http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged laboratories en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:02:19 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/the-worlds-quietest-place-is-a-chamber-at-orfield-laboratories/ They say silence is golden – but there’s a room in the U.S that’s so quiet it becomes unbearable after a short time. The longest that anyone has survived in the ‘anechoic chamber’ at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is just 45 minutes. It’s 99.99 per cent sound absorbent and holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s quietest place, but stay there too long and you may start hallucinating. ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:18:58 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/the-worlds-quietest-place-is-a-chamber-at-orfield-laboratories/ http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/china-to-put-laboratories-in-space/ China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to an ambitious plan released this week aimed at putting the country on the global map for space exploration. China also plans to launch manned-vessels and freighters into space during the coming half-decade, according to a government white paper. The country's eventual goal in the longer term is a manned lunar landing. ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:06:40 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/china-to-put-laboratories-in-space/