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Date: July 10th, 2008

Fifth Law, Redux

10 July, 2008 (14:34) | Food, History | No comments

Survival of the Sudsiest, or George Will happens upon the fifth law of thermodynamics.
“The search for unpolluted drinking water is as old as civilization itself. As soon as there were mass human settlements, waterborne diseases like dysentery became a crucial population bottleneck. For much of human history, the solution to this chronic public-health [...]

Luge + Skateboard =

10 July, 2008 (03:37) | Sports, Tech, Video | 2 comments

Rollersuit
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Random Nonphysics Post

10 July, 2008 (03:37) | Other science | 1 comment

Extraordinary Tongues and the Animals That Use Them
The tube-lipped nectar bat from Ecquador has a tongue one and a half times its own body length. It shoots it out with amazing accuracy while feeding at night. This huge tongue (in proportion to the 5.5cm bat) is not stored in the mouth. It is attached to [...]

 

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