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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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Colossal blast from sun temporarily weakened ozone layer in 1859

Science – A titanic burp of protons from the Sun in 1859 appears to have temporarily weakened Earth's ozone layer, say scientists studying ice cores from Greenland.

View Story Discuss (0) (abc.net.au) 465 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 31, 2007 01:37pm

Tai Chi May Boost Immune System
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Tai Chi May Boost Immune System

Health & Fitness – Tai chi, a traditional Chinese martial art, may give older adults' immune system a boost.

View Story Discuss (11) (webmd.com) 466 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 30, 2007 03:08pm

Earth's Inner Temperature Taken: It's Hot!
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Earth's Inner Temperature Taken: It's Hot!

Science – Scientists have taken the temperature of Earth's innards, more than a thousand miles beneath the surface, and found that the mercury there soars to about 6,650 degrees Fahrenheit.

View Story Discuss (16) (livescience.com) 466 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 30, 2007 02:50pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / 1 sink

King James builds a castle of a home

Celebrities – The basketball star's pad won't be finished until the summer of 2008 -- and no wonder. It will include a recording studio, a two-lane bowling alley, a casino, a 26- by 63-foot theater, a sports bar, an aquarium and a barbershop.

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Submitted and Voted for on March 27, 2007 03:48pm

Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn
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Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn

Science – An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of scientists with NASA's Cassini mission.

View Story Discuss (31) (jpl.nasa.gov) 469 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 27, 2007 02:04pm

Food allergies: One bite can be deadly
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Food allergies: One bite can be deadly

Health & Fitness – Caryl Schivley says her son, Brenton, was always very careful about what he ate -- until last September 1, when he was at a friend's house and took a cookie from a bowl on the kitchen table. "He took a bite of the cookie and he said to his friend, 'I shouldn't have eaten that,'" said his mother.

View Story Discuss (8) (cnn.com) 469 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 27, 2007 12:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks

Venomous Snake Count Rises Dramatically

Science – A newly identified deadly snake in India is one of several now challenging the long-held concept that there are only four dangerous snakes in the country, sometimes known as the land of snakes.

View Story Discuss (0) (livescience.com) 469 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 27, 2007 11:38am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 34 votes / 1 sink

Cutting-edge Technology: The World's Smallest Scissors

Gadgets & Tech – Scientists in Japan have created what may be the smallest scissors in the world-molecular clippers that are opened and closed with light.

View Story Discuss (0) (livescience.com) 471 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 25, 2007 12:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / 1 sink

'Juiced-up' Sugar-Fueled Battery Could Power Portable Electronics

Gadgets & Tech – Juicing up your cell phone or iPod may take on a whole new meaning in the future. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell battery that runs on virtually any sugar source - from soft drinks to tree sap - and has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium ion b

View Story Discuss (0) (physorg.com) 471 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 25, 2007 12:42pm

Resource Race Heats Up in Melting Arctic
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Resource Race Heats Up in Melting Arctic

Science – Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on a map. Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much in demand - so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their claim to it with flags and warships.

View Story Discuss (3) (thetandd.com) 472 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 24, 2007 02:21pm

Canadian killed by poison pills bought on the net
This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / 5 sinks

Canadian killed by poison pills bought on the net

Health & Fitness – A 57-year-old Canadian has died a month after she consumed tainted pills bought on the net. Marcia Bergeron died of poisoning after taking drugs labelled as anti-anxiety and sedative pills, bought from a site featuring fake endorsements from medical agencies.

View Story Discuss (4) (theregister.co.uk) 473 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 23, 2007 02:38pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 1 sink

Oldest chunk of Earth's crust ever found

Science – The oldest known chunk of Earth's crust has been found in Greenland, and dates back at least 3.8 billion years. The substantial rock is an important find, because it is a type known as ophiolite and provides the best evidence yet that continental drift had been going on for at least a billion years longer than thought.

View Story Discuss (3) (environment.newscientist.com) 474 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 22, 2007 02:21pm

Burrowing dinosaur unearthed
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Burrowing dinosaur unearthed

Science – The discovery of a dinosaur family fossilized in its burrow could make us rethink where the animals lived, how they behaved, and even what wiped them out, say researchers.

View Story Discuss (13) (nature.com) 475 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 21, 2007 11:08am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / 1 sink

Doctors and nurses carry bugs on ID cards

Health & Fitness – Healthcare workers' lanyards and name badges can harbour pathogens including antibiotic resistant 'superbugs', an Australian hospital study has shown for the first time.

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Submitted and Voted for on March 20, 2007 03:15pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / 1 sink

Can Newton's 2nd Law be Violated on Earth?

Science – Astrophysicists have found evidence that a corrected version of Newton's 2nd Law (which deals with the acceleration of mass) works well on the grand scale of the universe. These modifications to Newtonian physics are known as "modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND).

View Story Discuss (2) (physorg.com) 476 days ago by capn_caveman

Submitted and Voted for on March 20, 2007 02:08pm

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