Plastics have been around, in one form or another, for about a century now. Nowadays, they are so much a part of life and material culture that people generally take them for granted. Of course, there's been the recent unfortunate event related to its toxicity (which has been somewhat resolved) and there's ... |
28 November 2008
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A new study led by Kara Maki, a mathematics grad student at the University of Delaware, demonstrated the physics behind the tear phenomenon, providing new insight, such as the fact that, contrary to previous beliefs, tear fluid can cross the surface of the middle of the eye. Thorough computer simulations have offered... |
21 November 2008
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Some people really seem to live on four neurons: one for pissing, one for pooping, one for eating and one for sex. But the reality can sometimes leave us speechless. A French team got really stunt when they found a 44 year-old man with an unusually tiny brain, still able to live an entirely normal life despite this. ... |
20 July 2007
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What happens when you stick a knife into a solid material and drag it through? A cleavage splits the two sides of the material, leaving a visible trace of the knife. And when you do that to a fluid? Of course, the fluid behind the knife will get back to its original state and the two sides will reunite.However, natu... |
17 May 2007
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