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Science experiment of the day: burning microwave explodes

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january 2011 by ulrichp

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BBC NEWS | Health | 'Visions link' to coffee intake

People who drink too much coffee could start seeing ghosts or hearing strange voices, UK research has suggested. People who drank more than seven cups of instant coffee a day were three times more likely to hallucinate than those who took just one, a study found.

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january 2009 by ulrichp

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Nov. 12, 1935: You Should (Not) Have a Lobotomy

1935: The world's first modern frontal leukotomy is performed in a Lisbon hospital by Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz.

news science history medicine
november 2008 by ulrichp

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Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet?

The burning question on everyone's mind.

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september 2008 by ulrichp

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Physical Limits: Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth

"If all goes well, he will jump from a balloon at an altitude of around 131,000 feet, or 25 miles above Saskatchewan, Canada. At around 115,000 feet his body will blow through the sound barrier."

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may 2008 by ulrichp

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Phun - 2D physics sandbox

A fantastic little physics sandbox. Create simple shapes, change their properties, watch them interact. A great way to lose a lot of time.

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february 2008 by ulrichp

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Cincinnati proclaims Feb. 12 2008 "Darwin Day" - The New Cincinnati Atheists Meetup Group (Cincinnati, OH) - Meetup.com
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february 2008 by ulrichp

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Everything You Need to Know About the Madness of Nikola Tesla
science trivia
january 2008 by ulrichp

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Olay Brings Resident Evil’s T-Virus to Market
medicine science scifi
january 2008 by ulrichp

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Meteor crash leaves 66ft crater - and hundreds feeling sick | the Daily Mail

COLOR FROM BEYOND SPACE

science interesting news
september 2007 by ulrichp

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The World Without Us - Alan Weisman

Without us on the Earth, what traces of us would linger? What would disappear?

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august 2007 by ulrichp

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deseretnews.com | Fun with fusion: Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor has USU physics faculty in awe

A widespread belief among physicists nowadays is that modern science requires squadrons of scientists and wildly expensive equipment. Craig Wallace and Philo T. Farnsworth are putting the lie to all that.

science
august 2007 by ulrichp

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Face Blindness ( Prosopagnosia ) and stones

An interesting illustration of prosopagnosia, using rocks.

science interesting biology
july 2007 by ulrichp

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Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

Every time we fall in love, fight with our spouse, get upset about the influx of immigrants into our country, or go to church, we are, in part, behaving as a human animal with our own unique evolved nature—human nature.

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july 2007 by ulrichp

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Pianos are for sissies; SMB theme on a Tesla coil :: DESTRUCTOID :: Hardcore video game blog

When real men kick out the jams, they do so wielding the might of Zeus via the marriage of technical wizardry and geekish intention -- on a Goddamn Tesla coil.

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june 2007 by ulrichp

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Pharyngula: I get email

"The person who sent me this... is also a dinosaur denialist. The fun begins when she tries to explain why dinosaurs don't exist: dinosaurs were faked to justify birth control. ... Just roll with it. Don't try to understand it."

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june 2007 by ulrichp

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100-foot deep Andes lake disappears - CNN.com

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A five-acre glacial lake in Chile's southern Andes has disappeared -- and scientists want to know why.

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june 2007 by ulrichp

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byteCoder (a blog by Bill Heyman) » Blog Archive » Xerox 1974: “[Ethernet] would be a failure”

"Here’s a memo from a Xerox PARC (engineer, I presume), Robert Bachrach...suggesting that the Ethernet approach to networking can’t possible meet the necessary requirements..."

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june 2007 by ulrichp

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Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century.

Here’s the story of how scientists unlocked the secrets of the worst natural disaster in the history of the West African nation of Cameroon… and what they’re doing to try and stop it from happening again.

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may 2007 by ulrichp

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NATURE. Deep Jungle: Monsters of the Forest. - Chasing the Chicken-Eating Spider

In NATURE's DEEP JUNGLE: MONSTERS OF THE FOREST, spider expert Martin Nicholas travels to South America's Amazon in search of a spider known as the chicken-eating spider.

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may 2007 by ulrichp

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globeandmail.com: Sluts and vermin

A Montreal rat was given two options: he could have sex with a female rat anytime he wanted, or with the other female rat, who would only give it up part of the time. Guess which one he chose? There's a lesson to be learned here.

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel

Ever wonder how to find a good burrito in New York? The answer: a 42-minute cross-country journey via chord tunnel from Alameda to Weehawken.

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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Did NASA Accidentally “Nuke” Jupiter?

I admit I don't understand the math behind this. Yes, despite being a CS major. Anyone with a science-oriented brain want to take a stab at it and see if it makes any sense?

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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Damn Interesting » The Gravity Express

From New York to Hawaii in 42 minutes? Not terribly likely, but here's a theory of how it COULD happen in an ideal world.

