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    Fun experiments to do in cold weather

    article from "IFL science" You should really give these experiments a try, particularly the bubbles one. i did this myself once a few years ago when my oldest girl was only two and insisted we had to blow bubbles despite the temperature being so low we couldn't possibly bring her outside. so...
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    Atoms can be in two places at the same time

    Hopefully if you've bothered to click this thread, you'll already have same vague idea that this is true. Atoms, according to quantum mechanical theory, can be in two places at once. Article, science daily This is the first evidence which shows clearly that it cannot be true that the atoms...
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    New Climate Change Study Just 400 Pages Of Scientists Telling Americans To Read Previ

    New Climate Change Study Just 400 Pages Of Scientists Telling Americans To Read Previous Climate Change Studies The onion has cracked it again New Climate Change Study Just 400 Pages Of Scientists Telling Americans To Read Previous Climate Change Studies | The Onion - America's Finest News...
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    Polar bears moving north of Canada seeking longer lasting ice

    to those of you stating there's nothing north of Canada, don't forget the bears don't need land. they live on the ice most of the time.
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    Man arrested at Large Hadron Collider claims he's from the future

    By Nick Hide on 1 April 2010, 10:33am A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the...
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    North Carolina tries to outlaw climate models

    Ok well i thought it unliekly that it was close to sea level, but walter brought SK up in the first place... what's the relevance?
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    North Carolina tries to outlaw climate models

    it'd be rather hard to mine if it was underwater, though
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    North Carolina tries to outlaw climate models

    this is the absolute worst example of legislation I have ever seen. Including the one about pigeons not being allowed to fly over some town or other on sundays
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    North Carolina tries to outlaw climate models

    Political satirist Stephen Colbert's solution to unfavourable climate science is simple: "If your science gives you a result that you don't like, pass a law saying that the result is illegal. Problem solved."...
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    Chinese Man Sues Wife for being Ugly, and Wins

    Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Northern Chinese resident Jian Feng divorced and sued his wife for $120,000 and won! The story goes that Mr. Feng was deeply in love with his beautiful wife until they had a baby girl. Feng was horrified at how ugly the baby was and...
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    Pregnancy blood test can identify Down's syndrome

    Pregnancy blood test can identify Down's syndrome 13:54 07 June 2012 by Sara Reardon For similar stories, visit the Genetics Topic Guide...
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    Carbon dioxide levels reach a new milestone

    Carbon dioxide levels reach a new milestone 07 June 2012 Magazine issue 2868. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Climate Change Topic Guide...
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    Who owns the Asteroids? and who owns the moon?

    Who owns asteroids or the moon? 04 June 2012 by Paul Marks Magazine issue 2867. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Comment and Analysis Topic Guide...
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    Battery-Powered Book a Surprise Hit

    A TYPE of book with a battery has proved popular despite being pointless. Especially good for fans of the colour grey The Kindle electronic book does essentially the same job as a book, except it looks **** and you sometimes have...
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    Mangos are Back!

    I also saw cherimoyas for sale here in newfoundland. Only $6 each...lol
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    MakeyMakey

    I've just ordered one of these: MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone by Jay Silver — Kickstarter I'm quite excited, since it is possibly the best every nerd-toy. However, I am experiencing a slight delay in creativity. I don't know what to make with it. Any ideas?
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    How Many Dimensions In The Holographic Universe?

    ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2009) — Viennese scientists are trying to understand the mysteries of the holographic principle: How many dimensions are there in our universe? Some of the world's brightest minds are carrying out research in this area -- and still have not succeeded so far in creating a...
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    My latest attempt at science

    I recently read about a demonstration and decided to try it out. I also got a kickass new camera and wanted to try that out, so i combined the desires and made a movie of my attempt. It was supposed to give a fireball but I quite like the slower result I got. I know how to improve it too, but...
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    an interesting take on vitamin sales

    This article talks mostly about radioactivity but towards the end it draws a startling parallel to vitamin sales today. I found it quite revealing. LINK