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Baseball and the Physicists

Without a doubt baseball has had more serious study behind it than any other major sport. It's hard to say why this i...

Written by Greg Bjerg • 29 Apr 2006 • Read →

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Pathological Laughing and Weeping

Dr. Schiffer’s patient was thirty-seven when he laughed his way through his best friend’s funeral. At that time he ha...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 26 Apr 2006 • Read →

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The Artificial Prison of the Human Mind

In 1971, a study about prisons was funded by the U.S. Navy to try to better understand problems in the Marine Corps.'...

Written by Daniel Lew • 21 Apr 2006 • Read →

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The Balance of Risk

Let’s suppose your child wants to take a martial arts class. Being a conscientious parent, you check out the local do...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 20 Apr 2006 • Read →

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Musical Torment

When the human ear encounters music, a number of brain systems are engaged by the incoming sound. The music signal is...

Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Apr 2006 • Read →

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America’s Discarded Superconducting Supercollider

Deep beneath the plains of central Texas lies a catacomb of tunnels once meant to house the most expensive physics ex...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 18 Apr 2006 • Read →

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Warm-Blooded Plants

If you live in the Northeastern US, and you walk in the woods on spring mornings, you're likely to see a skunk cabbag...

Written by Cynthia Wood • 15 Apr 2006 • Read →

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America’s Secret Plan to Invade Canada

At a length of 5,522 miles (8,891 kilometers), Canada and the United States share the longest non-militarized border...

Written by Greg Bjerg • 14 Apr 2006 • Read →

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The Peculiar Phenomenon of Megacryometeors

Hail, in and of itself, is not an unusual weather phenomenon. The frozen precipitation occurs inside storm clouds whe...

Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Apr 2006 • Read →

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A Potentially Disastrous Design Error

With its distinctive forty-five degree diagonal crown, the Citicorp building is one of the most recognizable skyscrap...

Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Apr 2006 • Read →

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