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I'm an engineer, but my true passion is for pure science. First loves are: physics, astronomy, space exploration, Earth sciences, and mathematics. I currently reside in Columbus Ohio and I am a RABID Buckeye fan. Email: capncaveman1@gmail.com

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The Oscillating Candle

Popular Videos – Take a double-ended candle, balance it horizontally, light both wicks and watch it oscillate wildly thanks to the negative feedback loop.

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Probe lands on Mars, NASA says
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Probe lands on Mars, NASA says

Science – he first-ever landing of a probe near Mars' north pole happened smoothly on Sunday, NASA confirmed.

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Cosmic supermagnet spreads mysterious Morse code

Science – Astronomers from SRON have discovered mysterious pulses that are being emitted by an extremely magnetic star. The magnetic star, a magnetar, emits the pulses as very high energy X-rays. The astronomers made their observations using the ESA space telescopes INTEGRAL and XMM-Newton and the NASA satellite RXTE.

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Mars probe preparing for dangerous landing on red planet
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Mars probe preparing for dangerous landing on red planet

News – The Phoenix Mars Lander will be the first spacecraft in four years to land on the Red Planet, hurtling through the atmosphere to finally rest on the icy soils near the north pole on May 25. The entire $420 million (Ã;£215 million) Nasa mission will hinge on this moment. Previous missions have failed spectacularly at th

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A motor made from liquid film (with video)

Science – Scientists have made a a motor out of nothing but a thin film of water in an electric field. Video after the link

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Warming trend has not been reversed

Science – The opinion piece by Phil Chapman ("Sorry to ruin the fun, but an ice age cometh", Opinion, April 22) warns of an approaching ice age but contains a number of factual errors, misleading statements and incorrect conclusions.

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March the warmest on record over world land surfaces

Science – Planet Earth continues to run a fever. Last month was the warmest March on record over land surfaces of the world and the second warmest overall worldwide. For the United States, however, it was just an average March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday.

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Schoolboy corrects NASA 'killer asteroid' maths

Science – A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported today, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated.

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Environmentalists Slam Bush Climate Goal

Science – Bush did not propose specific legislation requiring reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Instead he offered a broad goal of reducing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 without specifying how the goal should be reduced. Environmental groups argue the president's speech is political posturing

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MIT Scientist smacks down FOX global warming "flip-flop" rumor

News – FOX and Friends First host Alisyn Camerota was pumped about a segment that would put another global warming scientist on the FOX side of skeptics and deniers this morning 4/15/08. But her guest, Kerry Emanuel of MIT, promptly burst her bubble and exposed the propaganda in the FOX production.

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Scientists May Have Found Titanic's Weak Link

Science – A deadly mix of great ambition and low quality iron may have doomed the ship, according to a team of scientists.

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Discovery of the decade? Injection 'could cure Alzheimer's in minutes'
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Discovery of the decade? Injection 'could cure Alzheimer's in minutes'

Health & Fitness – An injection that dramatically relieved the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease within minutes would qualify as the discovery of the decade. That is exactly what was claimed yesterday for an experimental treatment being tested in America.

View Story Discuss (29) (belfasttelegraph.co.uk) 102 days ago by capn_caveman

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Propeller and Porn: One Man's Rant.

Gay & Lesbian – One man's objection to porn on Propeller. An open comment.

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The coldest brown dwarf ever observed

Science – An international team of astronomers has discovered the coldest brown dwarf star ever observed. This finding, to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, is a new step toward filling the gap between stars and planets.

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Deadly critters that might save your life
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Deadly critters that might save your life

Health & Fitness – Sure, you know these five creatures as stinging, biting merchants of death. But isn't it time we put aside our differences and embraced the positive?

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