The Key To Next-Generation Batteries Might Be In Crab Shells (Cool Weird Awesome 1128)
The tech industry is always on the lookout for the next big thing in batteries. Scientists on the East Coast may have found it in crab shells.
Gail Halvorsen, The “Candy Bomber” Of The Berlin Airlift (Cool Weird Awesome 1049)
Today in 1948, an unusually sweet moment in the history of the Cold War: American servicemember Gail Halvorsen came up with a plan that would eventually earn him the nickname "the Berlin Candy Bomber."