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1. An Easy Trick For Remembering The Age and Size of the Universe

   By DonRocks, June 2, 2014   

   • Cosmology
   • Universe
   • 5 replies
   • 604 views
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   • DonRocks
   • Tuesday at 07:52 PM

2. Henrietta Lacks - The Lady Whose Cancer Cells Kick-Started Biotechnology

   By Al Dente, June 19, 2017   

   • Virginia
   • Roanoke
   • (and 9 more)

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     • Virginia
     • Roanoke
     • 1920
     • Cervical Cancer
     • HeLa Cell Line
     • Biotechnology
     • George Otto Gey
     • Maryland
     • Baltimore
     • Johns Hopkins University
     • 1951
   • 3 replies
   • 196 views
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   • DonRocks
   • Tuesday at 07:46 PM

3. Give Octopuses Psychotropic Drugs and They Hug More

   By NolaCaine, September 21   

   • Marine Biology
   • Octopuses
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     • Marine Biology
     • Octopuses
     • MDMA
     • Cuddle Fish
     • Psychotropic Drugs
   • 3 replies
   • 47 views
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   • NolaCaine
   • September 23

4. Bobby Fischer's 21-Move Victory over Robert Eugene Byrne in the 1963-1964 US Chess Championships

   By DonRocks, August 24   

   • Mathematics
   • Chess
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     • Mathematics
     • Chess
     • 1963
     • 1964
     • US Chess Championships
     • Bobby Fischer
     • Robert Eugene Byrne
   • 0 replies
   • 59 views
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   • DonRocks
   • August 24

5. Alligators Moving North - Now Seen in Virginia

   By ktmoomau, August 20   

   • Climatology
   • Climate Change
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Climatology
     • Climate Change
     • Alligators
   • 2 replies
   • 55 views
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   • ktmoomau
   • August 20

6. STOP Signs - What Do You Do When You Reach One?

   By Ferris Bueller, August 6   

   • Sociology
   • Human Behavior
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     • Sociology
     • Human Behavior
     • Driving
     • Stop Signs
   • 14 replies
   • 165 views
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   • Al Dente
   • August 20

7. Richard Feynman and the Spaghetti Problem: Solved by Ronald Heisser and Vishal Patil at MIT

   By DonRocks, August 16   

   • Physics
   • Spaghetti
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     • Physics
     • Spaghetti
     • Richard Feynman
     • Ronald Heisser
     • Vishal Patil
     • MIT
     • Materials Science
   • 0 replies
   • 37 views
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   • DonRocks
   • August 16

8. Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia: Yet Another Medical Mistake?

   By DonRocks, May 3, 2017   

   • Medical Science
   • Opioids
   • 2 replies
   • 330 views
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   • DonRocks
   • July 28

9. Learn & be entertained: facinating nonfictions

   By NolaCaine, June 27
   • 8 replies
   • 117 views
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   • NolaCaine
   • July 9

10. summer reading list: nonfictions that read like fictions

    By NolaCaine, June 27
    • 1 reply
    • 74 views
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    • ktmoomau
    • June 27

11. Colonscopy - 40-Years-Old Is Now the Recommended Age for Your First One

    By DonRocks, June 22   

    • Medical Science
    • Gastroenterology
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      • Medical Science
      • Gastroenterology
      • Colonscopy
    • 13 replies
    • 343 views
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    • NolaCaine
    • June 27

12. Daniel Tammet (1979-) - One of Only a few Autistic Savants with the Ability To Describe His Personal Experiences

    By DonRocks, June 23   

    • England
    • London
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      • England
      • London
      • East London
      • Barking and Dagenham
      • 1979
      • Daniel Tammet
      • Biology
      • Mathematics
      • Medical Science
      • Autistic Savantism
      • Asperger Syndrome
      • Savant Syndrome
      • Author
      • Translator
      • Humanitarian
    • 2 replies
    • 80 views
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    • DonRocks
    • June 25

13. "Summit" - The World's Fastest Supercomputer, and Proof That Dinosaurs Still Roam the Earth

    By DonRocks, June 18
    • 1 reply
    • 157 views
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    • NolaCaine
    • June 19

14. Screensavers - A Concept Whose Need Passed Long Ago

    By DonRocks, June 9   

    • Computers
    • Screensavers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Computers
      • Screensavers
      • CRTs
    • 1 reply
    • 81 views
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    • Al Dente
    • June 9

15. Men Are (and Have Always Been) Disproportionately Winning Science Awards

    By NolaCaine, May 16   

    • Science Awards
    • Discrimination
    • 1 reply
    • 106 views
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    • NolaCaine
    • May 30

16. The Periodic Table

    By DonRocks, July 2, 2017   

    • Chemistry
    • Atoms
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Chemistry
      • Atoms
      • Periodic Table
    • 5 replies
    • 240 views
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    • DonRocks
    • May 2

17. The Mandelbrot Set and Pi - A Chaotic Relationship?

    By DonRocks, July 30, 2014   

    • Mathematics
    • Chaos Theory
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      • Mathematics
      • Chaos Theory
      • Fractals
      • Mandelbrot Set
      • Pi
    • 5 replies
    • 479 views
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    • DonRocks
    • May 2

18. Bovine Flatulence and Global Warming

    By DonRocks, March 19   

    • Environmental Science
    • Agricultural Science
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      • Environmental Science
      • Agricultural Science
      • Bovines
      • Methane
    • 0 replies
    • 145 views
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    • DonRocks
    • March 19

19. Japanese Ring Puzzle Solved after Ten Years

    By DonRocks, March 18   

    • Puzzles
    • Japanese Ring Puzzle
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Puzzles
      • Japanese Ring Puzzle
      • Comedy
    • 0 replies
    • 73 views
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    • DonRocks
    • March 18

20. The Unexpected Hanging Paradox

    By DonRocks, June 6, 2017   

    • Logic
    • Paradox
    • 2 replies
    • 174 views
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    • DonRocks
    • March 18

21. A Novel Algorithm for Data Mining Disparate Databases Using Boolean Operations

    By DonRocks, March 18   

    • Computer Science
    • Data Mining
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Computer Science
      • Data Mining
      • Databases
      • Distributed Databases
      • Boolean Logic
      • EPA
      • IDEA
      • ECHO
    • 1 reply
    • 493 views
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    • dgreen
    • March 18

22. How NOT To Save a Parking Space

    By Ferris Bueller, March 15   

    • Sociology
    • Behavioral Science
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      • Sociology
      • Behavioral Science
      • Human Interaction
      • Parking
      • Standing in Parking Spaces
    • 2 replies
    • 118 views
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    • Al Dente
    • March 15

23. The EPA (1970-) - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Founded by President Nixon

    By DonRocks, March 9   

    • Environmental Science
    • Environmental Protection Agency
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      • Environmental Science
      • Environmental Protection Agency
      • 1970
      • EPA
    • 3 replies
    • 355 views
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    • Al Dente
    • March 12

24. A Concise History of Computers, Year-by-Year

    By DonRocks, March 12   

    • Computer Science
    • Computers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Computer Science
      • Computers
      • Computer History
    • 0 replies
    • 80 views
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    • DonRocks
    • March 12

25. Kharpa Beetles Found at Dulles and Thurgood Marshall BWI Airports

    By DonRocks, March 11   

    • Entomology
    • Insects
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Entomology
      • Insects
      • Beetles
      • Kharpa Beetle
      • Dulles Airport
      • BWI Airport
    • 0 replies
    • 168 views
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    • DonRocks
    • March 11