West of the Mississippi River on Christmas Day, then you may want to ask for coal in your stocking," tweets meteorologist Ryan Maue, with weather.us. "Extreme cold arriving via Polar Express. Off the charts Arctic cold."
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The image pictured here was allegedly taken at the China Lake Naval Weapons Station in 2007. We have had it on file for some time. We can find no evidence of photoshopping, but at the same time, the photographer is anonymous and there is no way to verify the fact that the image was even taken at China Lake, or where it was taken. In addition, it has become so difficult to determine finally and absolutely whether or not something like this, which is a still that has been videoed, is hoaxed, we simply cannot be sure.
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