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Recent Archives
Chomping on Metal
Why is it that when you bite into tinfoil or metal, it’s an amazing, painful shock that goes through your whole system? (if you have metal dental appliance in your mouth, it forms a battery)
Ultrasound Bug Killer
Reconfiguring ultrasound to pass through air — it can kill anthrax spores in an envelope
Tiny Tech Roundup
Heart monitor that calls the doctor, disposable mics for rescue, memory metals motor
Wind Chill-Heat Index
Exactly what is this formula that they never tell us on the news for the wind chill factor and the heat index? (too long to say, wind chill: temp & wind, heat index: temp & humidity)
Genetic Enhancement
Genetic enhancement can help cure disease, but could also improve athletic performance