Japan Earthquake

Crazy Earthquake Facts

Magnitude of 9.5 = around 60 million tonnes of TNT 1. There are about 500 000 earthquakes a year. Only about 100 000 of these can be felt and about 100 cause significant damage each year, the rest are recorde...
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Maths

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”  Alice in Wonderland.  Lewis Carroll was a fellow in mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford....
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Medical Science

It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms of DNA medical research. Restricting medical research has very real human c...
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Energy & Fuels

We've embarked on the beginning of the last days of the age of oil. Embrace the future and recognize the growing demand for a wide range of fuels or ignore reality and slowly, but surely, be left behind.  Mik...
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Space & Astronomy

“From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitc...