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Thirteen Favorite Wired How-To Wikis
(#40) Here are thirteen of my favorite how-tos from Wired’s How-to Wiki collection: 1. Build Your Own ‘Iron Man’ Armor. Of course mine would have the same “accessory” found on Clooney’s Batman costume....
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Thirteen Facts About the Large Hadron Collider
(#41) 1. The Large Hardron Collider (LHC) is the “world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator complex,” and its purpose is to test the current standard theory of particle physics. Shiny. 2....
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Thirteen Facts About Black Holes
(#42) 1. A black hole is a region of space where the gravitational field is so powerful that nothing, not even light, can escape its “event horizon.” This ability to trap even light gave the phenomenon...
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Thirteen Fun Science Terms
(#43) Scientific research uncovers new facets of our world every day. Scientists have to name these discoveries and some of the ideas they come up with I find to be very amusing (especially physics)....
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Thirteen Facts About Nuclear Fusion
(#44) Left, from Wikipedia, this photo is an “[I]nternal view of the JET tokamak superimposed with an image of a plasma taken with a visible spectrum video camera.” (1) Stars are hot stuff. Nuclear...
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Thirteen Facts About Space Junk
(#45) You think space is empty? Well, it was before we started leaving junk up there. Image courtesy NASA via NatGeo. Debris comprised of thousands of nuts and bolts, defunct satellites, space probes,...
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Thirteen Extrasolar Planets
(#46) We may have lost Pluto, but there are plenty of other planets in the universe worthy of holding our attention. Granted, these new kids on the block are outside of our solar system. Left, the...
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Thirteen Resolutions I Won’t Be Making for 2009
(#47) 1. To build a particle collider in my basement. 2. To construct my own light saber. 3. To fold time and space with my washing machine. 4. To use that extra leap second for saving the cheerleader....
View ArticleThirteen Thoughts on BSG's Final Season
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA returns this Friday with its last season, the first episode of which is called “Sometimes A Great Nation.” Here’s the latest teaser trailer: Note that Romo Lampkin is back and he’s...
View ArticleThirteen Facts About Quantum Entanglement
1. Entanglement describes the liminal relationship between two quantum particles that exist in “superposition,” a mix of states that can only be resolved when a physical property is measured. Think of...
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