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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Space Slingshot, Ancient Modern Pants, Lifesaving Silence
Description: Hear about a slingshot launching payloads into space, the impressively modern looking worldās oldest pants, and how moth wings are able to absorb sound to avoid detection from bats.A different kind of slingshot.āNASA Will Test Gigantic Centrifuge for Hurling Objects Into Spaceā by George Dvorskyhttps://gizmodo.com/nasa-will-test-gigantic-centrifuge-for-hurling-objects-1848784359āNASA to Test SpinLaunch, a Giant Slingshot for Launching Satellites Into Spaceā by Eric Mackhttps://www.cnet.com/science/space/nasa-to-test-spinlaunch-a-giant-slingshot-for-launching-satellites-into-space/Very very old pants.āThe worldās oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvelā by Kiona Smithhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/the-worlds-oldest-pants-are-a-3000-year-old-engineering-marvel/āThe worldās oldest...