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Science Boo! A couple of Halloween-related science reflections: sticky ideas and the urban legend of razors in apples, urban llegend; and the "evil" tritone musical chord, otherwise known as "the devil's interval." [Read more] Primordial Sludge One of the enduring imaginative musings of my childhood is of a bolt of lightning striking a shallow pool of water. More like an indention in a rock, really, with a bit of rainwater barely deep enough to keep the mini-pond wet. So imagine my delight to see in Science this week that someone actually did an experiment to see what would happen when lightning struck the presumed early building blocks of life on Earth. [Read more] Aerodynamics of a Baseball in Flight It's the MLB Postseason! As the days grow shorter and the leaves turn, how can anyone think of anything but baseball. Nine inches in circumference. Weighing in at about five ounces. Made of cork wound with woolen yarn covered with two layers of cowhide stitched by hand precisely two hundred sixteen times… Every baseball used in Major League play today is made to these specs. [Read more] All content © 2008 Last updated November 16, 2008 |
