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Arthur C Clarke Quote

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke ... read more

Physicists Build Circuit That Generates Clean, Limitless Power From Graphene

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via https://phys.org/news/2020-10-physicists-circuit-limitless-power-graphene.htmlA team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.... read more

Sunlight Can Turn Seawater Into Clean Drinking Water In Minutes

( education / science / water )
via Seawater-clean-drinking-water-30-minutes-using-power-sunlight.html Australia-based researchers used a metal-organic framework (MOF), a type of lattice-like crystal, to desalinate water with...... read more

Earth's Nearest Dwarf Planet Ceres Is A 'waterworld' That Harbours A Salty Ocean

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via https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8611631/Earths-nearest-dwarf-planet-Ceres-waterworld-harbours-salty-ocean.htmlThe reservoir on the minor planet, which orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter, lies beneath a 20 million year old crater known as Occator - and could harbour ... read more

Stellar Explosions Created Calcium Found In Our Teeth And Bones

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via Stellar-explosions-created-calcium-teeth-bones-study-reveals.html Rare stellar explosions, called 'calcium-rich supernovae,' produced half of the universe's calcium and what is found in our teeth and bones, as it can create massive amounts in just... ... read more

Boiling Water

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A 26-year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer for, but he wanted to bring the water to a boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he remove... read more

Children Prefer Storybooks That Explain Why And How Things Happen

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via sciencedaily.com Children have a never-ending curiosity about the world around them and frequently question how and why it works the way it does. Researchers have previously demonstrated that children are interested in causal information, but had not yet linked this to a real-world activity, s... read more

Possible Cure For Hair Loss

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There may be hope yet! See sciencedaily.com Inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles that are suspended in a resting state restores hair growth, a new study has found. In experiments with mouse and human hair follicles, researchers found that drugs that inhibit the Janus kinase (JAK) fa... read more

Exposing Kids To 10 Hours Of Science A Year Makes Them Smarter

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via Refreshing News: Exposing Kids To 10 Hours Of Science A Year Makes Them Smarter. A lot of students say things like, 'I didn't know science was fun,' said Samantha Gizerian, now a clinical assistant professor at Washington State University. ... read more

Science

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All science-related posts Unscientific cosmogony: Gravity, quantum physicsInnovation News DailySchoolboy solves 350-year-old math problem - debunkedGood article on 9/11We should have listened to TeslaFrom Minnie to Mickey (and all they did was turn off a gene)Hydrogen power to replace gasolineIns ... read more