A while ago I attended a seminar where someone used the fourth dimension to calculate molecular interactions. He explained that, contrary to popular belief, the fourth dimension was not time. …
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Pim says: “After eating a disgusting kentucky fried chicken sandwich (pleonasm in this sentence), I wondered if there was a Google map showing cases of avian flu. There is, but …
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It’s almost officially winter on the Northern Hemisphere. Time for some snow science! And where better to look for information on snowflakes than… Southern California. Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of Physics …
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Levee breaches Nature news has a comprehensive FAQ on the levee breaches: “Did experts know this might happen? Yes. (…) the system’s 565 kilometres of walls were built to withstand …
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“If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.” Mary Smich Tanning is quite likely the only defensive mechanism of the human body that …
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It didn’t take long for the world to realize the devastating effects of the tsunami that hit the coasts of southern Asia on December 26, 2004. Fund raisers quickly collected …