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Unit 11

Unit 11. Over The Past 60 Years, A Reef Island Has Grown Out Of The Sea. Typhoons destroyed the island of Nadikdik Atoll. Coral bits and sand have been thrown up and the island remade itself. Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power.

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Unit 11

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  1. Unit 11

  2. Over The Past 60 Years, A Reef Island Has Grown Out Of The Sea • Typhoons destroyed the island of Nadikdik Atoll. • Coral bits and sand have been thrown up and the island remade itself.

  3. Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power • Electricity goes through two magnets which spin along with the wheels • The bike can be charge when it coasts the wheels spin the magnets and charge the battery.

  4. Secret Viking Code Decrypted • Cryptology was a game for the Norse. • It was a kind of a competition they tested each others skills.

  5. NASA Invites Private Companies To The Moon • NASA is going to start working private companies for commercial robotic lunar landers. • There could be commercial activities also there could be scientific exploration.

  6. There Are 177,147 Ways To Tie A Tie • A mathematician in Stockholm Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson and a small team tried to figure out how many ways you can tie a tie. • The people who did this before Yong Mao and Thomas Fink found 85 ways to tie a tie in 1999.

  7. The Oldest Known Star In The Universe • Star from the second generation of stars to ever form. • First generation of stars were larger than the sun and died young. • Its almost 13 billion years old and the sun is only about 4.5 billion years old. • Its 1 in 60 million of these stars.

  8. Giant New Jellyfish Species Washes Ashore in Tasmania • It grows to about 5 feetand it stings but it is not deadly. • Many types of jellyfish are blooming in remarkable numbers. • Jellyfish numbers are expected to expand in the future.

  9. New Crocodile Species Found In West Africa • It looks so similar to slender-snouted crocs no one knew it was a different species. • It is the second or third most endangered species of crocodile. • Slender-snouted crocodiles are not true crocodiles. They are a different genus called Mecistops.

  10. Micro-Flyer That "Swims" in Air • It moves through the air like a jellyfish. • It is 10 centimeters long with each wing 8 centimeters long. • It ways 2.1 grams with a 1.1 gram motor.

  11. One-Way Trip To Mars • Ken Sullivan applied for a one way trip to mars. • He has a wife and 4 kids who don’t want him to go. • They’ll be able to talk to him but they wont see him in person again.

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