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Science Fact #516

September 30, 2012

In theoretical physics, a kugelblitz is a concentration of energy so intense that it creates an event horizon, a boundary …

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Science Fact #515

September 13, 2012

Hydrothermal vents, those oases of the barren deep-sea floor, are home to an animal you have probably seen before, the …

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Science Fact #513

September 9, 2012

On your tongue you possess receptors that can sense, very generally, the following tastes: Sweet – usually indicates energy rich …

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Science Fact #514

September 6, 2012

Here’s a fun bit of astronomy for all my friends in the northern hemisphere: In the southern hemisphere, the moon …

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Science Fact #512

September 3, 2012

“Sharks look smooth, but actually, they’re covered with tiny curving spikes called dermal denticles. Denticles resemble small, flattened coat hooks, …

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Science Fact #511

August 28, 2012

The ocean floor is home to a staggering 2.9×1029 single-celled organisms — that’s 10 million trillion microbes for every human …

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Science Fact #510

August 24, 2012

Attention men: In the last second your bodies each produced around 1,500 sperm cells. The great disparity between the production …

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Science Fact #509

August 21, 2012

Perhaps you are one of the squeamish who faint at the sight of blood or in situations that may lead …

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Science Fact #508

August 20, 2012

It is estimated that a map of all the synaptic connections within just a cubic millimeter of human brain tissue …

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Science Fact #507

August 19, 2012

Adding to the “nature versus nurture” debate, child psychologists have found support for the idea that human emotion and the …

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Science Fact #506

August 13, 2012

In the early days of television broadcasting, engineers worried about the problem of keeping audio and video signals synchronized. Then …

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Science Fact #505

August 4, 2012

The reticulated glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi) of Costa Rica has semi-transparent skin, mimicking its egg clutch and exposing a visible …

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Science Fact #504

July 24, 2012

A gun is used to start sprinters, instead of a flash, because you can react faster to a bang than …

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Science Fact #503

July 22, 2012

There is no scientific distinction between a frog and a toad, but popularly “toad” is used for frogs with drier, …

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Science Fact #502

July 16, 2012

Every second at the Large Hadron Collider, enough data is generated to fill more than 1,000 one-terabyte hard drives — …

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Science Fact #500

July 1, 2012

I have done a “Science Fact of the Day” everyday for the last 500 days in a row. As my …

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Science Fact of the Day 6.30.12

June 30, 2012

The average American sleeps some 7.6 hours a night—maybe not as much as one would like, but a number that …

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Science Fact of the Day 6.29.12

June 29, 2012

Ever wonder what it would like to jump into a pool of magma? Chances are you’re not dense enough to …

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Science Fact of the Day 6.28.12

June 28, 2012

“Space sickness is measured in garns, a unit named after the Republican senator from Utah, Jake Garn, who parlayed his …

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Science Fact of the Day 6.27.12

June 27, 2012

Because of the workings of human language, the number of possible thoughts and sentences is basically infinite. “Say you have …

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