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Recent Archives
Spinning World
Why don’t human activities make the Earth unbalanced as it spins on its axis? (They don’t move as much mass around as natural processes do, except for putting water in reservoirs.)
Mighty Rice
Genetically engineering rice to produce a sugar called trehalose makes the rice hardier.
Healthy Living Roundup
Big portions make us eat more, inactivity is worse than overweight, and exercising to music boosts lung fitness.
Shark Test
A DNA test can identify species of sharks from just a small piece of fin or flesh.
Changing Neutrinos
Results from the KamLAND experiment show that neutrinos can change Òflavors.Ó
Beady Water
Why does water bead up? (Tries to minimize surface area because of forces between molecules)