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"textContent": "\n\nUnwind a roll of Scotch tape inside a vacuum and it gives off X-rays — enough to capture a fuzzy image of a lab member's finger. UCLA physicists demonstrated this in 2008, vindicating a claim Soviet scientists had made (to widespread disbelief) back in 1953. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Scotch tape screeches because it's making tiny sonic booms appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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