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Date: July 15th, 2009

Breathing Nitrous Oxide or Just Oxygen?

15 July, 2009 (06:15) | Satire, Science-general |

The Onion: Researchers Quietly Chuckling At Placebo Group
Although the trial is expected to run for two more months, Rodriguez told reporters that he almost could not wait to analyze the data, compile the results, publish the findings, and see the looks on their stupid faces.

Found at a Yard Sale?

15 July, 2009 (06:12) | History, Physics | 2 comments

Someone asks, What is it?
I surmise this was found at Freddy Roentgen’s yard sale, selling his grandfather’s dusty lab equipment. It’s an x-ray tube — boil off electrons, accelerate them and have them slam into the copper target, where they emit bremsstrahlung and also ionize the target, which will give some x-rays during the [...]

The Need for Speed

15 July, 2009 (03:00) | Video | 1 comment

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Science? Pew!

15 July, 2009 (03:00) | Education, Politics, Science-general | 3 comments

Pew Science Knowledge Quiz
To test your knowledge of scientific concepts and recent scientific findings and events, we invite you to take this 12-question science knowledge quiz. Then see how you did in comparison with the 1,005 randomly sampled adults asked the same questions. You’ll also be able to compare your Science IQ with the average [...]

 

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