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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In Our Messy, Reptilian Brains - Newsweek Technology - MSNBC.com

Just as the mouse brain is a lizard brain "with some extra stuff thrown on top," Linden writes, the human brain is essentially a mouse brain with extra toppings. That's how we wound up with two vision systems.

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april 2007 by ulrichp

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This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk

"Wayne is the odds-on favorite to win the challenge, in which drivers compete to push the automotive limits not of speed and power—a desire those gathered here consider old-fashioned and wasteful—but for the unsexy title of Most Fuel-Efficient Driver

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march 2007 by ulrichp

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Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth - Yahoo! News

"Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean."

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march 2007 by ulrichp

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Discovery Channel :: News - Archaeology :: Jesus Family Tomb Believed Found

New scientific evidence, including DNA analysis conducted at one of the world's foremost molecular genetics laboratories, as well as studies by leading scholars, suggests a 2,000-year-old Jerusalem tomb could have once held the remains of Jesus of Nazaret

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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Martin Varsavsky | English

What Happens When a Country Gives Up Religion: as Spain Shows, Nothing Much

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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Why the ugly girl is pretty when you’re drunk - File22.com

Scientists have shown that it’s not just a lowering of standards - alcohol actually stimulates the part of the brain that judges facial attractiveness.

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Skin - - science news articles online technology magazine articles 20 Things You Didn't Know About... Skin

19: The Cleveland Public Library, Harvard Law School, and Brown University all have books clad in skin stripped from executed criminals or from the poor.

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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Student’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping - New York Times

"After a public school teacher was recorded telling students they belonged in hell if they did not accept Jesus as their savior, the school board has banned taping in class without an instructor’s permission..."

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february 2007 by ulrichp

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'Hot' patients setting off U.S. radiation alarms - Yahoo! News

When 75,000 football fans pack into Dolphin Stadium in Miami for the Super Bowl on February 4, at least a few may want to carry notes from their doctors explaining why they're radioactive enough to set off "dirty bomb" alarms.

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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Processing 1.0 (BETA)

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound.

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder -- Bentall 18 (2): 94 -- Journal of Medical Ethics

It is proposed that happiness be classified as a psychiatric disorder and be included in future editions of the major diagnostic manuals under the new name: major affective disorder, pleasant type.

academia science psychology humor
january 2007 by ulrichp

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YumaSun.com > News - Scientists Can't Get Sloth To Move

'"Mats obviously wanted absolutely nothing to do with furthering science," said Axel Burchardt, a university spokesman.'

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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Flatland, by E. A. Abbott, 1884

"Fie, fie how franticly I square my talk!"

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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The Science Creative Quarterly » A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING “WHY” CAN BE DANGEROUS

"DAD: Soap molecules are long chains with a polar, hydrophilic head and a non-polar, hydrophobic tail. Can you say ‘hydrophilic’?" "SARAH: Aidrofawwic"

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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9 Body Parts You Didn't Know Had Names - Food and Health - Book of Lists - Canongate Home

Pretty self-explanatory.

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january 2007 by ulrichp

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Feral Cities

"Once a vital component in a national economy, this sprawling urban environment is now a vast collection of blighted buildings, an immense petri dish of both ancient and new diseases..."

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december 2006 by ulrichp

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Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence

Some awesome humor from the Atheists of Silicon Valley.

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october 2006 by ulrichp

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JABBER: The Jabberwocky Engine, Neil Hennessy

Produces nonsense words by using real word parts and some kind of pseudo-chemical reaction. Warning: Java applet, will slow Firefox to a crawl for a few seconds while it loads.

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september 2006 by ulrichp

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BBC NEWS | Health | Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Well, no duh: "Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests." And the more testosterone, the worst the effect is.

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april 2006 by ulrichp

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Quicksilverscreen.com: Weird DNA Products

Want to stare at your own DNA for a while on a poster or tie? Here's links to places that'll do that for you.

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december 2005 by ulrichp

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Howstuffworks "How the Death Star Works"

Be sure not to miss the bit on what would happen if you blow up a planet.

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november 2005 by ulrichp

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rose2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

"And now we have an answer to that age-old question: what does a frozen rose look like when it gets hit by a bullet from a rifle?"

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october 2005 by ulrichp

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The New Yorker: PRINTABLES - Shouts and Murmurs - Intelligent Design

"Much better," Zeus declared, cuddling the furry little animal. "I’m going to call him Buttons."

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october 2005 by ulrichp

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Zombie worms' found off Sweden

"...the new species has been named Osedax mucofloris, which literally means "bone-eating snot-flower"."

news science
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Why Can't We Travel Faster than Light?

Some light physics reading for your enjoyment.

interesting math physics science technology
october 2005 by ulrichp

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Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant

We can hunt down a squid, but I can't get a decent cell phone charger that doesn't feel like I'm violating my phone? (Badumching.) Seriously though: giant squid, hurrah. Great photos.

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september 2005 by ulrichp

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