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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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Let Slip the Dogs of War

The Nazi Blitzkrieg was a revolution in warfare that forced the rest of the world into a wild scramble to figure out...

Written by Jason Bellows • 11 Apr 2006 • Read →

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Forget Yourself For Just a Bit

Amnesia is a fascinating condition, and as such it comes up commonly in popular culture. It's such a wonderful (and b...

Written by Daniel Lew • 09 Apr 2006 • Read →

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DamnInteresting.com Makes Yahoo! Picks

We've been so busy that we hadn't even noticed, but it turns out that DamnInteresting.com was featured as the Yahoo!...

Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Apr 2006 • Read →

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