Daily Newsletter: Radioactive Chlorine Found in Antarctica, Dates Back to the Nuclear Bomb Tests

Interesting Engineering is a cutting edge, leading community designed for all lovers of engineering, technology and science. [Interesting Engineering]() Wednesday, 16 Oct 2019 SPONSORED [Radioactive Chlorine Found in Antarctica, Dates Back to the Nuclear Bomb Tests]( [Radioactive Chlorine Found in Antarctica, Dates Back to the Nuclear Bomb Tests]( [Energy & Environment]( Scientists have discovered that glaciers and ice sheets in Antarctica are still releasing radioactive chlorine. This chemical was used in the 1950s and 1960s for marine nuclear weapon tests. This new information points out that certain parts of the region store and vent radioactive element in different ways than was previously believed.[Read More]( [NASA's New and Improved Artemis Spacesuits Unveiled]( [NASA's New and Improved Artemis Spacesuits Unveiled]( [Space]( NASA revealed their new spacesuits at a press conference on Tuesday, with NASA's administrator Jim Bridenstine hosting the event. The catwalk-style event put the two new suits on display: the Orion Crew Survival System suit, and the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU).[Read More]( [The Word 'Jedi' Is Now Officially Recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary]( [The Word 'Jedi' Is Now Officially Recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary]( [Culture]( While some angry fans have boycotted the new Star Wars movies, others are eagerly anticipating the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.Either way, moviegoers will no doubt go to the cinema in droves this December hoping to find answers to several dangling threads: namely, what does being a Jedi mean, and is Rey really the last of them?How interesting then that, just as fans of the series are grappling with the true meaning of Jediism, the Oxford Dictionary has decided to officially canonize the word as part of the English language.[Read More]( [Concrete Blocks Serving as the Future of Renewable Energy Storage]( [Concrete Blocks Serving as the Future of Renewable Energy Storage]( [Energy & Environment]( Energy storage is becoming a critical question when it comes to renewable energy. Swiss startup, Energy Vault, has significant and concrete plans to tackle the problem. The two-year-old company has put forward their idea of building huge concrete blocks that could store renewable energy.[Read More]( [A Kenyan Runner Has Just Run a Historic Sub-Two-Hour Marathon]( [A Kenyan Runner Has Just Run a Historic Sub-Two-Hour Marathon]( [Health]( On October 12, the record for the first person to ever run a marathon in under two hours was achieved. Incredibly, Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge ran 42.2 kilometers (26.2 miles) in Vienna in 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds.[Read More]( [World's First All-Woman Spacewalk Has Been Moved Forward by NASA]( [World's First All-Woman Spacewalk Has Been Moved Forward by NASA]( [Space]( If all goes to plan, the first all-woman spacewalk will happen this week.Originally set for October 21st, the date has been moved forward to take place either on either October 17 or October 18.[Read More]( [A Human-like Robotic Hand is Able to Solve the Rubik's Cube]( [A Human-like Robotic Hand is Able to Solve the Rubik's Cube]( [News]( OpenAI, the research company that conducts artificial intelligence research was able to train a pair of neural networks to solve the Rubik's Cube using a robotic hand. In a blog post announcing the achievement, OpenAI said the neural networks were trained in simulation, relying on the OpenAIFive code paired with Automatic Domain Randomization, which is a new technique the firm developed.[Read More]( [Interesting Engineering] [Unsubscribe]( | [Display on interestingengineering.com](