I feel like China keeps making scientific breakthroughs every day at this point
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2025
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China creates rare meteorite diamonds much harder than ones on Earth
(interestingengineering.com)
You monogamists are out of control. When will your engagement rings be enough? 
we need disengagement rings where hexbears pledge to disengage from online debates that get too heated
Purity (politics) ring :kelly:
burying the lede here, these are HEXAGONAL diamonds.
Check out this dope ass rock
but at what cost?
About 14 scientists doing research in a highly specialized lab for 8 years.
And just 16 days ago I was like "fuck disrupting the diamond industry i wanna see them make wedding rings out of q carbon or something"
Seems useful for computers