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The U.S. and Britain are going to standardize screw threads. No great oratory attends this homely step, no military pageantry, yet it may be as important as half a dozen formal treaties. The Americans ...

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The Crystal Palace and water tower in London, 1854. Credit: Photograph by Philip Henry Delamotte, 1854 – public domain via Wikimedia Commons A study reveals that its rapid construction was due to the ...

You’ve experienced this. You glance into your refrigerator and say to yourself, “hmmm, low on ketchup, I better pick some up.” That’s how I am with shop supplies. I constantly scan my stash of glue, ...