Some exciting science for you. (Some of this stuff is just fantastic, and it's researched by real scientists!)
(Just needs the kinks worked out of this one.)
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/cla ... books.html
(Wow!)
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/cla ... -36-2.html
(Something you should be(a)ware of.)
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/cla ... -36-6.html
A confirmation of a material's effects on Earth's rotation (The list of researchers is impressive!):
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/cla ... ation.html
Here's the whole site:
http://www.improbable.com/
It's very interesting, and should keep you entertained for a bit!
;)
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re: Interesting Science Links (OT) ;)
The link about the bricks is of interest since from bible times the ability of disease to infect clay objects was told to the Isrealites by God. Both homes and clay vessels. Leviticus 14:33-57
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On a serious note --
I caught the flu from handling paper that had been handled by someone with the flu. I was snowed in at the time for several weeks. My only physical contact with the outside world was my mail which was deposited in a box 200 yards from the house.
I caught the flu from handling paper that had been handled by someone with the flu. I was snowed in at the time for several weeks. My only physical contact with the outside world was my mail which was deposited in a box 200 yards from the house.
Not knowing is not the problem. It is the knowing of what just isn't so.
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves,that we should take seriously.
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves,that we should take seriously.
re: Interesting Science Links (OT) ;)
Speaking of germs, etc...
Be carefull when at the library...
I read an article in my local paper about the profound amount of "nasty things" lurking everywhere therein...
The bathrooms where also very dangerous... grocery stores, etc...
Just remember to wash your hands people and keep your hands away from your face and you should be "better off..." than the rest...
btw, its good to be OT now and then... ;)
Be carefull when at the library...
I read an article in my local paper about the profound amount of "nasty things" lurking everywhere therein...
The bathrooms where also very dangerous... grocery stores, etc...
Just remember to wash your hands people and keep your hands away from your face and you should be "better off..." than the rest...
btw, its good to be OT now and then... ;)
"A man with a new idea is a crank until he succeeds."~ M. Twain.
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An excellent argument for ebooks.Oxygon wrote:Speaking of germs, etc...
Be carefull when at the library...
I read an article in my local paper about the profound amount of "nasty things" lurking everywhere therein...
Besides, think of the trees, fuel to distribute, space to store etc.
Not knowing is not the problem. It is the knowing of what just isn't so.
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves,that we should take seriously.
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves,that we should take seriously.