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CHEAP: Train your brain with $180 off this magnificent math clock

May25
by on May 25, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You might think the world is complicated enough and there’s no need to make basic tasks harder, right? Right? Wrong. That’s why you need to stop what you’re doing right now and buy the Albert Math Clock. This clever contraption doesn’t just tell you the time (what did you expect? Have you even read the start of this article?), it displays equations you have to solve to get the information you need. Like this: Not only is the Albert Math Clock achingly cool, it’s also on…

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The Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly, but the northern lights will stay where they are (for now)

May25
by on May 25, 2019 at 7:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication, world


Like most planets in our solar system, the Earth has its own magnetic field. Thanks to its largely molten iron core, our planet is in fact a bit like a bar magnet. It has a north and south magnetic pole, separate from the geographic poles, with a field connecting the two. This field protects our planet from radiation and is responsible for creating the northern and southern lights – spectacular events that are only visible near the magnetic poles. However, with reports that the magnetic north pole has started moving swiftly at 50km per year – and may soon be…

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