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What’s the Longest Word in the English Language?

The longest determined non-technical word was pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, apparently slang for the disease you get when you inhale silicon dioxide. Yes, “slang.”

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Color-Changing Shirts Sniff Out Air Pollution

What if detecting urban pollution was as easy as looking down at your neighbor’s chest? It is–if your neighbor is wearing one of the high-tech sweatshirts designed by NYU grad students Sue Ngo and Nien Lam. The shirts, designed for a class on wearable technologies, feature internal organs that change colors depending on the levels of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere.