A lot of adventurers, or alpinists, want to climb Mt. Everest, and while oxygen supplementation has made summiting less deadly, some are still bucking the basic modern advice: Take oxygen! Today it is well known that climbers who don’t give their bodies enough...
Hot air balloons fueled by liquid propane made their debut on the world stage when a balloon by the name of Aérostat Réveillon took flight in 1783. The first passengers? A rooster, a sheep and a duck. Apparently, the balloon managed to fly or float through the air for...
Craft beer popularity is on the rise, and so is the need for carbon dioxide in breweries. In case you didn’t know, carbon dioxide (CO₂ for short) is what puts the fizz in your beer, your kombucha, or the cold brew at your local coffee shop. As you’ve...
Who doesn’t love a good lightsaber fight? Turns out lasers aren’t just helpful in Star Wars; they’re helpful in the real world, too. Today, these “lightsabers” or carbon dioxide lasers (also known as the CO2 laser) are an actual reality...
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