Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence

Hear about a slingshot launching payloads into space, the impressively modern looking world’s oldest pants, and how moth wings are able to absorb sound to avoid detection from bats.A different kind of slingshot.“NASA Will Test Gigantic Centrifuge for Hurling Objects Into Space” by George Dvorskyhttps://gizmodo.com/nasa-will-test-gigantic-centrifuge-for-hurling-objects-1848784359“NASA to Test SpinLaunch, a Giant Slingshot for Launching Satellites Into Space” by Eric Mackhttps://www.cnet.com/science/space/nasa-to-test-spinlaunch-a-giant-slingshot-for-launching-satellites-into-space/Very very old pants.“The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel” by Kiona Smithhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/the-worlds-oldest-pants-are-a-3000-year-old-engineering-marvel/“The world’s oldest pants stitched together cultures from across Asia” by Bruce Bowerhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/pants-oldest-ancient-horseman-asia-culture-originMoth sound absorbers.“Moth wing-inspired sound absorbing wallpaper in sight after breakthrough” by The University of Bristolhttps://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/june/moth-wing-inspired-sound-absorbing-wallpaper.html“Moth wings as sound absorber metasurface” by Thomas R. Neil, Zhiyuan Shen, Daniel Robert, Bruce W. Drinkwater and Marc W. Holderiedhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2022.0046Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/space-slingshot-ancient-modern-pants-lifesaving-silence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.