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February 27, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.-Anatole France Those of you who own pets probably know that there's nothing to grab your animal's attention like rewarding them with food. A Japanese game show has...
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February 26, 2010
Category: Solar System
The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction. -Gandhi Last time, I spoke to you about how tides work on Earth. In a nutshell, a nearby massive body (like the Moon or the Sun) pulls on...
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February 24, 2010
Category: Solar System
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide...
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February 22, 2010
Category: Dark Energy
Free energy will promulgate a forward leap in human progress akin to the discovery of fire. It will bring the dawn of an entirely new civilization -- one based on freedom and abundance. -Sterling Allan Of course, when Sterling Allan...
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February 21, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about. -Albert Einstein I woke up this morning with the Sun in my face, which...
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February 19, 2010
Category: Astronomy
We used to think Pluto was a misfit. -Alan Stern Eighty years ago, we solidly had eight planets in the Solar System: the same eight we have now. But in the late 1920s, a young astronomer was looking up at...
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February 17, 2010
Category: Physics
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you...
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February 16, 2010
Category: Astronomy
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy's edge. But in the process, we have lost the human element; not to mention the high...
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February 14, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
It says 'I Choo-choo-choose You,' and there's a picture of a train! -Ralph Wiggum Ahh, Valentine's Day. What do you think of when you think of it? Do you think of a sweet sentiment about someone dear to you? (Song...
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February 12, 2010
Category: Physics
However time may be measured at the Naval Observatory, the clock seems to tick slowly here when Congress is out of town. -Richard Corrigan The following is the mostly true (but somewhat fictionalized) story of the first clocks in the...
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