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Stories about: electromagnetism

What an EMP Bomb Is Remember the 1989 power outage in the surrounding areas of Quebec, Canada, that left about six million people without power for nine hours? Well, the phenomenon itself wasn't determined by an electromagnetic pulse bomb, but by a powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by the solar activity. Nevertheless, both produ... 5 July 2008 07:12 GMT Remote Lie Detector Reads Your Skin's 'Antennas' The human skin contains millions of sweat glands, connected to the pores at the surface through tiny sweat ducts, which could reveal the emotional state of a person without making physical contact by bouncing electromagnetic waves off them. While most people believe that these tiny ducts are straight tubes, a study c... 5 April 2008 10:26 GMT