Danielle Palli

Hippo Roller: AHH-mazing AHA! Discovery for July 2016

Here’s proof that an AHH-mazing invention doesn’t need to be elaborate or complicated in order to change people’s lives. Many of us take fresh water for granted; but for the women and children living in rural South Africa, it’s not so simple. In fact, women spend approximately 26% of their lives retrieving water for drinking, …

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Oops, There Goes Another Rubber Tree Plant (AHH-mazing AHA! Discovery for June 2016)

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Either Thomas Alva Edison was the world’s greatest optimist, or he was simply that persistent and stubborn. If I had to guess, I’d put my money on the latter. With 1,093 patents to his name (and 500+ more that were unsuccessful or uncompleted), …

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Earth 2.0

NASA Makes an Ahh-Mazing AHA! Discovery: Earth’s Older and Bigger Cousin  While NASA has confirmed another Earth-like planet in the “habitable zone” around a star much like our sun, I wouldn’t pack my bags just yet. Kepler-452B is one of a dozen newly discovered, similarly small, and potentially livable planets in our quest to find a new …

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Philae Comet Landing: Is There Life on Comet 67P?

An Ahh-Mazing AHA! Discovery Several Steps Outside the Scientific Mainstream It may have taken the European Space Agency lander, Philae, more than six months to awaken after his bumpy landing on the shady side of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last November, but boy did he have a message to share when his solar panels recharged. According to the data being …

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