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The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
You may have heard about Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon before. In fact, you probably learned about it for the first time...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 19 Mar 2006 •
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Computer Dating
Every year, millions of people use services like eHarmony and Match.com hoping to find romance by answering a questio...
Written by
Greg Bjerg
• 17 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
China’s Sorrow
Natural disasters are tragedies that usually strike randomly and infrequently - unless you happen to live in the Huan...
Written by
Anthony Kendall
• 15 Mar 2006 •
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Volcanic Winter
In France, on 6 April 1815, Napoleon surrendered his throne in favor of his sons. The coalition that opposed him were...
Written by
Jason Bellows
• 14 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
Shortness of Dark
Depending on who you ask, the first practical light bulb was invented by Joseph Wilson Swan of Britain in 1878, or Th...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 13 Mar 2006 •
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Curio:
Do You See What I Hear?
Human beings are very metaphoric creatures. We love to juxtapose the experience of one sense with another. Whether it...
Written by
Cynthia Wood
• 12 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
The Jumping Frenchman of Maine Disorder
In a nutshell, evolution describes the fact that in a given set of organisms, those which manage to survive are the s...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 09 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
A Big Footprint on the Steppe
The Y-chromosome is one that geneticists love to study. Because it is passed on from father to son with no matching c...
Written by
Cynthia Wood
• 05 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
The Only Nazi Aircraft Carrier
In no naval action of World War 2 will you find a German aircraft carrier taking part. All the major navies in the wa...
Written by
Greg Bjerg
• 04 Mar 2006 •
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Article:
Watch the Skies in the Year 52,007 A.D.
Fifty thousand years from now-- if all goes according to plan-- a bright streak will smudge the sky as a man-made met...
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 03 Mar 2006 •
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